Consumer prices rise 0.8% in July
WASHINGTON – Consumer prices outpaced expectations for the third month in a row, reaching their highest level in nearly a year an a half,...
New hotline invites tips about RIRRC
PROVIDENCE – Suspected cases of fraud, waste or abuse at the R.I. Resource Recovery Corporation (RIRRC) can now be reported via an anonymous, toll-free...
CVS to buy western drugstore Longs
WOONSOCKET and WALNUT CREEK, Calif. – CVS Caremark Corp. (NYSE: CVS) has agreed to acquire retail and pharmacy benefits management (PBM) company Longs...
Economist: State index sets record low
KINGSTON – Rhode Island’s economy plumbed new depths in June, according to University of Rhode Island economist Leonard Lardaro, as his Current Conditions Index...
Common Cause gives Assembly lowest marks ever
PROVIDENCE – In the eighth annual Common Cause / Rhode Island Legislative Scorecard, released today, the General Assembly received its lowest grade ever. The...
RIDOT bridge float in Top 10 projects
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Transportation today announced that its Iway bridge-float has been ranked among the top 10 projects in the America’s...
Bank of America plans energy-management system
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Bank of America plans to use a new energy-management system at 3,300 banking centers nationwide to cut its heating and cooling...
Five Questions With: Grafton ‘Cap’ Willey
Grafton “Cap” Willey is a busy guy. The CPA is the shareholder-in-charge of Tofias PC’s Newport office and a member in the accounting and...
WPRO-AM drops 5 spots in a.m. ratings<br> when ‘tainted’ diaries are excluded
PROVIDENCE – In what radio insiders say is a rare occurrence, Arbitron Inc. revised ratings for the local morning market after it was discovered...
Patrick signs broad health reform bill
BOSTON – Improving the quality and transparency of health care in the Bay State while minimizing costs are the goals of a measure signed...
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