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Providence councilman asks R.I. to revoke Brown's blanket tax exemption
By Alisha A. Pina PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The City Council will consider a resolution that asks the General Assembly to remove Brown University's blanket property tax exemption. Councilman John Igliozzi, the sponsor, says the university is entitled to a tax exemption, but "its colonial charter" keeps Brown from paying taxes other nonprofits pay, such as on properties that it rents or doesn't serve ...

No Takers for Texas as New York City Trophies Find Refinancing: Mortgages
When it comes to the commercial- mortgage bond market these days, location is everything.

Trophy Buildings Get Refinancing, Others Wait
Commercial property lenders are reluctant to venture from major urban centers

Brown U. Cites Colonial-Era Charter in Avoiding Property Taxes
A nearly 250-year-old charter exempts Brown University from paying property tax even on its commercial holdings, in contrast with other nonprofit institutions in Rhode Island, news site GoLocalProv reports.

City spars with U. over increasing payments
Providence Mayor Angel Taveras' request that Brown pay Providence an additional $5 million per year to help relieve the city's financial woes has sparked a public battle between the city and the ... ;

Buffalo Lodging Associates Names Regional Revenue Manager
Buffalo Lodging Associates is proud to announce that Jo-Anne Azevedo has been promoted to regional revenue manager. Azevedo is responsible for organizing and implementing revenue management efforts across assigned hotels in the company’s Midwest region.Canton, Massachusetts (PRWEB) January 24, 2012 Buffalo Lodging Associates is proud to announce that Jo-Anne Azevedo has been promoted to regional ...

Web update: Outside U. building, protest targets Brown's tax exemption
Nearly 100 Providence firefighters, police officers and community members protested the University's exemption from paying taxes on many of its properties Wednesday evening, blasting fog horns, chanting and holding signs that read 'pay your share.' The... ;

New Geology research posted online Jan. 6, 2012
( Geological Society of America ) New Geology research reports on data suggesting that existing knowledge on the composition, structure, and dynamics of the upper mantle needs to be re-examined; observations providing groundwork for creating new quantitative models for reaction texture formation to place better constraints on the rates of metamorphic processes; fossilized fungi observed in ...

Under Flanagan, department heads often reshuffled or fired
Shortly after being sworn in for his first term as the 29-year-old mayor for the city, Will Flanagan removed the treasurer/chief financial officer. That was just the first of at least 10 department head changes under Flanagan since January 2010. Some occurred through firing, some through retirement, some through job changes and some under murky circumstances.