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Op-ed / Letters to the Editor
May 18
Guest Column :
William D. Cohan

Treatment of SEC whistle-blower puts leadership in doubt

George Canellos, 48, has one of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s top jobs. The SEC’s new chairman, Mary Jo White, appointed him as co-director of the enforcement division, along with Andrew Ceresney, a former partner of White’s at Debevoise & Plimpton.
Op-ed / Letters to the Editor
May 18
Guest Column:
Valerie Talmage and Scott Wolf

Historic tax credits: economic opportunity for R.I.

As the 2013 legislative session heads toward its closing date, Rhode Island has a great economic opportunity within its grasp. Passage of a carefully constructed historic-tax-credit program would kick-start jobs, revitalize neighborhood economies and help get us back in business.
Op-ed / Letters to the Editor
May 11
Guest :
Column

The new economy has arrived and it has a conscience

What do David Brancaccio (journalist, documentary filmmaker and host of American Public Media’s Marketplace), Martin Keen (the creative genius behind Keen Footwear and now Focal Upright Furniture), and Saul Kaplan (author and chief catalyst of the Business Innovation Factory) all have in common?
Op-ed / Letters to the Editor
Apr 20
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Guest Column: David F. Brochu

Greenspan and Bernanke: forgotten Manchurians?

The first quarter of 2012 was a record-breaking one for the financial markets. The S&P 500 gained more in one quarter than it has since 1998 and the NASDAQ had the best quarter in its history, though still below its all-time high of 5,000.
Op-ed / Letters to the Editor
Apr 20
Guest Column: Diana Franchitto and Donna M. Gouveia

Affiliation will position care providers to expand

What’s the best way to care for patients and their families? Our two organizations have been working to answer that question for 140 years. Now, we’ll be doing it together. And the people who will benefit most will be the patients and their families who we serve every day.
Op-ed / Letters to the Editor
Dec 1
Guest Column :
Simon Johnson

Fed official’s remarks signal a shift toward bank reform

This is now the standard line from Wall Street lobbyists: Don’t worry about “too big to fail” financial institutions because the Dodd-Frank Act fixed the problem.
Op-ed / Letters to the Editor
Dec 1
Guest Column:
Jonathan Stone

R.I.’s coast is moving; start dealing with it realistically

Thirty years ago, Wallace Kaufman and Orrin Pilkey published the landmark book on coastal erosion, “The Beaches Are Moving; The Drowning of America’s Shoreline.” One of their many keen observations is simply that shorelines retreat.
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