GOP Leadership Council names R.I. co-captains
WASHINGTON – The Republican Leadership Council today announced it has named Greg Nedwetzky of Westerly and Suzi Conklin Nance of Middletown to serve as...
2 LIN TV stations win Peabody Awards
PROVIDENCE – LIN TV Corp. (NYSE: TVL) today announced that its WTNH-TV of New Haven, Conn., and WISH-TV of Indianapolis, Ind., have been honored...
Employment rises, jobless rate holds at 4.4%
WASHINGTON – The nation’s unemployment rate was steady at 4.4 percent in March, while nonfarm payroll employment edged up 180,000 or 0.13 percent to...
URI and NUWC line up 19 partners and $1.5M for...
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Donald L. Carcieri, U.S. Sen. Jack Reed and U.S. Representatives Patrick J. Kennedy and James R. Langevin joined University of Rhode...
Best Buy’s 4Q profit rises 18%<br> as Circuit City posts loss
Best Buy Co.’s net income climbed 18 percent to $763 million or $1.55 per share in the fourth quarter, while rival Circuit City Inc....
New jobless claims rise, but total claims fall
New unemployment claims surged last week to 321,000, 11,000 more than in the week ended March 24, according to a report today by the...
Merrill execs face retrial in Enron case
HOUSTON – The retrial of three former Merrill Lynch & Co. executives in an Enron-related case, alleging fraudulent sales of power-generating barges off...
Agencies team up for Fair Housing R.I. campaign
PROVIDENCE – Saying that “finding the right, safe, affordable home should not be a matter of race, religion or ethnicity,” Rhode Island Housing today...
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...
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