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February 4, 2008 Archives

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Roche tries another challenge to Amgen's anemia drugs

3:30 PM Mon, Feb 04, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Benjamin N. Gedan    Email

Last October, a federal judge in Boston handed Amgen Inc. a major victory, finding that rival drugmaker Roche Holding AG had violated Amgen's patents in designing an anemia drug to compete with Amgen's top-selling medications, Epogen and Aranesp. But now,......

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Seabees donate $50,000 for new museum at Quonset

3:15 PM Mon, Feb 04, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Benjamin N. Gedan    Email

A 1951 photo of the Seabee chapel at Quonset, where Seabee veterans hopes to build a new museum. PROVIDENCE -- The Seabee Museum and Memorial Park at the Quonset Business Park announced a $50,000 donation today that will help......

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Fox scores: This was the most watched Super Bowl

2:13 PM Mon, Feb 04, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Peter Phipps    Email

The Giants’ thrilling win over the Patriots was the most-watched Super Bowl ever, with 97.5 million viewers, Nielsen Media Research said Monday. The game eclipsed the previous Super Bowl record of 94.08 million, set when Dallas defeated Pittsburgh in 1996.......

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Alexion testing Rhode Island plant

11:35 AM Mon, Feb 04, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Benjamin N. Gedan    Email

Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. has completed the transformation of the former Dow Chemical plant in Smithfield into a biopharmaceutical facility for the manufacture of the drug Soliris. In a speech at the Wachovia Securities 2007 Healthcare Conference, held in Boston last......

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Super Bowl XLII could be most watched ever

11:17 AM Mon, Feb 04, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Andrea Panciera    Email

NEW YORK -- Very preliminary findings from 49 of the nation's biggest markets showed that ratings for this year's Super Bowl, with the New York Giants' thrilling win over the New England Patriots, were up 6 percent over last year's......

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Hasbro sees rising production costs in China

10:57 AM Mon, Feb 04, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Benjamin N. Gedan    Email

Bumblebee, one of Hasbro's Transformers. The price of manufacturing in China, long regarded as the world's low-cost workshop, is going up, putting pressure on Pawtucket-based toymaker Hasbro Inc. The New York Times recently reported that increases in the cost......

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Port bill to be debated Wednesday

10:15 AM Mon, Feb 04, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Benjamin N. Gedan    Email

A bill to create a joint legislative commission to study ways to grow port revenues at the state-owned Quonset Business Park will be heard on Wednesday by the Senate Committee on Constitutional and Regulatory Issues. The bill relating to the......

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Seabees to announce large donation for museum today

10:13 AM Mon, Feb 04, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Benjamin N. Gedan    Email

The Seabee Museum and Memorial Park at the Quonset Business Park will announce a "major corporate gift" today that will pay for a new museum celebrating the history of the Seabees. The museum will identify the donor and disclose other......

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Quill workers eligible for federal trade assistance

10:04 AM Mon, Feb 04, 2008 | | Write a comment
By John Kostrzewa    Email

Workers at Quill Company Inc., of Cranston, have been certified by the U.S. Dept. of Labor as eligible for U.S. Trade Adjustment Assistance benefits because of increased foreign competition and imports. The benefits including job training, job search and relocation......

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Monday-morning quarterbacking those Super Bowl ads

9:30 AM Mon, Feb 04, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Andrea Panciera    Email

While this Super Bowl watcher found the game much more gripping than the much-vaunted ads, some at least verged on entertaining. Two of the most talked-about commercials, according to the Associated Press this morning, were the spots for Tide and......

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Average group health benefit costs in RI surpasses $10,000

8:50 AM Mon, Feb 04, 2008 | | Write a comment
By John Kostrzewa    Email

The average annual cost for group medical and dental benefits in Rhode Island was $10,300 in 2007, according to a new survey by a benefits consulting firm based in Wakefield. The survey by Bluff Head Enterprises, its sixth annual, was......

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