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April 10, 2008 Archives

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Busy weekend expected at Green Airport

2:55 PM Thu, Apr 10, 2008 | | Write a comment
By Tim Barmann    Email

For those traveling through T.F. Green Airport this weekend, expect crowds. The weekend before April vacation week is among the busiest of the year at the Warwick airport, said Patti Goldstein, a spokeswoman for the Rhode Island Airport Corporation. She......

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$5 million granted for house acquisitions near T.F. Green

1:14 PM Thu, Apr 10, 2008 | | Comments (1)
By John Kostrzewa    Email

The Rhode Island Airport Corporation will receive $5 million from the Federal Aviation Administration to acquire 21 houses in the voluntary house acquisition program located near T.F. Green Airport. “This program continues to provide an alternative for families around T.F.......

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Amgen's stock soars

12:04 PM Thu, Apr 10, 2008 | | Write a comment
By John Kostrzewa    Email

Stock in Amgen (AMGN:NASDAQ) gained the most in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index this morning, rising 6 percent to $44.15 a share, up $2.56. U.S. District Judge William Young ruled Roche Holding AG's anemia medicine Mircera violates patents owned......

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Mayor to sign bill to help artists and small businesses

9:06 AM Thu, Apr 10, 2008 | | Write a comment
By John Kostrzewa    Email

Mayor David N. Cicilline, City Councilman Luis Aponte and others will be pushing an ordinance the mayor says will help small businesses and artists displaced by development. The mayor will sign the ordinance this morning at MEDPort, 99 Hartford Ave.,......

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Grounded airlines have limited impact at T.F. Green

8:52 AM Thu, Apr 10, 2008 | | Write a comment
By John Kostrzewa    Email

The grounding of more than 1,000 American Airlines flights yesterday, after 460 flights were scrubbed the day before, has had little impact on passengers at T.F. Green Airport. The MD 80 aircraft that were pulled from flight schedules and are......

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Foster Grant company settles sunglasses patent suit

7:39 AM Thu, Apr 10, 2008 | | Write a comment
By John Kostrzewa    Email

FGX International, the sunglasses company with offices in Smithfield, has settled a lawsuit filed by Sun Optics, based in Salt Lake City, over patents for designs of transparent eyeglass cases. FGX, also known as Foster Grant, will pay Sun Optics......

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