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ProJo is Belo’s strongest amid 1Q losses
PROVIDENCE – The Providence Journal’s parent company, A.H. Belo Corp., said Tuesday the local newspaper’s performance was the strongest of its three publications during...
CVS Caremark posts record $770M profit
WOONSOCKET – CVS Caremark Corp. on Tuesday reported a record first-quarter profit despite softer-than-expected winter retail sales caused by severe weather and a mild...
Green may lose flights in airline merger
WARWICK – The newly announced $3 billion merger of United Airlines and Continental Airlines Inc. could reduce passenger traffic at T.F. Green Airport if...
TV stations may fight FCC to keep airwaves
The world of telecommunications has changed massively since LIN TV Corp., the Providence-based owner of 27 television stations nationwide, was founded in 1966. And...
Hasbro closes in on making Fortune 500
PAWTUCKET – Hasbro Inc. is getting closer to becoming a Fortune 500 company.
Since its founding in Providence in 1923, Hasbro has grown to become...
Two FTC divisions probing CVS merger
WOONSOCKET – The Federal Trade Commission’s consumer protection bureau and its competition bureau are both participating in the agency’s investigation of the 2007 merger...
Cape Wind’s base to be Quonset or N.B.
PROVIDENCE – The newly approved Cape Wind project plans to make its home port either Quonset Point in North Kingstown or New Bedford, an...
Waste, scrap are R.I.’s top exports again
PROVIDENCE – Waste and scrap were Rhode Island’s largest export for the fourth year in a row in 2009, according to the U.S. Commerce...
Acushnet Co. profit up nearly fourfold
FAIRHAVEN – The Acushnet Co., maker of golf apparel and equipment, saw its operating profit surge nearly fourfold in the first three months of...
Sovereign Bank rebounds to $95M profit
PHILADELPHIA – Sovereign Bancorp’s earnings continued to rebound in the first three months of the year with its second consecutive quarterly profit, Banco Santander...
