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Foreclosure starts in the Providence metro area fell 18 percent in May compared with the same period last year and completed foreclosures dropped 30 percent, according to RealtyTrac.
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Dr. Kathleen Hittner has been nominated by Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee to replace Christopher F. Koller as Rhode Island’s health insurance commissioner, the governor’s press office announced Thursday afternoon.
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By Richard Asinof |
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ATW Companies has added 30 jobs to its Rhode Island manufacturing operation in the last two years and plans to hire an additional 70 workers by 2015, the firm announced Thursday.
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By PBN Staff
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U.S. stocks gained, ending a three- day decline in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, amid better- than-forecast economic data and acquisitions in the media and grocery industries.
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By Lu Wang |
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The U.S. Department of Justice entered into an interim settlement agreement on Thursday with the state of Rhode Island and the city of Providence to resolve violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act that affected roughly 200 Rhode Islanders with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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By PBN Staff
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The Narragansett Council of the Boy Scouts of America hosted its Annual Distinguished Citizens Award Luncheon at The Omni Providence hotel on Thursday, awarding this year’s Sen. John H. Chafee Distinguished Citizens Award to Jaymin B. Patel, president and CEO of GTECH Corp., and the late Edward J. Cooney, former senior vice president and treasurer of Nortek Inc.
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By Carol Kim |
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Gannett Co. Inc. and Belo Corp. have entered into a definitive merger agreement for Gannett to acquire the multimedia company for $1.5 billion in cash and the assumption of $715 million in existing debt, for a total value of roughly $2.2 billion.
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By PBN Staff
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Towerstream Corp. announced Thursday that its Manhattan Wi-Fi network is one of the first networks to earn a “Next Generation Hotspot” certification from the Wireless Broadband Alliance’s interoperability compliance program.
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By PBN Staff
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The nonprofit environmental news source ecoRI News, which was founded in Rhode Island in 2009, is launching a sister site – ecoMass.org – in order to cover environmental and social-justice news in Massachusetts.
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By PBN Staff
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The Ocean State’s capital city was named to the BBC’s list of the top 21 “under-the-radar” travel destinations in the world.
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By PBN Staff
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