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April 17, 2008 Archives


RI utilities regulator: cable subscriber counts should be kept secret

2:43 PM Thu, Apr 17, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Tim Barmann    Email

A state utilities regulator has decided that financial data and customer counts submitted by cable television companies in Rhode Island are no longer public information and has declined release the figures as requested by The Providence Journal. Thomas F. Ahern,......

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Concordia to expand in Warwick

9:21 AM Thu, Apr 17, 2008 | | Write a comment
By John Kostrzewa    Email

Concordia, a Coventry-based manufacturer, said this morning it plans to expand in Warwick with the help of a $500,000 small business loan from the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation. Concordia will be lease a 24,575 square foot facility located at......

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Cessna sales boost Textron's profits

7:24 AM Thu, Apr 17, 2008 | | Write a comment
By John Kostrzewa    Email

Providence-based Textron Inc., the world's biggest maker of business jets through its Cessna unit, this morning reported an 18 percent increase in first-quarter earnings as demand rose for aircraft. Net income climbed to $231 million, or 91 cents a share,......

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Aspen Aerogels wins contract

7:20 AM Thu, Apr 17, 2008 | | Write a comment
By John Kostrzewa    Email

Aspen Aerogels, the Northboro, Mass.-based company that recently opened a plant in East Providence, has been awarded a contract from Helix Energy Solutions Group, of Houston, to supply insulation for a subsea pipe line in the Anadarko Petroleum oil discovery......

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