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Statewide hotel tax revenue down in June

10:57 AM Thu, Sep 03, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Lisa Vernon-Sparks    Email

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- New data from the Department of Revenue shows that hotel tax revenue statewide in June was down roughly 15 percent with significant decreases in communities that account for 70 percent of the state's total draw. The amount......

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 Tags  hotel tax   Newport   Providence   RI  

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CVS job fair draws new graduates, newly unemployed

1:35 PM Tue, Aug 25, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Lisa Vernon-Sparks    Email

WARWICK, R.I. -- Hundreds of people flocked to a job fair Tuesday morning offered by CVS Caremark Corp., which is looking to fill 100 full-time pharmacy technician positions at its new call center in Cumberland. Job seekers came as early......

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 Tags  CCRI   CVS   jobs   pharmacy technicians   unemployment  

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Tarbox hoping to re-open in Attleboro

5:54 PM Tue, Aug 18, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Lisa Vernon-Sparks    Email

NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- Car dealer Jim Tarbox said he is considering the offer presented by Chrysler Group LLC to bid on a new franchise in Attleboro, Mass. but coming up with the capital will be extremely difficult. Tarbox, president......

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 Tags  bankruptcy   car dealership   Chrysler   Fiat   franchises   Tarbox  

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Citizens gives foster-care training program $25,000

2:39 PM Thu, Jul 16, 2009 | | Write a comment
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Citizens Bank has named the Rhode Island Foster Parents Association its 2009 Third Quarter Champion, and has awarded the nonprofit with a $25,000 grant for its ASPIRE savings program, officials announced Tuesday. ASPIRE, which stands for Aligning......

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 Tags  Citizen's Bank   Jim Casey Family Services   Providence   Rhode Island Foster Parents Association   RI  

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Providence investment firm secedes from Mass. company

11:51 AM Mon, Jul 06, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Lisa Vernon-Sparks    Email

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A South Main Street investment management firm doing business, for a decade, as an allied operation to a Massachusetts company, will separate to launch a new firm called Endurance Wealth Management, a company spokesman announced Monday. The......

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 Tags  assets   investment management   Marion   Massachusetts   Providence   RI  

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Middletown Internet service provider lays off staffers

3:59 PM Wed, Jun 10, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Lisa Vernon-Sparks    Email

MIDDLETOWN, R.I. --Towerstream Corp., [NASDAQ: TWER] a provider of high-speed Internet service has laid off several employees, a company spokeswoman confirmed Wednesday. The spokeswoman did not have the total number of employees at Towerstream, nor would she disclose the number......

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 Tags  broadband   Internet   middletown   Middletown   R.I.   wireless  

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W. Warwick bus company joins green certification field studies

8:05 AM Tue, Jun 09, 2009 | | Write a comment
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WEST WARWICK, R.I. -- Archway Bus Transportation Inc., has met the criteria to participate in a new 18-month pilot study, being conducted by the University of Vermont, which will set guidelines for motor coach companies seeking a certification for practicing......

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 Tags  emissions   green fuel   motor coach   techonology   Union of Concerned Scientists   University of Vermont  

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