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Dunkin' Donuts adds healthier choices to its menu

9:15 AM Wed, Jul 30, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (1)
By Andrea Panciera    Email

For a state where it feels like there is one of these doughnut shops on almost every corner, and whose company name graces its Providence civic center, this is news. Looking to entice those hungry for a healthier option, Dunkin'......

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 Tags  Dunkin' Donuts   food   healthy eating  

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Online Scrabble knockoff suspended on Facebook

3:22 PM Tue, Jul 29, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Andrea Panciera    Email

NEW YORK -- The creators of a Scrabble knockoff responsible for countless hours at the online hangout Facebook suspended their word game Tuesday after being hit with a lawsuit, disappointing fans who logged on expecting to make their next moves.......

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 Tags  facebook   hasbro   scrabble   scrabulous  

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A.H. Belo, Journal's owner, plans to reduce staff by 500

12:34 PM Mon, Jul 28, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (3)
By Andrea Panciera    Email

A.H. Belo Corp. of Dallas, Texas, whose holdings include The Providence Journal and Dallas Morning News, plans to reduce company-wide employment by the equivalent of 500 full-time jobs -- about 14 percent of the company's work force. Howard G.......

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 Tags  A.H. Belo   Belo buyouts   Belo staff reductions   Providence Journal  

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N.Y. advisory group named to help oversee Landmark

4:18 PM Fri, Jul 25, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Andrea Panciera    Email

An out-of-state health industry advisory group will work with a Pawtucket attorney overseeing the troubled Landmark Medical Center in Woonsocket. Superior Court Associate Justice Michael A. Silverstein today appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP of Albany, N.Y., to work with attorney Jonathan N.......

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 Tags  Landmark Medical Center   Woonsocket  

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Innovative Maine mussel farm shuts down

3:55 PM Mon, Jul 21, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (3)
By Andrea Panciera    Email

ST. GEORGE, Maine (AP) -- Great Eastern Mussel Farms has announced it is shutting down its business and laying off 40 full-time employees. Great Eastern, located in Tenants Harbor in midcoast Maine, was a pioneer in mussel cultivation when it......

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 Tags  Great Eastern Mussel Farms   maine mussel farm shuts down   mussel farm   mussels  

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Photo: Lining up in Cranston, and around world, for new iPhone

11:00 AM Fri, Jul 11, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Andrea Panciera    Email

Journal photo / John Freidah Customers line up outside the AT&T store on Reservoir Avenue in Cranston this morning for the release of the new iPhone. Sales manager Loren Sarno helps them outside the store. Some models had sold......

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 Tags  iPhone   phones   technology  

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DBR completes office relocation to Cranston

8:58 AM Thu, Jul 10, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Andrea Panciera    Email

The Department of Business Regulation said this morning it has completed its relocation from 233 Richmond St. in Providence to the John O. Pastore Complex in Cranston. The DBR's new address is 1511 Pontiac Ave., and the offices are now......

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National Grid wants even bigger rate hike -- 21.7 percent

6:14 PM Thu, Jul 03, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (1)
By Andrea Panciera    Email

Even before state regulators have considered a proposed 15.6 percent hike in electricity rates, National Grid now says it wants to increase rates even more. National Grid told the state Public Utilities Commission today that the increasing price of crude......

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Hasbro adds new director to board

4:30 PM Tue, Jul 01, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Andrea Panciera    Email

Hasbro Inc. said today it has added a former finance executive for an international trucking and supply-chain management company to its board of directors. Tracy Leinbach, formerly chief financial officer for Ryder System Inc., was elected to the board of......

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