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At a board meeting at 8:30 Wednesday morning, the R.I. Turnpike and Bridge Authority voted unanimously to charge tolls on the new Sakonnet River Bridge and approved increased tolls on the Pell Bridge.
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Rhode Island’s unemployment rate fell to 9.1 percent in March, the lowest unemployment rate for the Ocean State since November 2008, the R.I. Department of Labor and Training announced Thursday.
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Leaders of the Rhode Island Health Insurance Small Employer Taskforce are calling for greater transparency in health care provider finances following the release of national data for the top 100 most frequently billed procedures under Medicare.
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By Richard Asinof |
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Federal Reserve officials and economic advisers are debating far-reaching differences on whether to accept a jobless rate that doesn’t fall much below 6.5 percent or act more more aggressively to reduce it to 5 percent or less.
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By Jeff Kearns
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Michael Pachter, managing director of equity research at Los Angeles-based Wedbuch Securities told gaming-publication Joystiq that 38 Studios' intellectual property is worth only $20 million.
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Still unable to pay its workers, 38 Studios LLC, the cash-strapped video game design firm founded by former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling, has released a video trailer for its new game, code-named “Project Copernicus.”
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By Emily Greenhalgh |
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38 Studios LLC, the teetering video game company of former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling, could be ineligible for million in state tax credits because the firm is incorporated in Delaware, not Rhode Island.
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The Rhode Island Public Expenditure Council will examine the current structure and operation of the R.I. Economic Development Corporation in light of the recent 38 Studios LLC loan guarantee debacle, Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee announced Thursday.
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The R.I. Airport Corporation's $261 million in general airport revenue bonds were labeled “A-” and given a negative outlook by Fitch Ratings.
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