CVS Caremark inks disability employment pact
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy and CVS Caremark Corp. (NYSE: CVS) have established a two-year nationwide alliance...
Sales of existing U.S. homes plunge 8% in September
WASHINGTON – The pace of existing home sales nationwide last month fell to a seasonally adjusted rate of 5.04 million units per year, the...
RI4rent.com offers full-page rental listings
SMITHFIELD – The privately owned New England Online Properties LLC today announced the launch of RI4rent.com, a Web site offering rental listings and property...
R.I., Mass. receive poor return on federal tax dollars
NORTHAMPTON, Mass. – Thirty states and the District of Columbia received more money from the federal government in fiscal 2005 than their residents paid...
ICSC: Same-store sales fall 1.5% last week
NEW YORK – Sales at U.S. retail stores open at least a year fell 1.5 percent last week from their level the week before,...
Capitol Cove to move forward
PROVIDENCE – The Capitol Cove development that twice has stalled because of union picketing will be completed under new bidding guidelines, which are to...
Nonprofit gets $2,250 to distribute ‘Diving a Dream’
PROVIDENCE – Ocean Opportunity is one of nearly 100 nonprofits nationwide to share roughly $900,000 in Quality of Life Grants from the Christopher &...
Mass. home sales, prices fall in 3Q
BOSTON – Sales and prices of Massachusetts single-family homes both declined in the third quarter, although the decline slowed from its second-quarter pace, according...
AAA: R.I. gasoline prices surge 4¢ to $2.719
PROVIDENCE – “Higher costs for crude oil have made it to the gas pumps, as gasoline prices in Rhode Island jumped across all self-...
Transformers help Hasbro boost 3Q profit by 62.7%
PAWTUCKET – Transformers and Marvel’s Spider-Man again exercised their super-powers on Hasbro Inc. (NYSE: HAS) in the quarter ended Sept. 30. The toymaker today...
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