Susan A. Baird
CVS-Longs deal clears anti-trust hurdle
WOONSOCKET and WALNUT CREEK, Calif. – CVS Caremark Corp.’s $2.9 billion acquisition of Western retailer and pharmacy benefits manager Longs Drug Stores Corp. has...
Fisheries council seeks 18% cut in days at sea
PROVIDENCE – In an advisory opinion yesterday, the New England Fishery Management Council asked the National Marine Fisheries Service to approve interim rules reducing...
Winners of 2008 Innovation Awards are named
PROVIDENCE – Three organizations and four individuals will be honored with 2008 Rhode Island Innovation Awards in a ceremony to be held later this...
Jobless rate hits 5-year high
WASHINGTON – The nation’s unemployment rate rose to 6.1 percent last month as non-farm employment fell for the eighth straight month, the U.S. Department...
PEMA hands out metro emergency plan, kits
PROVIDENCE – Emergency personnel from across the Greater Providence metropolitan area gathered at Providence City Hall this afternoon to receive what city officials described...
ADP: U.S. private payrolls shrink by 33,000
ROSELAND, N.J. – U.S. companies shrank their payrolls by 33,000 jobs last month, after adding a downwardly-revised 1,000 jobs in July, according to a...
U.S. factory orders rise for 5th month
WASHINGTON – New factory orders for manufactured goods rose in July for the fifth consecutive month, to a record $465.4 billion, according the latest...
Providence-area CFOs plan to trim staff in 4Q
PROVIDENCE – Local demand for full-time accounting and finance professionals is expected to dip slightly in the October to December period, defying the trend...
Texas high court rejects Textron appeal, but <br> battle with Interstate...
DALLAS – The Supreme Court of Texas has denied an appeal by the Lycoming airplane-engine division of Providence-based Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT), letting stand...
R.I. Public Radio breaks away from WBUR
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Public Radio has achieved its independence from Boston University and its WBUR 90.9 FM, which had subsidized and controlled...
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