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R.I.'s top health insurers seek big jump in rates

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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

By Benjamin N. Gedan Journal staff writer Koller The dominant health-insurance companies in Rhode Island are seeking large rate increases for next year, said state Health Insurance Commissioner, Christopher F. Koller. If approved, the new rates would mean huge cost......

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T.F. Green Airport travel down, but not bad

4:11 PM Mon, May 18, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

By Paul Edward Parker Journal staff writer Although passenger traffic at T.F. Green Airport was down in April compared to a year earlier. But, for the second straight month, the decline was well off the highs posted in the fall.......

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Expert says housing market poised for normalcy

2:53 PM Wed, Apr 29, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

By Paul Edward Parker Journal staff writer WARWICK, R.I. -- The national housing market has returned to its normal balance after a buying frenzy in the first part of this decade led to a collapse last year, an economist with......

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Brown, EDC open R.I. center for entrepreneurs

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By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

Providence Journal photo / Frieda Squires Brown University's Clyde L. Briant, right, and Brendan C. McNally at the newly opened Rhode Island Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. By Benjamin N. Gedan Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Brown University......

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Iway project on track; west approach ramps open soon

6:38 PM Thu, Apr 23, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

By Lisa Vernon-Sparks Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- As construction pushes forward on the relocation of I-195, motorists can expect to see new access ramps opening up from the roadway's western approach sometime this summer, with more to come......

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March travel at R.I.'s airport declines slightly

2:18 PM Tue, Apr 21, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

By Paul Edward Parker Journal staff writer Following two months of double-digit declines in the number of travelers using T.F. Green Airport, passenger traffic started leveling off in March, according to counts made public Tuesday by the state's airport agency.......

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Warwick man's real-estate license suspended

2:13 PM Wed, Apr 15, 2009 | | Comments (1)
By Pamela Reinsel Cotter    Email

By Christine Dunn Journal staff writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation has suspended the real-estate license of a man who pleaded no contest in February, and was sentenced March 30, in an assault case involving......

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