Verizon, Cox in national DiversityInc Top 50
Verizon Communications ranks sixth nationwide, and Cox Communications ranks 25th, in DiversityInc magazine’s 2007 Top 50 Companies for Diversity, announced yesterday.
Verizon, which...
CVS/Caremark merger completed
WOONSOCKET – CVS Corp. and Caremark Rx today announced the closing of Caremark’s $27.2 billion acquisition by CVS.
The combined company, renamed CVS/Caremark Corp....
Fed again keeps funds rate at 5.25%
WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee decided yesterday to keep its target for the federal funds rate at 5.25 percent, as it...
Alternative energy a national security issue,<br> Bush tells Ford, GM workers
Hybrid vehicles will bolster national security by reducing dependence on foreign oil, President George W. Bush yesterday told U.S. auto industry workers and executives...
Patricia Zacks is named Pawtucket Foundation’s<br> 2007 Person of the Year
PAWTUCKET – Patricia S. Zacks has been named the winner of one of two 2007 Pawtucket Foundation Persons of the Year Awards.
She was selected...
IRS.gov 9% busier than last year,<br> average refund 5% bigger
WASHINGTON –IRS.gov is 9 percent busier this year than last, while the site’s “Where’s My Refund?” feature is 23 percent busier, the Internal...
Providence jobless rate lags nation’s in Jan.
Unemployment rates were lower in January than a year earlier in 179 of the 369 metropolitan areas nationwide, higher in 156 and unchanged in...
Veri & Assoc. honored for site design
PROVIDENCE – Local landscape architectural firm Veri & Associates has won top honors for site design and landscaping in the National Concrete Masonry Association’s...
Economy shows dark side of ‘ownership society’
For years, President George W. Bush has promoted an “ownership society” that gives citizens a personal stake in their financial health, as affected by...
Dunk completes leasing of new luxury suites
PROVIDENCE – All 18 of the new luxury suites at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center have been leased, and the Dunk already has a waiting...
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