J.D. Power: CVS/Caremark ranks high <br> in retail and mail-order customer service
WOONSOCKET – CVS/Caremark Corp. ranked No. 1 among mail-order pharmacy businesses and No. 2 among retail pharmacy chains in the J.D. Power and Associates...
U.S. leading indicators rise 0.1%
The U.S. index of leading indicators edged up 0.1 percent in March to 137.4 points (1996 = 100), after declining 0.6 percent in February...
Textron 1Q profit rises 16.7% to $196M
PROVIDENCE – Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) today said its first-quarter profit rose 16.7 percent, to $196 million, on revenue that rose 12.6 percent to...
Quaker Fabric’s 1Q loss widens to $5.1M
FALL RIVER – For the quarter ended March 31, Quaker Fabric Corp. (Nasdaq: QFAB) today said its net loss widened by 23.7 percent to...
Study: R.I. could get 75%<br> of power from wind
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Donald L. Carcieri today announced that Rhode Island has sufficient wind capacity to meet his goal of deriving 15 percent of...
Blue Cross wants to build new HQ downtown
PROVIDENCE – Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island today announced plans to build a new headquarters in downtown Providence, on Parcel 2...
RGB commissions include RIPTA ops center
PROVIDENCE – Architectural, engineering and interior design firm RGB today announced it has won commissions to help design an operations center for the R.I....
CVS faces records-disposal lawsuit in Texas
The State of Texas yesterday filed suit against CVS/Caremark Corp., alleging improper disposal of thousands of prescription records and credit-card receipts, according to Bloomberg...
U.S. housing starts, permits rise 0.8%
WASHINGTON – The number of building permits issued for private housing increased 0.8 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted 1.544 million units per...
Ryanair’s O’Leary may launch E.U.-U.S. airline
Michael O’Leary, CEO of Dublin-based Ryanair Holdings Plc, may start a no-frills transatlantic airline once the U.S.-E.U. “open skies” agreement takes effect next March,...
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