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May 6, 2008 Archives


Visit Journal's booth at Business Expo

12:11 PM Tue, May 06, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Jack Perry    Email

PROVIDENCE -- Free, expert business advice. That’s what you’ll get when you visit The Providence Journal’s booth at this year’s Business Expo, today and tomorrow,......

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Advisory firm backs Bancorp Rhode Island managers

10:04 AM Tue, May 06, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Paul Grimaldi    Email

The management at Providence-based Bancorp Rhode Island, the parent of Bank Rhode Island, this week received a positive review from a national investment advisory firm.......

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CVS Caremark buys two Cumberland buildings

9:34 AM Tue, May 06, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Paul Grimaldi    Email

CVS Caremark Corp. recently purchased two buildings near its Woonsocket headquarters to provide more room for its employees. CVS has been expanding ever since it......

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Offshore wind farm site scrapped

8:19 AM Tue, May 06, 2008 | | Write a comment
By John Kostrzewa    Email

A company proposing an offshore wind farm in Buzzards Bay is dropping one of three locations it was considering. Patriots Renewables said it’s no longer......

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Business Expo 2008 opens today

8:09 AM Tue, May 06, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By John Kostrzewa    Email

Business leaders and public officials will open the two-day Business Expo 2008 this morning at 9:30 at the Rhode Island Convention Center. John Maeda, incoming......

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Haddock catch may be reduced

8:04 AM Tue, May 06, 2008 | | Write a comment
By John Kostrzewa    Email

Last fall's plankton bloom failed to develop in New England's prime fish breeding and feeding ground of Georges Bank, which could reduce the amount of......

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