Recycler to pay $107,000 to settle pollution charges
PROVIDENCE – N.E. Environmental Services Inc. has paid $30,000 into the state’s environmental response fund, and agreed to pay an additional $77,250 to the...
Marines paying Textron $2.8M to build test vehicles
NEW ORLEANS – Textron Marine & Land, an operating unit of Textron Systems Corp., yesterday announced it has been awarded a $2.8 million contract...
Hasbro signs 12-brand apparel licensing deal
PAWTUCKET – HPG, the licensing arm of Hasbro Inc. (NYSE: HAS), today announced it has signed an agreement for an apparel collection to appear...
R.I. Caucus of Women Legislators elects officers
STATE HOUSE – The Rhode Island Caucus of Women Legislators yesterday said it has elected Rep. Joanne M. Giannini, D-Dist. 7, Providence, as its...
Judge delays CVS vote by Caremark shareholders
WILMINGTON, Del. – A lawsuit by a group of Caremark Rx Inc. investors today succeeded in delaying a shareholder vote on CVS Corp.’s $25.7...
U.S. posts 5th straight record trade deficit in ’06
WASHINGTON – The nation’s annual trade deficit last year was a record $763.6 billion, 6.5 percent higher than 2005’s $716.7 billion gap, the U.S....
CVS triples post-merger Caremark dividend offer
CVS Corp. (NYSE: CVS) and Caremark Rx Inc. (NYSE: CMX) today said they have tripled their previously announced post-merger dividend for Caremark shareholders, to...
AAA: R.I. gas prices steady at $2.179/gallon
Rhode Island gasoline prices last week held steady after straight week of declines, according to AAA Southern New England.
AAA’s Feb. 12 survey of...
NUWC, URI team up on center for undersea technology
NEWPORT – The Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Division Newport, today announced it has established a Center of Excellence in Undersea Technology with the University...
Historic tax credit faces new review <br> <i>All agree it’s beneficial, but...
Call it a victim of its own success.
Rhode Island's historic preservation tax credit, which has supported
$545.6 million worth of completed real estate projects and...













