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Exports from the Ocean State increased 19.3 percent in January to $227.9 million on a month-to-month, seasonally adjusted basis after dropping 0.5 percent in December, according to an international trade statistics report from e-forecasting.com.
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By PBN Staff
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The private equity firms of Providence Equity Partners and Madison Dearborn Partners LLC will maintain a controlling stake in Chicago-based computer equipment maker CDW Corp. after a $500 million planned stock sale, reported Crain’s Chicago Business.
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By PBN Staff
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Tiffany & Co., the world’s second-largest luxury jewelry retailer, reported fourth-quarter profit that topped analysts’ estimates amid demand in Asia.
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By Cotten Timberlake |
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Providence-based GreenBytes Inc. has named Chris Maher as chief operating officer to lead “ongoing market expansion,” the computer hardware and software pioneer announced Thursday.
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Edward J. Cooney, senior vice president and treasurer of Nortek Inc., has died, the company announced Thursday. Cooney,65, had joined Nortek as vice president and treasurer in 2001 and was appointed senior vice president in 2011.
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Astro-Med Inc., maker of specialty printers and data-acquisition systems, posted net income of $10.6 million, or $1.42 per diluted share, for the fiscal 2013 period, a gain of 239 percent on its fiscal 2012 results.
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EVANSTON, Ill. – Industrial employment in Rhode Island declined 2.2 percent over the past year according to the 2013 Rhode Island Manufacturers Register, an industrial directory published annually by Manufacturers’ News Inc.
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3/18/13
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It’s become a common question-and-answer scenario when Mike Reppucci tells someone about his business, Sons of Liberty Spirits Co.
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Despite taking a $6.4 million pre-tax loss from the retirement of debt, Nortek Inc., the maker of residential and commercial building products, posted net income of $9.5 million in 2012, reversing its loss of $55.9 million in the previous year.
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By PBN Staff
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Toy and game-maker Hasbro Inc. earned the title as one of The Ethisphere Institute’s “World’s Most Ethical Companies” for the second consecutive year, Hasbro announced Wednesday.
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By PBN Staff
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