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Counting on your husband’s retirement income?

Women face special challenges when planning for retirement. Women are more likely than men to work in part-time jobs that don’t qualify for a retirement plan. And women are more likely to interrupt their careers (or stay out of the workforce … more

BARBARA KENERSON | 6/5/15

Zachary and Shari Weinberger: Active and artful in Providence and Warren

When Zachary Weinberger and Shari Fishman met at Hunter College, in New York City, they had no idea of the extraordinary life together that awaited them. They quickly grew close, forming a bond … more

MICHAEL SCHEMAILLE | 10/2/19

Tips for picking the right financial adviser

You’ve probably read the headlines about Bernie Madoff-style Ponzi schemes; about people who call themselves financial advisers but are really product-peddling salespeople, neither qualified … more

10/2/19

Feinstein 2014 challenge raises $227 million to fight hunger

Rhode Island philanthropist Alan Shawn Feinstein’s 17th annual $1 million giveaway to fight hunger his year raised more than $227 million for 1,766 nonprofit agencies. The agencies helping the hungry use his challenge as a spur to their own … more

8/18/14

Children get lemon aid

School’s out for the summer and you can bet that there will be kids setting up their lemonade stands all across the country. You can also bet on hearing and reading stories of how some … more

6/22/18

Manischewitz Company sold

JTA – The Manischewitz Company, well known for its Passover foods, was sold a week before the holiday. Sankaty Advisors, an arm of the private equity firm Bain Capital, purchased the Newark, N.J.-based purveyor of kosher foods for an … more

5/9/14

Whose risk is it anyway?

Webster’s Dictionary explains risk as a hazard, danger, peril, exposure to loss, injury or destruction. Often in life we measure risk as the potential of losing something of value, weighed against potential to gain something of value. Must we … more

Andrew Miller | 10/23/14

Intel to invest up to $6 billion in Israeli factory

JTA – The Intel Corp. will invest $5 to $6 billion in its southern Israel factory. The company is filing an investment plan for the Kiryat Gat work with Israel’s Ministry of the Economy, the Israeli business daily Globes reported, citing … more

5/9/14

Cape Air announces service to Block Island

Cape Air, one of the nation’s largest regional airlines, will begin seasonal service to Block Island, R.I., beginning on May 22. Cape Air will offer daily flights between Block Island Airport (BID) and T.F. Green Airport (PVD) and between BID and … more

5/9/14

JFF’s donor advised funds make charitable giving easy

Due to the phenomenon called year-end giving, charities across the country receive a big influx of donations between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve. People who want to help out tear a few … more

CLAIRE UZIEL | 11/7/21