Providence Equity buys majority in 2 satellite TV firms
PROVIDENCE – Providence Equity Partners Inc. has agreed to a majority stake in Dutch and Flemish DTH broadcast satellite operators CanaalDigitaal and TV Vlaanderen,...
Clear Channel’s annual revenue rises 7% in ’06
SAN ANTONIO – Clear Channel Communications Inc. (NYSE: CCU), a global media and entertainment company whose properties include properties include local radio stations WHJY-FM,...
Clear Channel declares 18.5-cent dividend
SAN ANTONIO – Clear Channel Communications Inc. (NYSE: CCU) last night announced that its board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of...
A.T. Cross profit surges to $3.3M
LINCOLN – In an after-market announcement, A.T. Cross Co. (AMEX: ATX) yesterday posted a profit of $3.3 million or 22 cents per share for...
DBR issues draft report on Beacon Mutual
The Beacon Mutual Insurance Co. yesterday confirmed it has received a draft of the R.I. Department of Business Regulation's report on the company. The...
R.I. Film Fest producer Joseph Marshall dies
NEWPORT – Navy Lt. Cmdr. (ret.) Joseph Marshall, 90, a founder and producer of the Rhode Island International Film Festival, which in August marked...
Mass. same-sex weddings valid in R.I., Lynch rules
PROVIDENCE – R.I. Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch today issued an opinion saying that same-sex marriages lawfully performed in Massachusetts will be recognized as...
Contracts can imply more than what’s stated
One matter that came to me years ago was the situation of a songwriter who had assigned all of his copyrights to a music...
JetBlue launches retroactive client ‘Bill of Rights’
NEW YORK – JetBlue Airways (Nasdaq: JBLU) today announced a comprehensive customer promise and compensation program called The JetBlue Customer Bill of Rights.
The new...
DEM extends date for comments on wetlands rules
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Environmental Management today announced it is extending the public comment period on its proposed changes to freshwater wetlands...
