New club focuses on successful R.I. entrepreneurs
Frank Lubrano, an accomplished entrepreneur and owner of Lubrano Value Advisors LLC, said his first reaction to the creation of the Enterprise Club of...
CVS/Caremark plans to buy back $5B in stock
CVS/Caremark Corp., the second- biggest U.S. drugstore chain, said it plans to buy back as much as $5 billion of its stock after an...
Tiffany & Co. to open store in Providence
Luxury goods merchant Tiffany & Co. last week announced plans for a 5,100-square-foot store at Providence Place, which it plans to open in November....
TV service seen as key for Verizon
Verizon Communications, which has been losing Rhode Island telephone customers to Cox Communications for years, could finally begin competing head-to-head for Cox’s cable television...
LIN TV reports its 1Q net profit at $20.7M
PROVIDENCE – For the quarter ended March 31, LIN TV Corp. reported net income of $20.7 million or 42 cents per diluted share, compared...
CVS/Caremark profit rises 24.1% to $408.9M
WOONSOCKET – CVS/Caremark Corp. said its first-quarter profit rose to $408.9 million or 43 cents per diluted share, an increase of 24.1 percent from...
NSTAR flips switch on $220M high-voltage line
BOSTON – NSTAR, a utility company serving Dartmouth, New Bedford and other portions of Massachusetts, has declared its 473rd consecutive dividend and brought into...
PBN among RIPA journalism honorees
WARWICK – Providence Business News was among 21 Rhode Island newspapers and magazines recognized by the Rhode Island Press Association at its annual banquet...
Nokia uneils 7 handsets for emerging markets
Nokia Oyj, the world’s largest mobile- phone maker, this month introduced seven handsets to be sold in emerging markets, mainly in Asia Pacific and...
Factory to be turned into tech center
Lindsay Ahlborg and Edward Schultz purchased the former Crest Craft jewelry factory in Providence’s West End in 1999, and then spent almost a decade...
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