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08/19/2008

R.I. gasoline prices plunge 8 cents from a week ago
Gasoline prices in Rhode Island are continuing a five-week slide.

08/17/2008

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08/13/2008

For con$umers: Car leasing's fall, haggling over commissions
Just when motorists were starting to adjust to exorbitant gas prices, they face the prospect of much higher costs, fewer choices and a dearth of financing options if they want to lease their next car.

Brown student project aims to install thousands of energy-saving bulbs in local homes
PROVIDENCE — The students from Brown University were trying to explain their unusual, new environmental program to the elderly residents in a dining room at St. Elizabeth’s Place last week. Standing next to a shopping cart filled with light bulbs, they explained how they would replace every incandescent bulb in every apartment with energy-saving compact fluorescent bulbs.

At Gillette, they were tackling foreclosures
Bankers and other experts gather to help homeowners find ways to avoid losing their homes.

08/11/2008

Help prepare tax returns
Volunteers are needed to help prepare income-tax returns.

08/05/2008

Gasoline prices dip 9 cents in past week

08/03/2008

Debtors finding solace in support groups
After years of free spending — $200 jeans, a silver BMW and other grown-up toys — Michael Wagner had racked up $25,000 in credit-card debt and was behind on his mortgage and car payments. Creditors called night and day. It was a “hopeless downward spiral,” he says.

08/01/2008

R.I. companies held accountable for tax breaks
PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island Department of Revenue is getting ready to name names.

07/30/2008

As fuel costs rise, more people opt to share a ride
ROUTE 95 Peering out the passenger seat window of a three-person carpool, Sharon Raiche scans the morning rush-hour traffic and observes one of the great ironies of the current energy crisis.

R.I. house sales still in free fall
Sales of single-family houses fell sharply during April, May and June, and median house prices in Rhode Island are expected to continue falling.

07/29/2008

Supermarkets struggle with high energy prices
Ways to keep price hikes at a minimum at Dave’s Marketplace include using LED lighting, and putting high-efficiency cooling fans and insulating curtains in refrigerated displays.

07/23/2008

Cranston credit union considers switch to bank
Ultimately, the members will decide whether the switch takes place.

07/22/2008

Downturn eats into restaurant sales
Food-service industry sales in Rhode Island eroded sharply in May, according to figures from the state Division of Taxation.