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November 10, 2009

Reed's Approach to Credit Rating Agencies Gets Play
By David Scharfenberg

Senator Christopher Dodd has unveiled his lengthy, long-awaited bill on overhauling a financial system that played a central role in the economic crash. The bill is sweeping in scope, but includes - among other things - significant segments of legislation Jack Reed submitted earlier this year cracking down on ratings agencies.

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Jack Reed, Economy

September 08, 2009

Donnis in the Globe
By David Scharfenberg

My predecessor here at the Phoenix, Ian Donnis, has a strong op-ed in the Boston Globe today that attempts to get to the bottom of Rhody's fiscal woes:

There are myriad reasons: an undereducated work force, underperforming public schools, a revolving door in the top job at the state’s economic development agency. Local communities resist the regionalization that could make government more efficient.

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Media, Economy

May 01, 2009

Even the Brits Are Piling On Lil' Rhody
By David Scharfenberg

We've had The New York Times, The Boston Globe and The Washington Post pronounce on our economic failures. And now the tsk-tsk has gone international.

A new story in The Economist, the British magazine, is sounding off on our "labour" problems, noting how many "hectares" of land will open up in Providence's "Jewellry District" when the old I-195 comes down and quoting our local doomsayers, including Leonard Lardaro of the University of Rhode Island.

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Donnis in the Globe
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My predecessor here at the Phoenix, Ian Donnis, has a strong op-ed in the Boston Globe today that attempts to get to the bottom of Rhody's fiscal...

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