Capital Properties 3Q profit rises 43.5%
EAST PROVIDENCE – Capital Properties Inc. (Amex: CPI) has posted a third-quarter profit of $478,000, a 43.54-percent increase from the year-ago $333,000 (READ MORE),...
Sprint to launch WiMax in Providence in ’09
PROVIDENCE – Sprint Nextel Corp. plans to launch Xohm, its new WiMax mobile Internet service, in Providence next year.
John Polivka, a Sprint spokesman, said...
LIN TV tests Web bookmarks – for TV
PROVIDENCE – Select viewers of two television stations owned by Providence-based LIN TV Corp. are testing out a new technology this month that lets...
Lifespan net income rises 65.6% in FY 2007
PROVIDENCE – The Lifespan network posted a net gain of $102.22 million for fiscal 2007, an increase of 65.62 percent from the...
Citizens opens 25th Stop & Shop branch in R.I.
WARWICK – Citizens Bank recently opened its 25th in-store branch in Rhode Island at a Stop & Shop in Warwick, adding to what is...
Five Questions With: Jamie Moran
Jamie Moran is an employee-benefit specialist with Needham, Mass.-based Provider Insurance Group, an independent insurance agency with offices in Woonsocket and Belmont, Mass. Moran...
Supreme Court hearing tribal-land case
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court today is hearing arguments in a closely-watched dispute over land purchased by the Narragansett Indian Tribe in 1991.
The...
No R.I., Mass. Circuit City stores<br> among those slated to close
RICHMOND, Va. – Ailing electronics retailer Circuit City Stores Inc. (NYSE: CC) today announced plans to close 155 of its 712 U.S. stores, laying...
R.I. economy contracts 1.34% in 3Q
PHILADELPHIA – Rhode Island’s economy declined in the third quarter at one of the fastest rates nationwide, based on the latest data from the...
AAA: R.I. gas prices at 21-month low
PROVIDENCE – “You have to go all the way back to February of 2007 to find a time when gas prices were this low...
