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Warren-based technology manufacturer Avtech Software Inc. is the latest Rhode Island company to join the National Alliance for Jobs and Innovation, a non-partisan organization designed to increase awareness about stolen intellectual property and the subsequent negative impact on jobs, innovation and economic growth.
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By PBN Staff
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Rhode Island businesses are being targeted with a direct mail solicitation scam letter from an organization calling itself Rhode Island Corporate Compliance, the Secretary of State’s office warned Friday.
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By PBN Staff
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Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc was sued by a group of 21 pension funds and investment firms claiming the lender misled them about its finances when selling new shares in 2008, months before a government bailout.
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By Kit Chellel and Jeremy Hodges |
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The state Department of Environmental Management has reached an agreement with seven defendants that calls for them to initially pay $750,000 to the state as compensation for “damages to groundwater and other natural resources at the Davis Superfund site in Smithfield.”
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By PBN Staff
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Rhode Island will receive $510,000 as part of a 29-state, $29 million settlement with the Toyota Motor Co. and its related North America entities, Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin announced Thursday.
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By PBN Staff
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Daniel E. Doyle Jr., executive director of the Institute for International Sport, has been indicted on 18 counts, including embezzlement and forgery.
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By PBN Staff
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State lawmakers, Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee and Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin have unveiled a nine-bill plan to help “improve gun safety and strengthen existing laws dealing with firearm violations.”
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By PBN Staff
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Utility company National Grid is warning its customers of a nationwide utility bill scam demanding over-the-phone payments for past-due balances.
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By PBN Staff
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Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc, Britain’s biggest publicly owned lender and the parent company of Citizens Bank, will pay about $612 million in fines for manipulating interest rates, the second- largest penalty imposed in a global regulatory probe.
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By Gavin Finch, Lindsay Fortado and Silla Brush |
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A wounded 19-year-old man was charged by the U.S. in connection with the bombing of the Boston Marathon, which turned the race into a murderous tableau, killing three people and injuring more than 170 in a bombing that triggered a four-day manhunt and shut down the city.
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By Janelle Lawrence, David McLaughlin and Phil Mattingly |