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Rhode Island would receive 18 percent of revenue from proposed table games at Twin River Casino if voters this November approve allowing the facility to open them there.
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At least one Rhode Island company is trying to find a landing place for laid off 38 Studios workers, as a recruiter from Atrion Networking Corp. of Warwick is at the troubled video game developer talking to former employees about openings at the IT services company.
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(Updated, 7:19 p.m.)
Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's video game company has laid off its entire staff in the wake of financial difficulties, according to multiple media reports.
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CVS Caremark Corp. Executive Vice President Helena B. Foulkes resigned as vice chairwoman of the R.I. Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors Thursday as continued controversy over the handling of 38 Studios LLC’s $75 million loan guarantee wracks the quasi state agency.
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Moody’s Investors Service – a globally recognized rating company – affirmed the ‘A2’ rating on 38 Studios’s bonds since the bonds’ “stable” outlook is based on the state’s moral obligation pledge, which high-ranking Rhode Island officials say they intend to honor.
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By Emily Greenhalgh |
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38 Studios LLC, the teetering video game company of former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling, could be ineligible for million in state tax credits because the firm is incorporated in Delaware, not Rhode Island.
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(Updated, 6:30 p.m.)
Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee on Wednesday said the apparent departure of two of 38 Studios’ top executives – CEO Jen MacLean and Senior Vice President of Product Development John Blakely – "is not good news" for the struggling video game company.
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Michael Pachter, managing director of equity research at Los Angeles-based Wedbuch Securities told gaming-publication Joystiq that 38 Studios' intellectual property is worth only $20 million.
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By Emily Greenhalgh |
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WJAR-TV NBC 10 and NESN – New England’s most watched sports network – announced a content sharing partnership for Red Sox and Bruins coverage.
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Several 38 Studios employees attended a Providence recruiting event by video game-creator Turbine Inc., according to WPRI-TV CBS 12.
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