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Oil climbed to the highest in three months in New York as speculation European leaders meeting this week will make progress on the region’s debt crisis supported prices against forecasts of rising supply in the U.S.
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A section of the Coventry Greenway bike path closed for construction on Monday and is expected to remain shut until well into 2013.
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By PBN Staff
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Rhode Island’s gasoline prices rose 6 cents this week, according to AAA Southern New England.
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By PBN Staff
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The Obama Administration has released $473 million in unused federal infrastructure earmarks for states to use on new projects, including $864,000 in Rhode Island.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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(Updated Fri, Aug. 17, 4:30 p.m. with comments from Textron)
Textron Inc. – the Providence-based company that includes Bell Helicopter and Cessna Aircraft – was named the No. 2 corporate air polluter in America by researchers at the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
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By PBN Staff
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Gas prices rose 7 cents this week in Rhode Island and 9 cents in Massachusetts, according to AAA Southern New England.
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By PBN Staff
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Oil slid from the highest close in more than two months as investors sold contracts on speculation that recent gains were excessive amid signs of weakening demand in the U.S, the world’s biggest consumer of crude.
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By Ben Sharples |
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Only French rail operator Keolis’ subsidiary, Keolis America Inc., has bid to challenge the Massachusetts Bay Commuter Rail for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority commuter rail contract, reported The Boston Globe.
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By PBN Staff
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Rhode Island’s gasoline prices rose 6 cents this week, according to AAA Southern New England. The cost of self-serve, unleaded regular averaged $3.69 per gallon in the Ocean State – up 6 cents from last week and 21 cents over the last month – according to the trade group’s weekly survey of Rhode Island’s pump prices.
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General Motors Ventures LLC has invested in The NanoSteel Co., a maker of nano-structured steel materials design, the company announced Monday.
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By Emily Greenhalgh |