Clear Channel shareholder vote set for May 22
SAN ANTONIO – Clear Channel Communications Inc. (NYSE: CCU) has postponed until Tuesday, May 22, its special shareholder meeting on the takeover bid from...
Tiffany & Co. targets Providence Place
NEW YORK – Luxury goods merchant Tiffany & Co. today announced plans for a 5,100-square-foot store at Providence Place, which it plans to open...
‘Providence Tomorrow’ hearing delayed to May 16
PROVIDENCE – The City Plan Commission has delayed its public hearing on “Providence Tomorrow: The Interim Comprehensive Plan” until 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May...
ICSC: Sales fell last week; April outlook gloomy
NEW YORK – U.S. retail sales probably fell last month compared with a year earlier as “a confluence of factors” including an early Easter...
CVS/Caremark profit rises 24.1% to $408.9M
WOONSOCKET – CVS/Caremark Corp. (NYSE: CVS) today said its first-quarter profit rose to $408.9 million or 43 cents per diluted share, an increase...
LIN TV posts 1Q profit of $20.7M
PROVIDENCE – For the quarter ended March 31, LIN TV Corp. (NYSE: TVL) today reported net income of $20.7 million or 42 cents per...
Couple returns from Ireland to face trial<br> in alleged $1M fire-safety scam...
PROVIDENCE – Patrick Clyne and Ibtisama Bradley, formerly of Providence, were arrested by postal inspectors today at Logan Airport in Boston as they returned...
Bank of America launching ‘no fee’ loans
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Bank of America today announced that a new “no-fee” mortgage will become available nationwide starting tomorrow.
The new “No Fee Mortgage Plus”...
AAA: R.I. gas prices near $3/gallon
PROVIDENCE – Gasoline prices in Rhode Island have risen for the 12th consecutive week and are nearing $3 per gallon, according to AAA Southern...















