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3:11 PM Fri, Oct 02, 2009 | Permalink |
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WARWICK, R.I. -- Warwick-based ATW Companies Inc. plans to open a new facility in East Providence following the acquisition of the metal injection molding division of Morgan Advanced Ceramics, based in New Bedford, Mass. The acquisition will create some new......
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1:52 PM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Local innovators and institutions working to strengthen Rhode Island's knowledge economy can apply for $100,000 grants now available from the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration. Organizations, particularly in the health care, research and design sectors......
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1:51 PM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Rhode Island has received $100,000 in federal stimulus grants under the Strengthening Communities Fund, a new program aimed at helping nonprofit organizations improve their ability to provide job training and other assistance for economic independence. The Strengthening......
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1:42 PM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- A 13-week extension of unemployment benefits in the 27 states with the highest jobless rates is being slowed by some lawmakers upset that their own states would be left out. Senate leaders had hoped for a quick......
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10:29 AM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Lawyers for the bankrupt Twin River slot parlor have filed a request in federal court for permission to "transition" ownership of the Lincoln gambling venue by Oct. 23 to its major lenders -- a necessary step toward......
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8:35 AM Thu, Oct 01, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Channel 10, WJAR-TV, has announced the return of longtime station meteorologist Gary Ley, who was laid off in March and will now return to NBC 10 to forecast the weather on "Weekend Sunrise." Ley The local station......
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10:49 AM Wed, Sep 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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The state fund that distributes unemployment benefits will have to borrow from Uncle Sam once again to help cover payments to the unemployed. The state Department of Labor and Training, which oversees the fund, said on Wednesday that it plans......
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9:44 AM Wed, Sep 30, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Susan Decker and Cary O'Reilly Sept. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp., the world's biggest maker of computer software, won a ruling that throws out a $388 million jury verdict over a patent on software used to deter piracy. U.S.......
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1:32 PM Tue, Sep 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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The housing market in Massachusetts is showing signs of recovery, but is still struggling in the lingering recession. There were 4,055 sales of single-family homes in Massachusetts in August, up 0.4 percent from August 2008, according to report released Tuesday......
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10:43 AM Tue, Sep 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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BOSTON (AP) -- The number of home sales in Massachusetts rose slightly in August compared to the same month a year ago, as prices continued to fall. The Warren Group, a Boston-based publisher of real estate data, reported Tuesday that......
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9:51 AM Tue, Sep 29, 2009 | Permalink |
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LINCOLN, R.I. -- The Twin River slot parlor and a greyhound owners association have reached a "preliminary agreement" in their dispute over dog racing at the Lincoln gambling venue, according to a federal court filing made late Monday. UTGR Inc.,......
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3:57 PM Mon, Sep 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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Rhode Island will receive $2.6 million to upgrade technology involving the state's unemployment insurance programs, the U.S. Department of Labor said on Monday. The upgrades will improve the operation and security of unemployment insurance systems, Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis......
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12:14 PM Mon, Sep 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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AT&T plans to hold two job fairs on Wednesday - one in Dedham, Mass., the other in Waltham, Mass. - to help fill more than 100 open positions in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire. The openings, in AT&T's......
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12:00 PM Mon, Sep 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Alex Kuffner Journal staff writer Governor Carcieri has been named vice chairman of the Governors' Wind Energy Coalition, a bipartisan group dedicated to promoting wind power. Iowa Governor Chet Culver, chairman of the coalition of 28 state governors, announced......
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11:46 AM Mon, Sep 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Paul Grimaldi Journal staff writer Lawyers representing the Twin River slot parlor in its federal bankruptcy case have an agreement with a labor lawyer that could open the way for 56 security guards to receive overtime pay. The lawyers......
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10:18 AM Mon, Sep 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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Rhode Island fuel prices were down across the board on Monday compared with the same point a week ago, according to the Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources. The average price of regular, self-serve gasoline dropped 6 cents, to about......
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8:11 AM Mon, Sep 28, 2009 | Permalink |
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CVS Caremark Corp. and Medco Health Systems may generate less profit from a shared $10 billion contract for federal-employee drug benefits after a study found the plan costs more than other government prescription programs. A House of Representatives subcommittee will......
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