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LIN TV gains a VP, 2 senior counsels

PROVIDENCE – LIN TV Corp. (NYSE: TVL) today announced the addition of three new members to its management team: Rebecca Duke, vice president of...

Subprime collapse is ‘largely contained’

AUSTIN – Damage from the subprime mortgage collapse “has been largely contained,” Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Richard Fisher told the Austin Mortgage...

Bryant, Brown to co-host conference<br> on ‘The Rise of the New...

SMITHFIELD & PROVIDENCE – A two-day conference next week, sponsored by Bryant University and the Watson Institute for International Relations at Brown University, will...

Jobless rates fall in Providence, New Bedford

WASHINGTON – Unemployment rates were lower in February than a year earlier in 249 of 369 major metropolitan areas nationwide, higher in 94 and...

Pawtucket Citizens Development wins<br> 2007 Housing Heroes Award

PROVIDENCE – The Pawtucket Citizens Development Corporation (PCDC) yesterday was named the winner of the 2007 Citizens Bank Housing Heroes Award, Citizens Bank of...
THE NORTH END, as envisioned by TPG and TRO Jung | Brannen after the completion of the $1.4 billion private development.  /

TPG unveils $1.4B ‘O2’ development plan <br>that begins with buying Newport...

NEWPORT – The Procaccianti Group, joined by business leaders and elected officials from Newport and Aquidneck Island, today announced the beginning of an entertainment/residential/commercial...

Patrick unveils South Coast rail plan

DARTMOUTH – Gov. Deval Patrick today announced a plan to bring commuter rail service to Massachusetts’ South Coast by 2016. “For nearly 20 years,...
THE NEONATAL Intensive Care Unit at Women & Infants Hospital, above, is slated for replacement with a state-of-the-art facility. The hospital's $20 million Onward  capital campaign will also help finance more inpatient rooms for obstetrics patients. /

Women & Infants to seek public donations

PROVIDENCE – Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island today announced that it is about to embark on the public phase of its $20...
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Steamship Historical Society hires director

EAST PROVIDENCE – Michigan native Matthew S. Schulte has been selected to serve as the Steamship Historical Society of America’s first executive director. His...

ISM: Service sector’s growth slows in March

Growth at U.S. non-manufacturing businesses slowed in March, the Institute for Supply Management reported today. The ISM’s business activity index was at 54...
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