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April 3, 2008 Archives


State seeks proposals for off-shore wind farm

2:39 PM Thu, Apr 03, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By Tim Barmann    Email

PROVIDENCE – Wind farm developers, show us your plans. That’s the message Governor Carcieri sent today to private developers who may be interested in building a massive off-shore wind farm that would generate at least 15 percent of the electricity......

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RI company does business in Uruguay

10:06 AM Thu, Apr 03, 2008 | | Write a comment
By John Kostrzewa    Email

Uruguayan flag pins - made in Rhode Island MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay -- Sure, the U.S. embassy in Montevideo has to buy American. But it chose to buy from Rhode Island, at least for one product: the American and Uruguayan flag......

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Passenger traffic inches up at T.F. Green

8:25 AM Thu, Apr 03, 2008 | | Comments (2)
By John Kostrzewa    Email

Passenger traffic at T.F. Green Airport ticked up to 354,096 in February, up 1.9 percent from February 2007. But airport officials don't yet see the start of a trend. Patti Goldstein, an airport spokeswoman, said the February school vacation helped......

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GTECH buys gaming services company

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By John Kostrzewa    Email

Providence-based GTECH, a unit of Lottomatica, said this morning it has agreed to acquire 90 percent of Gibraltar-based St Enodoc Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries including St Minver Limited, a provider of white label gaming services. GTECH will pay $43.5......

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