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Gasoline fell on concern that the White House and congressional Republicans are far apart in budget negotiations and on speculation supplies rose last week.
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By Barbara J Powell |
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Updated, Dec. 8, 12:45 p.m.
Citing higher medical cost trends, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island filed for new rate factors for 2013 with the R.I. Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner.
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By Richard Asinof |
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Exports from the Ocean State rose 1.4 percent in October to $179.5 million on a month-to-month, seasonally adjusted basis after dropping 13.8 percent in September, according to an international trade statistics report from e-forecasting.com.
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By PBN Staff
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Providence police officers have approved the package of pension and retirement benefit changes agreed to with the city in May, clearing the way for its implementation. Police were the last group of rank-and-file municipal employees to ratify the landmark cost-cutting settlement.
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By Patrick Anderson |
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Brown University’s Executive Master of Healthcare Leadership program has created a nine-member advisory committee to help the program focus on the nation’s rapidly changing health care landscape.
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By PBN Staff
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Local farms increased sales to chefs and grocers by 50 percent in 2012 thanks to Market Mobile, according to a release from Fresh Farm Rhode Island.
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By Emily Greenhalgh |
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The Consumer Price Index in the Northeast rose 1.8 percent over the last 12 months to 247.097 in November, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.
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By PBN Staff
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After 20 years with the zoo, Roger Williams Park Zoo Director Jack Mulvena has announced that he will be leaving the position effective Jan. 31, 2013.
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By PBN Staff
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The R.I. Department of Health issued a consumer advisory not to eat certain food products produced by Farmstead Inc. at 186 Wayland Ave.
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By Richard Asinof |
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Bank of America Corp. CEO Brian T. Moynihan blocked a proposal to cut the main component of most brokers’ pay for 2013, said a person with direct knowledge of the matter.
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By Hugh Son |