New Minn. CVS store is chain’s 7,000th
WOONSOCKET – Now that’s a lot of Halloween candy.
CVS Caremark Corp. on Thursday opened its 7,000th retail store in the Twin Cities suburb of...
In R.I., Obama advisers talk ocean policy
PROVIDENCE – A fisherman, a ferry captain, an associate professor at Brown University and about 250 others gathered at the R.I. Convention Center on...
Citizens parent came close to collapse
LONDON – The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc, parent of Providence-based Citizens Financial Group, has been identified as one of two British banks that...
Five Questions With: Michael Caprio
Michael Caprio has been the office managing partner for KPMG’s Providence office since March. He had worked in the Providence office since 2002, but...
Five Questions With: Dr. Mary Reich Cooper
The flu season is only just beginning, but to protect patients from H1N1 and other flu viruses, the Lifespan health system last week implemented...
URI fishing research institute gets $6.5M
NARRAGANSETT – The University of Rhode Island’s Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation will receive $6.5 million in federal grants to research challenges facing the local...
Carcieri, union lock horns after deal fails
(Updated, 12:15 p.m.)
PROVIDENCE – The leaders of the state’s largest public employees union say they will accept the bulk of the agreement with the...
URI eyes layoffs, fees if state cuts $3.5M
(Corrected, Sept. 25)
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – University of Rhode Island President David M. Dooley is considering adding a mid-year student surcharge and says layoffs are...
Kirk named to fill Kennedy Senate seat
(Updated, 11:25 a.m.)
BOSTON – Mass. Gov. Deval L. Patrick on Thursday appointed Paul G. Kirk Jr., chairman of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library...
Brown professor finds water on the moon
PROVIDENCE – In a surprise discovery that is already shaking up the field of lunar studies, a Brown University professor revealed Thursday that she...
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