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Hasbro to grow brands, rely less on movie deals
Hasbro Inc., the world's second-largest toymaker behind Mattel Inc., will expand its core brands such as Playskool and Transformers this year and rely less...
GTECH considers buyout possibility; state is optimistic
GTECH Holdings Corp. has received an unsolicited offer from an undisclosed party wishing to gain a controlling interest in the West Greenwich-based lottery machine...
Shortage creating demand for URI pharmacy grads
Representatives from many of the country’s largest pharmacy chains descended on the University of Rhode Island’s Kingston campus this spring. They weren’t there for...
A message for Standard & Poor’s from a money manager
BOSTON -- The first quarter just ended so, like most money managers, I am busy writing quarterly reports to clients
In an idle moment, I...
Don’t blame the messengers for hokum in Nasdaq
NEW YORK -- It's blame-game time.
You may have noticed a slew of articles recently aimed at deconstructing the Nasdaq bubble -- all with the...
Debt reduction held no panacea for Social Security
NEW YORK -- The 1990s mantra of debt reduction is being oversold as a solution to Social Security when it's really nothing of the...