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Rhode Island and Providence Plantations , more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a U.S. state in the New England region of the United States. It is the List of U.S. states by area U.S. state by area. Rhode Island borders Connecticut to the west and Massachusetts to the north and east. Rhode Island also shares a water border with New York York's Long Island to the southwest.In a recent survey, 3% of people in Rhode Island have needed the services of a corporate tax attorney to handle IRS problems.

The simplest description of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations economy, is a colonial base in fishing and farming, each of which respectively became shipping and manufacturing upon independence.

Image:RI towns Narragansett.png Towers (Narragansett, Rhode Island) Towers and Narragansett Town Beach, one of Rhode Island's tourist destinations

The headquarters of Citizens Financial Group, a 160 billion dollar banking corporation which operates in many parts of the US, is located in Providence, Rhode Island The Fortune 500 companies CVS Corporation and Textron are based in Woonsocket, Rhode Island and Providence, respectively. FM Global, Hasbro, American Power Conversion, Nortek, and Amica Mutual Insurance are all Fortune 1000 companies based in Rhode Island. The GTECH Corporation is headquartered in Providence.

Information gathered from Wikipedia's Rhode Island page