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Outlook cloudy for BlueSky, Paragon Gifts

NORTH KINGSTOWN – Retail catalog company BlueSky Brands Inc. has unexpectedly shut its doors, as have subsidiaries Paragon Gifts Inc. of Westerly and AB&C...

Carcieri seeks ruling on anti-privatization law

PROVIDENCE – Gov. Donald L. Carcieri has asked the R.I. Supreme Court rule on the constitutionality of the anti-privatization law approved last year by...

Vectrix picks Atlantic Tech as IT service partner

MIDDLETOWN – Vectrix Corp., a developer of zero-emission transportation technologies, has selected Fall River-based Atlantic Technology Group LLC as its North American information technology...

Cox high-speed users to get McAfee ‘Security Suite’

WEST WARWICK – Cox Communications has teamed up with McAfee to offer its high-speed Internet customers a free security boost. “Cox was one...

CVS to pay $37.8M in Medicaid drug-switching suit

WOONSOCKET – CVS Caremark Corp. (NYSE: CVS) today agreed to pay $37.8 million to the U.S. government and states including Rhode Island, Massachusetts and...

K-line launches export program at Quonset

NORTH KINGSTOWN – The Port of Davisville, one of the nation’s top ports for automobile imports, has added an export side to its trade...

Carcieri names 6 to RIRRC’s 8-member board

PROVIDENCE – “Today, I am asking the R.I. Senate to consider and confirm a full slate of exemplary men and women to lead the...
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Editorial Cartoon: Spitzer v. Spitzer

"Attorney General Eliot Spitzer meets Governor Eliot Spitzer," the headline declares. Beneath are two men – both wearing Spitzer's face – one of...
BLACKSTONE VALLEY Tourism Council President Robert Billington, with the new Green Visitor Guide. /

Wooing tourists with stories, ‘green’ ethos

The tourism industry has jumped on the “green” bandwagon, moving to protect and enhance tourism destinations and to make lodgings and attractions more enticing...

Law, accounting firms make conservation moves

Local law and accounting firms are slowly changing the mindsets of employees, colleagues and clients by instituting recycling and energy-reduction programs. KPMG International, a...
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