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CVS Health reports $2.6B Q2 loss, dragged down by $3.9B goodwill...
WOONSOCKET – CVS Health Corp. reported a $2.6 billion loss on Wednesday for the second quarter of 2018, or $2.52 per diluted share. The company...
Hasbro extends Goldner, expands Frascotti’s role to president and chief operating...
PAWTUCKET – Hasbro Inc. has extended Chairman and CEO Brian D. Goldner’s contract two years through Dec. 31, 2022, the company announced Tuesday.
Goldner has...
PPL receives $450K NEH grant for building renovation and upgrades
PROVIDENCE – The Providence Public Library has received a $450,000 federal grant to support the “Providence Public Library Special Collections Renovation: Investing in Public...
Report: R.I. clean energy sector grows 3.7%
PROVIDENCE – Employment in the clean energy sector in Rode Island increased 3.7 percent year over year in 2018 to 15,866 workers, according to...
National Small Business Innovation Road Tour coming to Warwick
WARWICK – The National Small Business Innovation Road Tour will be in Rhode Island on Aug. 22 at the Crowne Plaza Providence-Warwick, the R.I....
Providence metro unemployment declines to 3.8% in June
PROVIDENCE – Unemployment in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area was 3.8 percent in June, a 0.5 percentage point drop from 4.3 percent in June...
Runey to succeed Bowen as JWU chancellor
PROVIDENCE – Mim L. Runey, who has served as the Johnson & Wales University Providence campus president and chief operating officer since 2011, will...
Newport Festivals Foundation agrees to stay in Newport for 25 years,...
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Department of Environmental Management and the Newport Festivals Foundation Inc. reached a license agreement to keep the Newport Jazz Festival...
CNE names Haffey president and COO at Kent Hospital
PROVIDENCE — Care New England has named Robert J. Haffey as the new president and chief operating officer of Kent Hospital, who will take...
Steel Yard announces $2.8M studio renovation
PROVIDENCE – Looking to increase the communal studio space available to local artists and the public, on Thursday The Steel Yard announced a $2.8...