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May 25, 2008 - May 31, 2008 Archives
3:56 PM Fri, May 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John Kostrzewa  Email
John Fitzpatrick attended his first World Trade Day conference at Bryant University last year, not certain what to expect. Yesterday, he was honored at the university’s 23rd annual world trade conference for making so much of last year’s visit –......
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12:43 PM Fri, May 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
Journal photos / Bill Murphy Former CVS executives John "Jack" Kramer, above, and Carlos Ortiz, below, leave U.S. District Court after having been found not guilty on all charges against them. PROVIDENCE -- Former CVS executives John R. "Jack"......
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12:56 PM Thu, May 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John Kostrzewa Email
The Dunkin’ Donuts Center in downtown Providence will close Friday night after its last concert to begin the third phase of a renovation directed by the Rhode Island Convention Center Authority, the building’s owner. The three-year phased renovation is on......
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12:30 PM Thu, May 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Jack Perry Email
Journal file photo The Arcade building in downtown Providence, the oldest indoor shopping mall in the country, will undergo an $8-million renovation, according to owner Granoff Associates. The building's tenants, primarily lunch counters and retail shops, will have to......
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9:35 AM Thu, May 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John Kostrzewa Email
Thirteen states, including Rhode Island, are challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s refusal to adopt stronger ozone standards urged by its own scientists. - The public interest law firm Earthjustice filed the lawsuit on behalf of the states, two cities......
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9:28 AM Thu, May 29, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John Kostrzewa Email
Three Rhode Island research and development companies are scheduled for a visit today by U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin. “We are lucky to have these Rhode Island companies taking risks to develop new ideas and products, because often their innovations have......
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6:57 PM Wed, May 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
CANTON, Mass. -- Dunkin' Donuts has canceled an online advertisement featuring celebrity chef Rachael Ray after complaints that a scarf she wore in the ad offers symbolic support for terrorism. Dunkin' Donuts said today it pulled the ad over the......
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4:58 PM Wed, May 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John Kostrzewa Email
Journal photo / Mary Murphy The door opens today from the front porch of 216 Garden St. to the Residences at Garden Street, formerly the site of the McAloon-Kelly Funeral Home. Public officials and representatives of the state Housing......
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4:20 PM Wed, May 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Neil Downing Email
The Internal Revenue Service says that about 301,000 federal income-tax returns have been filed electronically from Rhode Island so far this year, up from about 265,000 at the same point last year, an increase of about 14 percent. The number......
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12:48 PM Wed, May 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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Amgen Inc., the biotechnology company that runs a plant in West Greenwich, said its experimental drug denosumab was more effective than Merck & Co.'s Fosamax at improving women's bone density in a study. Denosumab, a twice-yearly injection, increased bone density......
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12:14 PM Wed, May 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John Kostrzewa Email
Providence-based Textron Inc. said this morning that its Cessna Aircraft Co. unit garnered 88 new plane orders valued at about $750 million at an aviation exhibition in Geneva. The orders at last week's European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition included......
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9:06 AM Wed, May 28, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John Kostrzewa Email
The Nasdaq Stock market said it will delist the common stock of Providence-based Nestor. The stock (NEST:OTC-BB) will continue to trade on the over the counter bulletin board. Nasdaq said it suspended trading in Nestor's stock on its exchnage on......
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5:03 PM Tue, May 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Andrea Panciera Email
CLEVELAND -- Rhode Island-based lottery giant GTECH Corp. is challenging the accuracy and fairness of the Ohio lottery's decision to award that business to another company. GTECH today sent a letter of protest to Ohio Lottery Executive Director Michael Dolan......
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4:52 PM Tue, May 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Paul Grimaldi Email
The chairman and chief executive officer of Bancorp Rhode Island each received at least 63 percent of the shares voted during last week’s annual meeting as they once again survived a challenge by dissident investors, according to a statement released......
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2:25 PM Tue, May 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John Kostrzewa Email
Atrion Networking Corp. said today it has acquired interactive multimedia company, Shazamm, allowing it to offer customized technical and aesthetic client business solutions. Terms were not disclosed. Shazamm specializes in detailed Web, print and multi-media communications and marketing solutions, with......
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12:11 PM Tue, May 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Paul Grimaldi Email
Brian Goldner got a 25-percent pay raise with his promotion last week to chief executive officer of toymaker Hasbro Inc., the Pawtucket company said in a regulatory filing this morning. On May 22, Goldner officially replaced Alfred J. Verrecchia as......
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11:42 AM Tue, May 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John Kostrzewa Email
Neal McNamara was named this morning as Office Managing Partner of Nixon Peabody LLP’s Providence office. He succeeds Stephen D. Zubiago, who has been appointed leader of the firm’s health services practice. A partner in the firm’s labor and employment......
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10:09 AM Tue, May 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John Kostrzewa Email
The establishment of the Randolph Savings Peter T. Pastore, Jr. Charitable Foundation was announced this morning in honor of Peter T. Pastore, Jr., former executive vice president of the bank who passed away in 2006. The foundation will provide financial......
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9:16 AM Tue, May 27, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John Kostrzewa Email
Andera, a Providence-based financial technology firms, this morning won an additional $350,000 in funding from the Slater Technology Fund. Slater’s newest funding brings its total investment in the company to $750,000 and will help further Andera’s growth as it expands......
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