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As many as 30 workers at Philips Electronics subsidiary Philips Lightolier were laid off last week, sparking an examination by city officials, reported the Fall River Herald.
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Systems Engineering Associates Corporation – Sea Corp. – has been awarded a three-year, $86 million contract to support the electromagnetic department of Newport’s Naval Undersea Warfare Center.
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Rhode Island’s gasoline prices rose 4 cents this week, after dropping last week for the first time since early July, according to AAA Southern New England.
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U.S. stocks fell, following a two- week decline in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, as data showed American manufacturing contracted in August, fueling concern the economic recovery is slowing.
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Rhode Island’s gasoline prices dropped 1 cent this week, marking the first drop in Ocean State pump prices since early July, according to AAA Southern New England.
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Rubber product supplier RNB-Richardson Inc. - also known as RNB Supply Inc. - has been acquired by East Longmeadow, Mass.-based McGill Hose & Coupling Inc., McGill representatives announced Tuesday.
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Systems and engineering services supplier Sea Corp was awarded a $1 million Phase II Advanced Development Small Business Innovative Research grant for missile launch technology advanced research, the company announced Friday.
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(Updated, 3:30 p.m.)Textron Inc. – the Providence-based company that includes Bell Helicopter and Cessna Aircraft – was removed from the 4th Toxic 100 Air Polluters list released by the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
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Rhode Islanders planning to travel through Boston this holiday weekend might think about taking another route. INRIX, a provider of traffic information, predicts that Boston will claim the fifth spot for the worst cities for weekend road-trippers during the Labor Day weekend.
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Rhode Island’s gasoline prices rose 4 cents this week, marking the fourth consecutive week of price hikes at the pump, according to AAA Southern New England.
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