Massachusetts News Briefs
Blue Cross sued by former employees
BOSTON -- Approximately 600 former employees are suing Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, maintaining they should...
Rhode Island News Briefs
GETCH deal with Citicorp called off
WEST GREENWICH -- GTECH Corp., the world's largest lottery operator, announced Citicorp Services has called off an $11.5...
Woonsocket company recasting bike for rehab
Company: Exercycle Corporation
Location: Woonsocket
Type of business: stationary bikes
Owner: David St. Germain
Number of employees: 10
Founded: 1932
Annual Sales: WND
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What's the status of the Route 195 relocation?
That's a good project. That puts 195 out across where the hurricane barrier...
Technology firm changes its name to fit its focus
Where's Wolcott?
That's what some folks who attended a Jan. 25 Web show run by daly.commerce (that's daly-dot-commerce) may have wondered at first. John Cannington,...
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Lynda M. Gilbert
Lynda M. Gilbert of Cumberland has been promoted to audit manager at Suls Westgate & Parente LLP. Gilbert, a certified public accountant,...
Local stocks up 10% But more stocks lose in ’98...
While most national benchmarks showed the stock market up more than 20 percent, stocks on the Providence Business News weekly stockwatch showed a more...
Minorities fuel housing boom
The nation's housing boom, fueled by a muscular economy that has expanded for eight straight years, has come largely because minority families are buying...
Cable debate: public access
One day last fall a state regulator made a surprise visit to a Cox Communications office designated by the state as a public access...
Job Corps to revive Ladd site for ‘at risk’ youth
The defunct Ladd Center in Exeter will soon be put to use once again: this time giving hundreds of troubled Rhode Island youths a...
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