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January 18, 2008 Archives

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Amtrak strike averted

3:57 PM Fri, Jan 18, 2008 | | Write a comment
By John Kostrzewa    Email

Amtrak said today it reached a preliminary deal with nine labor unions, averting a potentially devastating strike at the end of the month. Details of the agreement will not be released until it is ratified by affected union members in......

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Fidelity expands in New Mexico

8:57 AM Fri, Jan 18, 2008 | | Write a comment
By John Kostrzewa    Email

Boston-based Fidelity Investments, which employees more than 2,000 people in Rhode Island at offfices in Smithfield and Providence, said it will open a new human resources services operations center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The 210,000 square foot facility will eventually......

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Slade's Ferry shareholders approve sale of bank

8:36 AM Fri, Jan 18, 2008 | | Write a comment
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Shareholders of Slade's Ferry Bancorp, based in Somerset, Mass., voted at a special meeting Thursday to sell the bank to Independent Bank Corp., of Rockland, Mass. The deal is expected to close March 1, pending regulatory approvals. About 98.5 percent......

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