CVS will pay $38M to settle drug-switching claims
CVS Caremark Corp. last week agreed to pay $37.8 million to the U.S. government and states including Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut, to settle...
Time to review changes to state, federal tax law
Tax season has once again arrived. In light of many changes to the federal income tax and estate and gift tax laws in recent...
Newport Co. Chamber expo is geared to local businesses
Reinvest in the local community, the Newport County Chamber of Commerce advocated to a sold-out exhibitor crowd and visitors who came by foot, car...
SEC vigilance questioned after sale of Bear Stearns
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox was asked on March 11 if he was concerned about the financial condition of Bear Stearns...
Harvard U. to offer tuition break for public service
Harvard Law School will waive tuition for third-year students who agree to spend at least five years working in public service after graduation, Bloomberg...
Common problems to watch for in slowdown
The big tests in business rarely come in good times. But when the economic storms hit, we often start blaming everything and everyone else...
Understand changes to postal rates
Dear Dan: We do a lot of business mailings through the U.S. Postal Service, but every time I blink they seem to change the...
Amgen patent case revived by federal judge
A federal appeals court revived a bid by Amgen Inc. to have a U.S. trade agency block Roche Holding AG from importing and selling...
Designer to bring ideas to R.I. College Crusade
Jami Ouellette has been named to the board of directors for the College Crusade of Rhode Island. Ouellette is president and creative director of...
Editorial Cartoon: CRMC tug-of-war
The R.I. General Assembly and Gov. Donald L. Carcieri are depicted as children fighting over a Teddy bear, labelled CRMC. In the background is...
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