Lunch car becomes South Side diner
Walking into The Liberty Elm, a renovated 1947 Worcester Lunch Car diner-turned-caf?, is like traveling back in time. The original flooring, walls, counter and...
Orders for durable goods jump 5.9%
WASHINGTON – Manufacturers’ orders for durable goods rose a seasonally adjusted 5.9 percent last month, tripling their 1.9-percent June increase, according to a report...
U.S. new-home sales rise 2.8% in July
WASHINGTON – Sales of new homes in the U.S. unexpectedly rose last month for the second time this year, surging 2.8 percent to a...
Region’s casinos expand to cater to their audience
Mohegan Tribal Chairman Bruce “Two Dogs” Bozsum blessed the first completed phase of a $740 million development project at Mohegan Sun casino and resort...
Burrillville receives $150K in grants<br> to help buy former RR right-of-way
BURRILLVILLE – The town has received $150,000 in state and federal land-acquisition grants to help it buy a 60-foot wide former railroad bed...
Textron to pay $4.6M in oil-for-food scandal
WASHINGTON – Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) has agreed to pay a fine of $1.15 million and cooperate fully with the U.S. Department of Justice’s...
Providence loses ground as ‘city for singles’
Providence is No. 40 among the Best Cities for Singles, Forbes said in its seventh annual ranking of selected cities nationwide, while Boston...
Countrywide surges after BofA invests $2B
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC), the second-largest U.S. bank, has acquired $2 billion in non-voting preferred stock in the nation’s...
Astro-Med 2Q sales rise 15% to record $18.7M
WEST WARWICK – Record sales in the fiscal quarter ended Aug. 4 helped Astro-Med Inc. (Nasdaq: ALOT) record a second-quarter profit of $886,000, or...
Wall St. bonuses endangered by mortgage meltdown
NEW YORK – The credit freeze already affecting leveraged buyouts, mergers and computer-driven trading strategies may also drive Wall Street bonuses to their...
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