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Packaging firm to bring product lines, jobs to Rhode Island

12:36 PM Thu, Dec 04, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Business staff    Email

Pentair Electronic Packaging said today it will relocate several manufacturing product lines from Poway, California to the company's Warwick plant, creating new jobs at the Rhode Island site. The company expects the transfer to be completed by July 2009. The......

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 Tags  jobs   manufacturing   packaging   Pentair  

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Hasbro exec named CEO of the year

9:22 AM Thu, Dec 04, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Business staff    Email

Brian Goldner, chief executive officer at Pawtucket-based Hasbro, has been named 2008 MarketWatch CEO of the Year. The financial news outlet said Goldner, building Hasbro's business with such products as Transformers tied to the hit movie, has "radically altered perceptions......

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 Tags  Brian Goldner   Hasbro   MarketWatch  

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Quonset construction to begin

5:50 PM Wed, Dec 03, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Paul Parker    Email

Sen. Jack Reed and state officials will gather at Quonset Point Friday, to mark the start of construction of two National Guard facilities that will be built with $43 million in federal money. A 40,000-square-foot aircraft maintenance facility dating from......

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Deal for North Smithfield rehabilitation hospital appears dead

3:06 PM Wed, Dec 03, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Paul Grimaldi    Email

A deal to sell the Rehabilitation Hospital of Rhode Island in North Smithfield fell through yesterday as the Missouri company that wanted to buy a majority stake in the health-care facility pulled out of the transaction, according to state and......

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 Tags  health-care workers   Landmark   North Smithfield   RehabCare   Rehabilitation Hospital of Rhode Island  

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Whitehouse wants to hear from consumers about credit cards

2:44 PM Wed, Dec 03, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Neil Downing    Email

Got a gripe about your credit card company? U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse wants to hear it. Whitehouse will hold a field hearing of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Rhode Island College in Providence. The hearing......

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Providence Woman Wins Purpose Prize

1:50 PM Wed, Dec 03, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Andy Smith    Email

Barbara Cervone, who runs a non-profit organization called What Kids Can Do, is one of 15 national winners of The Purpose Prize, an award designed to recognize social innovators over the age of 60. What Kids Can Do recognizes the......

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 Tags  Cervone   Purpose Prize   What Kids Can Do  

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Workers at N. Smithfield rehabilitation hospital threaten strike

12:18 PM Wed, Dec 03, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Paul Grimaldi    Email

Nurses and therapists at the Rehabilitation Hospital of Rhode Island last night backed the possibility of a strike against the North Smithfield health-care facility if contract negotiations. The health-care workers are upset with a demand from RehabCare Inc., which wants......

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 Tags  health-care workers   Landmark   North Smithfield   RehabCare   Rehabilitation Hospital of Rhode Island  

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