AAA: R.I. gasoline prices rise <br>6 cents, to $2.39 per gallon
Rhode Island gasoline prices rose an average of 6 cents per gallon over the past week, to the same level as a year ago,...
Hasbro Inc. posts record $230.1M profit for 2006
PAWTUCKET – Hasbro Inc. has posted record annual profits of $230.1 million in 2006, up 8.5 percent from $212.1 million in 2005.
The company credited...
R.I. economy continues to expand in December
KINGSTON – The latest analysis by Leonard Lardaro, a professor of economics at the University of Rhode Island, shows the state’s economy continued to...
R.I. awards $500,000+ for jobs partnerships
CRANSTON – The Governor's Workforce Board last week awarded its second round of industry partnership grants, totaling more than $500,000, to engage "high-wage, high-growth"...
Hasbro to grow brands, rely less on movie deals
Hasbro Inc., the world's second-largest toymaker behind Mattel Inc., will expand its core brands such as Playskool and Transformers this year and rely less...
Report: R.I. lost 3.9% of its industrial jobs last year
A national publisher of manufacturing guides says Rhode Island has lost 3,081 industrial jobs and 95 factories since January of last year. The 3.9-percent...
Family business still nimble after 100 years
Klitzner Industries started as a small jewelry plating operation in the back room of Harry Klitzner's mom's candy store on Westminster Street in 1907....
Selling Paramount’s assets
The remaining assets of Paramount Cards – the 100-year-old Pawtucket company that had been the nation's third-largest card maker until it closed abruptly last...
Producer prices dip 0.6 percent in January
WASHINGTON – The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods last month declined 0.6 percent, after seasonal adjustment, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of...
Amica Tall Ships fest announces 22-ship lineup
NEWPORT – Amica Insurance Tall Ships Rhode Island 2007 today announced the final lineup for the festival, and said three more class-A vessels have...
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