Intermodal station update a chance to push for R.I. transportation bond...
WARWICK – Gov. Donald L. Carcieri and R.I. Department of Transportation Director Michael P. Lewis today used a news conference touting Warwick’s Intermodal Train...
Cox to launch cell phone service next year
ATLANTA – Cox Communications Inc. plans to jump into the crowded market for cell phone service next year by launching its own service, Cox...
Christian Science Monitor moving focus online
BOSTON – The Christian Science Monitor has decided to stop printing a daily edition and instead focus its efforts on the Internet.
Editor John...
Providence Place parent to sell Las Vegas malls
CHICAGO – General Growth Properties Inc. (NYSE: GGP), owner of Providence Place and the Silver City Galleria in Taunton, and manager of the Swansea...
U.S. consumer confidence at record low
NEW YORK – U.S. consumer confidence this month plunged to an all-time low, ending three months of gradual improvement, according to preliminary October figures...
RITBA gets $500K to help with E-ZPass launch
JAMESTOWN – The R.I. Turnpike and Bridge Authority today received $500,000 in federal funding to help bring the E-ZPass electronic toll-collection system to...
R.I. fires back at UMass gaming study
DARTMOUTH and PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Revenue today condemned as “completely inaccurate” a report by the University of Massachusetts–Dartmouth Center for Policy...
New-home sales bounce back from 17-year low
WASHINGTON – New-house sales nationwide rebounded last month from August’s 17-year low, in their third month-over-month gain of 2008, according to the joint report...
AAA: Gas prices still falling in R.I., Mass.
PROVIDENCE – “Gasoline prices in Rhode Island continue to fall rapidly, with a 24-cent decline over the last week, and 49 cents in just...
Working in the nonprofit field not for everyone
Alan Neville had worked in the banking industry for 30 years. But four years ago, he decided he wanted more than a paycheck every...
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