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June 8, 2008 - June 14, 2008 Archives
4:50 PM Fri, Jun 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Tim Barmann  Email
A small house built by dozens of Rhode Island School of Design students three years ago finally has a new home. The 800 sq. ft. single family home, designed to run entirely on solar energy, has been moved to the......
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9:30 AM Fri, Jun 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John Kostrzewa Email
BJ’s Wholesale Club Inc., Big Lots Inc. and Variety Wholesalers Inc. will pay the U.S. government a total of $106,000 to settle charges they failed to warn TV buyers about the switch to digital signals next year. The retailers didn’t......
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3:11 PM Thu, Jun 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Tim Barmann Email
The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority said this afternoon that it would charge the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence $15 per RIPTIK book, not $17.50, as the two organizations announced on Wednesday. The lower price means that the diocese will......
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12:09 PM Thu, Jun 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Paul Parker Email
Journal photo / Mary Murphy George McKerrow Jr., president and CEO of Ted's Montana Grill, right, is interviewed by Richard Brush, dean of J&W's Hospitality College, who moderated the talk. Johnson & Wales University students today were urged to......
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10:59 AM Thu, Jun 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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Journal photo/ Bob Thayer BROTHER JOSEPH BYRON enters the wind turbine operating at the Portsmouth Abbey School. The windmill takes care of about 40 percent of the school's energy needs. People's Power & Light, a non-profit energy company based......
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8:27 AM Thu, Jun 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John Kostrzewa Email
The Stanley Works, the Connecticut-based company that owns Stanley Fastening Systems in East Greenwich, sold its measuring-tool unit CST/Berger for $205 million to Robert Bosch GmbH Stuttgart, Germany-based Bosch vies with Continental AG as the world's largest auto-parts maker and......
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8:21 AM Thu, Jun 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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Estee Lauder Cos., the maker of Clinique and Bobbi Brown cosmetics, accused CVS Caremark Corp. and Family Dollar Stores of selling knockoff fragrances in a trademark-infringement lawsuit. Woonsocket-based CVS and Family Dollar, which sells goods for less than $1, stock......
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4:17 PM Wed, Jun 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Tim Barmann Email
Governor Carcieri has selected five people, including four state officials, to evaluate the proposals for building an off-shore wind farm that were submitted last month by seven private companies. The team is expected to pore over the proposals, some nearly......
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2:47 PM Wed, Jun 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Tim Barmann Email
The Public Utilities Commission has scheduled six public hearings around the state to allow people to comment on National Grid's proposal to raise electricity rates by 15.6 percent and natural gas rates by 10 percent. Here are the remaining hearings:......
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11:59 AM Wed, Jun 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE - The Diocese of Providence announced this morning that it has purchased enough bus passes from RIPTA to provide 1,000 people with 10 bus rides each. Beginning tomorrow, the diocese will begin giving out the RIPTIK books, which each......
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10:55 AM Wed, Jun 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Paul Grimaldi Email
A year after the Brooks-Eckerd pharmacy chain became part of the Rite Aid Corp., the Warwick company's former headquarters remains on the market. Canada’s Jean Coutu Group (PJC.A:TSX) last year sold more than 1,850 Brooks and Eckerd drugstores and 6......
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9:33 AM Wed, Jun 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John Kostrzewa Email
John Maeda, the new president of the Rhode Island School of Design, is scheduled to speak tonight to about 100 business leaders from the worlds of information technology and digital media. The program was organized by Jack Templin, program coordinator......
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7:54 AM Wed, Jun 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John Kostrzewa Email
The Dutch office supplies distributor Corporate Express NV accepted a sweetened buyout offer this morning of $2.7 billion from retailer Staples Inc. Staples, raised its offer four times, the last two after Corporate Express made a bid for Lyreco of......
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7:40 AM Wed, Jun 11, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John Kostrzewa Email
The Most Rev. Thomas J. Tobin, Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence, is scheduled to announce a new program this morning to help needy Rhode Islanders cope with high gas prices by taking the bus to get to work, go shopping......
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4:37 PM Tue, Jun 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Paul Parker Email
Conversion of Providence's former South Street Station power plant into a museum and hotel building is on schedule and moving from demolition work to construction, according to a spokesman for the developers. The plant, operated by Narragansett Electric for almost......
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8:54 AM Tue, Jun 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John Kostrzewa Email
Providence-based LIN TV Corp., owner of WPRI-Channel 12, has signed an agreement with DIRECTTV Inc. for the retransmission of LIN's broadcast stations signal by the satellite television provider. Terms were not disclosed. LIN TV operates 29 television stations in 17......
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8:44 AM Tue, Jun 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John Kostrzewa Email
Blount Boats will christen its newest cargo-passenger ferry, the M/V CAYO LARGO, on Tuesday at the company's boatyard in Warren. - Bount built one of the largest cargo-passenger ferries in service for the Puerto Rico and Municipal Islands Maritime Authority.......
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5:09 PM Mon, Jun 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Tim Barmann Email
PROVIDENCE –– The big white tank farms that dot Providence’s western waterfront are vitally important to the state’s energy infrastructure, and any closure of these fuel storage facilities to make way for other types of development would likely push energy......
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11:12 AM Mon, Jun 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By Tim Barmann Email
The average price of gasoline rose 8 cents from last week, setting another record high. The average price of regular, self-serve gas was $4.099 a gallon this morning, according to a survey of local stations by the state's Office of......
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10:43 AM Mon, Jun 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John Kostrzewa Email
Richard Schloesser has been appointed president and chief operating officer of Toray Plastics (America), Inc., of North Kingstown, a manufacturer of polyester and polypropylene films. He will be responsible for expanding North American operations and developing the packaging-film business in......
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7:51 AM Mon, Jun 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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By John Kostrzewa Email
As state legislators prepare the state budget for release later this week, Rhode Island businesses began a campaign today to lobby the lawmakers against any new taxes or increases in taxes or fees in the coming year. The Rhode Island......
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