Susan A. Baird
EB parent’s full-year profit rises 18.7%
FALLS CHURCH, Va. – Military contractor General Dynamics Corp. (NYSE: GD) today posted a 2008 profit of $2.46 billion, an 18.7 percent increase from...
Verizon profit grows 16.43% in 2008
NEW YORK – For all of 2008, Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) posted a profit of $6.43 billion, a 16.43 percent increase from its...
Cranston Print to idle 75, mostly in Mass.
CRANSTON – Cranston Print Works Co. plans to lay off about 75 workers, mostly in central Massachusetts, as its phases out a fabric-printing operation...
Gas prices still rising in R.I., Mass.
PROVIDENCE – “The average price of gasoline in Rhode Island is up a penny,” in the state’s fourth consecutive weekly gain, Lloyd P. Alpert,...
Covidien fiscal 1Q revenue rises 6.13%
HAMILTON, Bermuda, and MANSFIELD – For the fiscal first quarter ended Dec. 26, medical supply giant Covidien Ltd. (NYSE, BSX: COV) today posted a...
Obama orders EPA to revisit Clean Car rules
WASHINGTON – Energy and the environment were the focus of President Barack Obama’s comments today in the East Room of the White House, as...
Toray Plastics gets first American CEO
NORTH KINGSTOWN – Richard Schloesser, a 19-year veteran of Toray Plastics (America) Inc., has been named the company’s chief executive. He is the first...
NSTAR profit again outpaces revenue
BOSTON – Electrical and natural gas utility NSTAR Inc. (NYSE: NST) saw its profit rise 7.2 percent last year, outpacing the 7.1-percent gain it...
R.I. must bear cost of lead-paint plan
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Superior Court today held the state government responsible for paying the “co-examiners” who developed a statewide abatement plan during Rhode...
UnitedHealth profit shrinks in 2008 <br> as lawsuits wipe out revenue...
MINNEAPOLIS – UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), whose operating businesses include UnitedHealthcare, the parent company of UnitedHealthcare of New England, saw its annual profit fall...
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