PAWTUCKET – Toy and game maker Hasbro Inc., has forced a team of independent game developers to shut down their “My Little Pony” multiplayer online game by issuing a cease-and-desist notice, the developers said in a blog posting. more

BOSTON – Morgan Stanley, the lead bank on Facebook Inc.’s initial public offering, was fined $5 million by Massachusetts over claims the firm gave research analysts information that wasn’t provided to all investors in the sale, Bloomberg News reported last week. more

Like many Rhode Islanders, we are confused by the recent decision of Superior Court to require “mediation” of the Rhode Island Retirement Security Act of 2011. more

BOSTON – A New Bedford physician has been indicted on charges he allegedly illegally prescribed drugs to 15 of his patients and defrauded the state’s Medicaid program, Attorney General Martha Coakley announced recently. more

Most nonunion employers understandably pay relatively little attention to the National Labor Relations Board’s decisions and regulations. The NLRB administers the National Labor Relations Act and most often decides cases involving attempts to form a union or conduct of an employer dealing with its employees’ union. more

BOSTON – Chevron USA Inc. and Texaco Downstream Properties Inc. will pay $1.7 million to resolve allegations they received reimbursement payments from a state fund for gas-station cleanup projects even though both sought and received payments from their insurers, Attorney General Martha Coakley announced last week. These false claims allegedly involved service stations across Massachusetts, Coakley said in a statement. more

Merrill W. Sherman knows a few things about banking. In the early 1990s, she was named president, chairman and CEO of Eastland Financial Corp., and was charged with turning that institution around after years of losing money. She did it. more

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island will receive roughly $73,000 as part of a settlement with Skechers USA Inc. over misleading advertising related to athletic shoes, according to Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin. more

PROVIDENCE – Legislation that would decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana in Rhode Island passed committees last week and could be heading to full votes soon, The Associated Press reported. more

Do the numbers add up? Twin River says yes, after legislation introduced in the Statehouse last week outlined that Rhode Island would get 18 percent of the revenue table games there would generate if voters approve full-fledged gambling this November. more