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January 21, 2008 Archives

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Verizon raises local calling rates for business customers

2:01 PM Mon, Jan 21, 2008 | | Write a comment
By John Kostrzewa    Email

Verizon Communications plans to increase the basic charge for unlimited local calling for its business customers by 9.8 percent as of February 1. The new rate will be $22.50 for each line, an increase of $2, according to a filing......

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Gas prices slip in RI for second, straight week

1:57 PM Mon, Jan 21, 2008 | | Write a comment
By John Kostrzewa    Email

Lower winter-time demand pushed down the price of gasoline prices in Rhode Island by four cents, according to a survey yesterday by AAA Southern New England. The average price for a gallon of unleaded, regular gasoline is $3.079 at the......

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Hasbro goes global with Monopoly

1:35 PM Mon, Jan 21, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Paul Grimaldi    Email

Pawtucket toymaker Hasbro Inc. will introduce a "world" edition of its perennially high-selling Monopoly board game later this year. Monopoly Here & Now:The World Edition follows the path of previous "Here & Now" versions of the game, which replaced "properties"......

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Cranston-based staffing agency expands

8:52 AM Mon, Jan 21, 2008 | | Write a comment
By John Kostrzewa    Email

Qualified Resources International, a Cranston-based staffing and consulting, firm is continuing to expand with the acquisition of the Loflin Group, a small staffing company based in East Providence that focused for the last 20 years on finance and accounting jobs.......

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Two housing projects complete local bank financing

8:27 AM Mon, Jan 21, 2008 | | Write a comment
By John Kostrzewa    Email

Fleetwood Management Co., owned by Ryan Taylor, has received $1.4 million in financing from Westerly-based Washington Trust Co. to purchase and upgrade four apartment projects at 966 Hope St, 102 South Angell St., 145 Butler Ave., and 158 Medway St.,......

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Holiday for stock trading after a weak start in 2008

8:10 AM Mon, Jan 21, 2008 | | Write a comment
By John Kostrzewa    Email

The U.S. stock and bond markets are closed today in observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. The break in trading comes after one of the weakest starts to the year in recent memory. The Dow Jones Industrial Average......

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