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...
House of Hope names MarcAurele a ‘Housing Hero’
WARWICK – House of Hope CDC today announced that its second annual Housing Hero award will go to Joseph J. MarcAurele, chairman, president and...
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...
CEO: Bank of America doesn’t need more takeovers
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Bank of America Corp. CEO Kenneth D. Lewis, the takeover king whose purchases in the past four years have more than...
Quaker Fabric offices in $4.7M sale/lease deal
FALL RIVER – Quaker Fabric Corp. (Nasdaq: QFAB) last night announced a sale/lease agreement for its headquarters building at 1082 Davol St.
Quaker has agreed...
Hospital seeks patients for novel seizure studies
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island Hospital's department of neuropsychiatry is recruiting patients for two studies involving the treatment of nonepileptic seizures with psychotherapy and with...
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...
Swank annual profit soars to $14M in 2006
TAUNTON – Swank Inc. (Pinksheets: SNKI) nearly quadrupled its profit to $13.99 million in 2006, compared with 2005 net income of $3.61 million....
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