Cox to carry Ch. 12 NCAA broadcasts in HDTV
WEST WARWICK – Cox Communications will offer additional NCAA Basketball Tournament games to digital cable customers in Rhode Island, under its recent agreement with...
RIPTA eager to talk to Lincoln Park
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Public Transit Authority’s buses still are not stopping at Lincoln Park, and a RIPTA spokeswoman says the park hasn’t been...
Viacom sues YouTube, parent Google for $1B
NEW YORK – Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B) today announced it has filed suit against YouTube and Google alleging “massive intentional copyright infringement...
RIPTA buses won’t stop at Lincoln Park
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Public Transit Authority said its buses will stop entering Lincoln Park, effective today, because the gambling facility no longer allows...
U.S. job openings rate steady in January at 3.1%
WASHINGTON – The nation’s job openings, hires and total separations rates all were unchanged in January, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor...
Freedom Communications selling WLNE Ch. 6
IRVINE, Calif. – Freedom Communications Inc. has agreed to sell WLNE-TV ABC6, the ABC affiliate serving Providence and New Bedford as Channel 6 and...
Paulson leads summit <br>on U.S. capital markets
WASHINGTON – U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson today convened a summit to promote ways of helping U.S. capital markets regain their former dominance.
The summit...
Bond investors worry as CDOs grow riskier
High-risk securities used in leveraged buyouts have taken on more risk over the last few years, causing bond investors to worry that they will...
CVS/Caremark merger wins ISS approval
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Caremark Rx. Inc. (NYSE: CMX) today announced that Institutional Shareholder Services, an independent proxy voting advisory service, is now advising clients...
Survey: Providence-area 2Q job outlook ‘dull’
Providence-area employers anticipate a “dull” job market in the second quarter, according to the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey released today.
The region’s outlook is...
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