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R.I. joining auction for carbon-emission permits
This year’s most important auction won’t be held at Christie’s or Sotheby’s. In fact, it won’t take place in one physical location at all,...
Navy to give up 384 acres on Aquidneck Island
NEWPORT – The U.S. Navy has declared that it no longer needs 384 acres of prime coastland on the west side of Aquidneck Island,...
Hasbro’s Scrabble hacked amid Facebook revolt
PAWTUCKET – The battle over Scrabulous, an unauthorized but hugely popular Web version of Scrabble, has become a massive public relations headache for...
R.I. EDC awards $1.75M in small-business loans
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Economic Development Corporation has given four state businesses $1.75 million in new expansion capital loans from its Small Business Loan...
Local developer’s iPhone application a hit
SMITHFIELD – A local company’s voice-recorder software has become one of the biggest hits in Apple Inc.’s new online store that sells applications for...
Five Questions With: Michael Davis
UNICOM Technology Group Inc. is a Woonsocket-based information technology-services firm that provides technology consultation to organizations throughout New England. Last week, the company joined...
Cox to raise DVR, basic cable rates Friday
WARWICK – Cox Communications will raise the cost of digital video recording and some cable packages on Friday.
The standard cable service rate – which...
LIN TV says it has R.I.’s top news sites
PROVIDENCE – Visitors are spending more time on two local television stations’ Web sites than The Providence Journal’s site, according to ratings data released...
R.I. Attorney General lauds anti-porn pact
WASHINGTON – R.I. Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch is praising a new agreement between the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and...
InQuest to move its HQ to Providence
SOUTHBOROUGH, Mass. – A software developer that creates custom, browser-based applications for businesses will move its headquarters from Massachusetts to Rhode Island, the R.I....












