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RIPTA wins $345,000 federal grant for green lighting

3:15 PM Mon, Sep 21, 2009 | | Write a comment
By Alan Rosenberg    Email

PROVIDENCE, RI: _ The Obama Administration announced that the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority was awarded a $345,000 grant to install efficient compact fluorescent light fixtures at four facilities. RIPTA's proposal was among 43 winning projects selected for $100 million......

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 Tags  economic recovery act   global warming   RI Public Transit Authority  

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CEO: Southwest committed to R.I. despite Logan flights

5:13 PM Fri, Aug 14, 2009 | | Write a comment
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WARWICK, R.I. -- The chief executive officer of Southwest Airlines Co., the airline that carries half the passengers who use T.F. Green Airport, said Friday his company is committed to continuing to serve the Rhode Island airport, even as the......

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 Tags  Southwest Airlines   TF Green Airport   Warwick RI  

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R.I. governor seeks broadband ideas

5:43 PM Mon, Aug 03, 2009 | | Write a comment
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By Paul Edward Parker Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Governor's Office of Economic Recovery and Reinvestment is seeking ideas for ways Rhode Island can use a share of $4.7 billion in federal stimulus money to improve broadband networks......

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 Tags  broadband   carcieri  

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Weiners sue for $219,300 Portsmouth condo deposit

3:06 PM Mon, Jun 15, 2009 | | Comments (1)
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By Christine Dunn Journal Staff Writer PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Prominent Democratic Party fundraiser Mark S. Weiner and his wife, L. Susan Weiner, of East Greenwich, have filed a lawsuit against Carnegie Tower Development Company Inc., seeking return of their $219,300......

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 Tags  East Greenwich RI   Mark S. Weiner   portsmouth   Portsmouth RI  

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R.I.-based Textron plans 1,300 layoffs at Cessna Aircraft

12:45 PM Fri, Jun 12, 2009 | | Write a comment
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) -- Cessna Aircraft Co., the nation's largest builder of corporate jets and a unit of the Providence-based Textron Inc., said Friday it is laying off another 1,300 workers, raising the number of jobs eliminated to half of......

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 Tags  Cessna   econony   Textron Inc.  

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Cessna, owned by R.I.-based Textron, plans more layoffs

2:27 PM Thu, Jun 04, 2009 | | Write a comment
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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Cessna Aircraft Co., the nation's largest builder of corporate jets, is planning another round of layoffs and possibly more furloughs, the company said Thursday. CEO Jack Pelton sent an e-mail to employees warning them of the......

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 Tags  Cessna   economy   Textron  

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Financial literacy expert visits N. Providence High School

3:48 PM Mon, May 18, 2009 | | Comments (1)
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NORTH PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Simply paying attention -- to bills, to contracts, to fine print -- is one of the keys to financial responsibility, Laura Levine, national executive director of the Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy and a member......

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 Tags  Jump$tart Coalition for Financial Literacy   North Providence RI   Providence RI  

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