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CVS gets nod for family-friendly employee benefits

10:38 AM Fri, Jun 12, 2009 | | Write a comment
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A health magazine devoted to fertility issues ranks Woonsocket-based CVS Caremark Corp. among the 50 U.S. companies with the best fertility and adoption-friendly work policies. Conceive Magazine, based in Orlando, Fla., included CVS among other companies for its workplace policies......

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 Tags  CVS Caremark   employee benefits   Woonsocket RI  

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Samsonite sets luggage sample sale June 12 to 13

9:55 AM Thu, Jun 11, 2009 | | Comments (2)
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Luggage-maker Samsonite will sell its product samples Friday and Saturday during a sale at its corporate offices in Mansfield, Mass. The company will sell luggage, casual bags, wallets and business cases, most for $50 or less, during the sale at......

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 Tags  luggage   sale   Samsonite   travel  

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What, Ocean Avenue, land of mansions, didn't make the cut?

ho0427_newport_4_04-27-08_L.JPG 11:54 AM Wed, Jun 10, 2009 | | Write a comment
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Providence Journal file photo Indian Spring, one of many mansions on Ocean Avenue in Newport. Well, maybe New Yorkers had it right about Rhode Island: Pass through it if you must, but you'll see no reason to stand there.......

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 Tags  Rhode Island   Stood There   tourism   travel  

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Whitehouse hears personal stories of credit-card-fee woes

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Providence Journal photo / Mary Murphy U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, back to camera, listens Monday to Felice Fleury, left, talk about her problems with her credit cards. On the right is William Floriani, who also saw his interest rates......

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 Tags  consumers   credit cards   economy   Providence R.I.   Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse  

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Doughnut dreams fading for two Rhode Islanders

1:34 PM Thu, Jun 04, 2009 | | Write a comment
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Two Rhode Island women now face long odds in their attempt to hit America's sweet spot in a dougnut recipe contest run by the Dunkin' Donuts coffee shop chain. Michelle Ventura, of Cranston, and Caitlyn Vandervelde, of Coventry, are among......

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 Tags  contest   Coventry RI   Cranston RI   Dunkin' Donuts  

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Business professionals get primer on social networking

EDC.JPG 11:50 AM Thu, Jun 04, 2009 | | Comments (1)
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Providence Journal photo / Frieda Squires Tara Demyan, a real estate agent with Coleman Realtors, asks questions at a conference on Thursday for small business owners. PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Business professionals gathered Thursday morning to get advice about using......

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 Tags  Providence RI   Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation   small business   social networking   Web 2.0  

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CVS adds 'clip and print' coupons to Web site

12:38 PM Thu, May 28, 2009 | | Write a comment
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Woonsocket-based drugstore chain CVS Caremark Corp. has introduced "clip and print" coupons to its Web site, offering visitors the ability to print coupons that can be redeemed at CVS pharmacies. Both general manufacturer's coupons and CVS-only offers are included on......

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 Tags  coupons   CVS   shopping  

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