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R.I. DOT outlines preliminary schedule for future MBTA service to Warwick

16 August, 2010

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Transportation clarified Friday a preliminary schedule for commuter trains headed to the new Warwick station connected to T.F. Green Airport. A candidate for Warwick mayor had released a statement Friday presumably saying a schedule had been agreed upon.
DOT spokesman Charles St. Martin said the final train schedule has yet [...]

Expense Ratios Remain the Key Fund Statistic

14 August, 2010

Young entrepreneurs and investors take note – when looking at a mutual fund’s prospectus, the expense ratio remains the most important number on the page. That’s the conclusion of a new study by Morningstar (NASDAQ: MORN), an independent [...]

George Osborne may have saved Britain’s credit rating – but has he saved the economy?

12 August, 2010

Standard & Poor’s has kept the government on notice that it is still reviewing Britain’s creditworthiness after the Bank of England downgraded its forecasts for the country’s economic growth.
The ratings agency pointed out that its own forecast for growth between 2010 and 2012 was 1.8% – considerably more pessimistic than Threadneedle Street’s prediction of 3%.
Britain [...]

Williams tops Forbes annual college ranking, as Brown improves to No. 45

12 August, 2010

NEW YORK – Brown University improved its ranking as one of the best colleges in the nation, landing at No. 45 out of 610 schools on Forbes’ America’s Best Colleges 2010 list, an improvement over the school’s 2009 No. 72 ranking.
Other Ocean State post-secondary schools included by Forbes were Providence College (No. 199), the University [...]

Market Report: Afren buoyed by hopes of African oil strikes

9 August, 2010

The market veered sharply lower last night, but Afren was broadly unchanged as traders bought in on hopes of upside gains.
The oil prospector closed at 98.95p, down a slight 0.2p, after Evolution said that, of all the exploration and production stocks under its scanner, Afren appeared to offer the best balance of risks against [...]

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