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11/21/2009

R.I. jobless numbers come from 2 sources
When the state Department of Labor and Training released its monthly unemployment numbers Friday, the average Rhode Islander might have been confused.

R.I. jobless rate still leads New England
Despite a drop to 12.9 percent, the figure is not expected to fall to single digits until 2013

R.I. Commerce Digest
RHODE ISLAND

Warwick OKs development next to intermodal station
Hotel, garage, office and retail space will go up next to planned intermodal station

11/22/2009

People on the Move
URI Foundation

Bankruptcies
For the week ending Nov. 17there were 93 personal cases filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, bringing the total for all bankruptcy filings to 4,604. There were 101 cases filed for this week last year. Two years ago for this week there were 57 cases. There were 3,721 cases on this date last year. Two years ago on this date there were 2,453. Chapter 7: Liquidation; Chapter 11: Reorganization; Chapter 13: Adjustment of debts of individual with regular income.

ADVANCE YOUR SKILLS
Woonsocket netWORKri Career Center, 219 Pond St.

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Providence homebuyer strapped for cash in dispute over deposit
PROVIDENCE — With painters and a carpenter working on the exterior of her three-family house on Brighton Street near Broadway, Susan Dupre has a lot of money going out, and not much money coming in.

Backers of Providence’s Heritage Harbor hopeful despite funding setbacks
Funding woes don’t stop museum backers from planning for the future

11/20/2009

R.I. jobless rate dips, but 73,000 are still out of work
For the first time in nearly three years, Rhode Island’s unemployment rate dropped, to 12.9 percent in October, offering a faint but reassuring sign that the state’s economy may be on the road to improvement.

In Providence, a crescent of green business sprouts
Providence cultivates a “green corridor” of companies working in alternative energy and with environmentally friendly products along a former industrial riverside

Owner of Providence Place mall restructures debt
Parent company of Providence Place reaches agreement with some of biggest lenders

11/19/2009

National Grid objects to proposed cost of wind power
National Grid again rejects proposal from Deepwater Wind for electricity

Commerce Digest
RHODE ISLAND

N. Smithfield planners approve Dowling Village development
NORTH SMITHFIELD — The Planning Board gave the developers of Dowling Village final approval Tuesday night, effectively clearing the way for construction of the $85-million project.

11/18/2009

Commerce digest
RHODE ISLAND

11/17/2009

Now’s the time: Women advised to speak up in the workplace
Veteran newswomen tell forum it’s OK to seek work place flexibility

Conditions Index slips
An index that gauges the Rhode Island economy slipped in September from August, but its author, University of Rhode Island professor Leonard Lardaro, said the measuring stick improved over the comparable month a year ago.

Commerce Digest: Governor signs green-building standards law
Governor signs green-building standards law

Newport, Annapolis consider tourism partnership
The two cities — similar in many ways — are discussing a partnership in tourism efforts

RIPTA to replace Moscola as general manager
Board plans national search for new RIPTA chief, for whom Alfred Moscola would work

	A lot more than just putting trash in a hole in the ground
	Tour points to transformation of South Side, Elmwood
	Seekonk turkey farm marks 65th anniversary