LIN TV’s revenue soars 33% in 2006
PROVIDENCE – LIN TV Corp.’s revenue for the year ended Dec. 31 surged 33 percent to $426.1 million from 2005’s $321.1 million, the company...
Belo Corp. completes New Orleans TV deal
DALLAS – Belo Corp. (NYSE: BLC), parent of The Providence Journal Co., this week completed its purchase of MyNetwork TV affiliate WUPL-TV in New...
Computer problems blamed<br> for Dow’s sudden drop
NEW YORK – Computer malfunctions due to heavy trading in yesterday’s global selloff made the Dow Jones Industrial Average appear to plummet 178 points...
U.S. markets lose $600B in global plunge
The Dow Jones Industrial Average today fell as much as 546 points – the most since New York’s first trading day after the terrorist...
U.S. durable goods orders fall 7.8 percent
WASHINGTON – New orders for manufactured durable goods decreased $17.1 billion or 7.8 percent in January to $203.9 billion, after rising 2.8 percent in...
Architects’ billings exceed 2006 high
WASHINGTON – The Architecture Billings Index (ABI), a leading indicator of U.S. construction activity, rose to 57.9 points in January from the 2006 high...
Sales of existing homes at 7-month high
Sales of existing U.S. homes rose in January to the highest level in seven months, the National Association of Realtors reported today.
Total existing-home sales...
KVH names distributor for mobile Web, TV systems
MIDDLETOWN – KVH Industries Inc. (Nasdaq: KVHI) has named ASA Electronics Corp. to serve as a national distributor for KVH mobile communications products.
ASA...
R.I. honored as No. 2 in e-prescribing
PROVIDENCE – Gov. Donald L. Carcieri today accepted a 2007 Safe-Rx Award on behalf of Rhode Island, which the contest ranked second nationwide in...
Brown math prof wins national honors
PHILADELPHIA – Brown University’s Chi-Wang Shu, a professor in the division of applied mathematics, has been awarded the 2007 SIAM/ACM Prize in Computational Science...
