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5:12 PM Fri, Oct 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Andy Smith Journal Staff Writer Verizon Communications Inc. announced layoffs Friday to workers across the country, including Rhode Island and Massachusetts. According to the Web site for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers in Boston, 196 Verizon employees in......
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11:10 AM Fri, Oct 09, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Paul Grimaldi Journal staff writer Kmart began offering a layaway program online Friday as the discount chain extends a sales program that proved successful during the 2008 holiday shopping season. The chain, owned by Sears Holding Corp. (SHLD:NYSE), saw......
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5:17 PM Thu, Oct 08, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Andy Smith Journal staff writer Jim Hummel, former reporter for WLNE-TV, Channel 6, and The Providence Journal, has formed a non-profit corporation that will present investigative reporting on the Internet. The stories can be accessed at hummelreport.com, starting Oct.......
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5:24 PM Wed, Oct 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By NEIL DOWNING Journal Staff Writer Governor Carcieri may propose reforms to Rhode Island's tax structure as part of his budget for the year that begins July 1, 2010, according to Gary S. Sasse, Carcieri's director of revenue. Sasse fielded......
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4:30 PM Wed, Oct 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Paul Edward Parker Journal staff writer Recent numbers from the U.S. Census find Rhode Island on a dubious Top 10 list, according to a coalition for affordable housing in the Ocean State. HousingWorks RI calculated that for housing, Rhode......
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2:59 PM Wed, Oct 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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The rollout of cause-related Christmas sales programs begins in earnest this week as the Kohl's department store chain has begun its annual Kohl's Cares for Kids campaign. Since 2000, the Wisconsin chain has sold popular childrens books and related stuffed......
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2:48 PM Wed, Oct 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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By Barbara Polichetti Journal staff writer WARWICK, RI -- The scenario is all too familiar for families who have a loved one suffering from Alzheimer's or other cognitive impairment. They come home after running a brief errand and find that......
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2:47 PM Wed, Oct 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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The Governor's Workforce Board has awarded $398,335 in worker training grants to 17 Rhode Island companies. The grants, which must be matched by the companies, help fund programs to improve the skills of existing employees. The grants, ranging from $2,211......
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1:10 PM Wed, Oct 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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Luxury retailer Neiman Marcus Group Inc. released a Christmas catalog Tuesday chock full of cut-rate holiday gifts, in recognition of consumers' continued struggles amidst the long recession. In normal times, the annual holiday catalog is considered the height of luxury......
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11:03 AM Wed, Oct 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Twin River slot parlor has withdrawn a request made to a federal judge for permission to pay about $1.3 million in bonuses to eight of the gambling venue's top executives. Lawyers for UTGR Inc., the holding......
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10:56 AM Wed, Oct 07, 2009 | Permalink |
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Providence-based GTECH Corp., a unit of Lottomatica, said Wednesday it signed a one-year contract extension with the California Lottery for "retail equipment, messaging devices and enhanced player services." GTECH expects "revenues in the range of $40 million to $50 million"......
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9:20 AM Tue, Oct 06, 2009 | Permalink |
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By BOB SALSBERG Associated Press Writer BOSTON (AP) -- Electricity use dropped nearly 6 percent in New England in the summer of 2009, a result of cool temperatures and an economic recession that drove down demand, the power grid operator......
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11:13 AM Mon, Oct 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Among the debts piled up by General Growth Properties Inc., the company that owns Providence Place mall, is $98.6 million it owes to a Florida real-estate investment firm, according to federal court documents. General Growth owes the......
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10:39 AM Mon, Oct 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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Gasoline prices have fallen again in Rhode Island on average, but diesel fuel prices are up, according to the results of a weekly survey issued Monday by the state Office of Energy Resources. The price of regular, self-serve gasoline averaged......
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10:15 AM Mon, Oct 05, 2009 | Permalink |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Gasoline prices in Rhode Island have fallen for the fifth straight week, according to AAA Southern New England. The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline has dropped 4 cents to $2.549 per gallon, according......
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