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Sixcia Devine

AGE: 31 POSITION: Providence Metro regional director, R.I. Small Business Development Center; President, HDSC LLC RESIDENCE: Providence LIFELONG AMBITION: Wouldn't say FAVORITE BOOK: “Sofie’s World,” by Jostein Gaarder GUILTY...

Transformers help boost Hasbro income 31% in 2Q

PAWTUCKET – On the backs of Transformers and Marvel movie-related products, toymaker Hasbro Inc. Monday reported second-quarter revenue growth of 31 percent, to $691.4...

DLT: R.I. job count rose to record level in June

CRANSTON – The number of jobs in Rhode Island hit a new record in June, according to the latest report by the R.I. Department...

Massachusetts expands its film tax-credit law

BOSTON – Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick signed a bill into law this month that will expand the film tax credit, a move aimed at...

Recovering your costs for a property cleanup

If you or your company are unfortunate enough to be named by the government environmental watchdogs as a potentially responsibly party or “PRP” in...

PPS awards historic property markers

PROVIDENCE – The Providence Preservation Society (PPS) today announced its historic property marker awards for the first half of 2007. PPS recognized buildings that have...

Lifespan, Care New England seek to merge

Lifespan and Care New England, the state’s two large health care systems, announced today that they plan to merge into a single entity, to...
COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION kept the U.S. economy moving forward in the second quarter, as GDP grew 3.4 percent, after a 0.6-percent gain in the first quarter of 2007. /

U.S. economy grows at 3.4 percent in 2Q

WASHINGTON - Rising exports, commercial construction and government spending kept the U.S. economy expanding in the second quarter, according to Commerce Department statistics released...
FEAR ABOUT rising borrowing costs triggered a 300-point drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The New York Stock Exchange is seen in this photo from last week. /

Stocks drop in value as credit woes worsen

NEW YORK - Growing fear that higher borrowing costs will slow merger and acquisition activity while cutting into corporate earnings, and fear of contagion...
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R.I. plastics distributor bought by Mich. firm

KALAMAZOO, MICH. - Total Plastics Inc. announced this week the acquisition of Rhode Island Plastics in Warwick. Total Plastics a subsidiary of A.M. Castle...
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