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May 28, 2008 Archives

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Dunkin' Donuts puts Rachael Ray scarf ad on ice

6:57 PM Wed, May 28, 2008 | | Comments (1)
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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New homes for homeless unveiled in Pawtucket / Photo

4:58 PM Wed, May 28, 2008 | | Comments (1)
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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More Rhode Islanders filed tax returns electronically

4:20 PM Wed, May 28, 2008 | | Write a comment
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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Study: Amgen's bone density drug is effective

12:48 PM Wed, May 28, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By John Kostrzewa    Email

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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Textron wins $750 million in Cessna orders

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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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Nestor to be delisted from Nasdaq

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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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