GA must show small business it is listening
It takes a lot of sandwiches for Rich Paolo, owner of Cumberland’s Pamfilio’s Deli and Catering, just to cover the cost of his state...
Hope for best, but plan for worst on flu threat
State health officials are projecting that up to half of Rhode Island’s population could become infected by the latest wave of the swine flu....
White new chair Credit Union Association of R.I.
Stephen J. White, president of the Westerly Community Credit Union, has been named chairman of the Credit Union Association of Rhode Island. A...
Private Medicare cuts would be felt
The reasoning on Capitol Hill is simple: Medicare exists to provide health coverage to seniors, so Medicare dollars should be spent on health services....
Workers’ comp filings down in R.I.
Rhode Island’s high unemployment could have an unintended consequence: a decrease in workers’ compensation filings. When times are tough, claims often dip as employees...
Business Plan Comp. announces Green Track
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Business Plan Competition last week announced that it will introduce a Green Track in the 2010 competition.
The new Green...
Covidien set to market endotracheal tube
MANSFIELD, Mass. – Health care product provider Covidien has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market its Mallinckrodt TaperGuard...
CCRI students design site for FEMA, R.I. EMA
WARWICK – The Federal Emergency Management Agency in partnership with the R.I. Emergency Management Agency has launched a Web site created by Community College...
CVS, Medco may make less from benefit plan
WASHINGTON – CVS Caremark Corp. and Medco Health Systems Inc. may generate less profit from a shared $10 billion contract for federal-employee drug benefits...
Lynch announces hire of campaign manager for 2010
PROVIDENCE – Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch has hired Mike Mikus – a veteran Democratic political operative – to manage his 2010 gubernatorial campaign.
Lynch...
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