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Net-metering laws start to yield results

It’s a small victory, but small victories taken together can yield big results. And in the field of energy, that is definitely worth celebrating. We...

Plan ahead to handle winter’s higher energy bills

Preparing a plan to cover higher energy costs in winter is “really no different than other times of the year,” according to Douglas Jobling,...

R.I. to benefit from Cephalon plea deal<br> in Medicaid-fraud case

PROVIDENCE – The pharmaceutical manufacturer Cephalon Inc. will pay $762,600 to Rhode Island’s Medicaid program as part of a $375 million national settlement with...
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Businesses can help each other during credit crunch

Go fly a kite. You can take that saying one of two ways – figuratively or literally. In the economic situation we find ourselves in,...
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Editorial Cartoon: Explosive Economy

From the center of a stadium rises a mushroom cloud labeled “The Business Community, Regulators, Politicians, The Financial System.” Meanwhile, off to one side...
FERTILE GROUND: George D. Mason, chairman of the Little Compton Agricultural Conservancy Trust, says a state bond is necessary to secure
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Preserving farmland has aesthetic, economic benefits

When future generations of Little Compton residents look around and appreciate the tiny seaside community’s rolling fields of undeveloped land, they will have George...
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‘Green’ economy sets URI, and R.I., on right path

It is not news that money is tight in Rhode Island. And as the state’s budget continues to bust out of its limits, the...

Allco eager to partner with towns on wind

A New York-based renewable-energy developer wants to build wind turbines in a number of Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts towns, which the company says...

Technology update, home edition

Do you own a desktop computer for personal use? • Yes – 85.7% • No – 14.3% Do you...
SO LONG: While Fain’s Carpet & Rug owner Linda Fain will consider opening the store again in the future, customers have been taking advantage of closing sales. /

Closing of Fain&rsquo;s may not become store&rsquo;s final chapter

Linda Fain wants to get one thing straight right from the start. Yes, Fain’s Carpet & Rug store at 126 North Main St. in...
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