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Rhode Island’s gasoline prices rose 8 cents this week. The jump marks the second consecutive week of increases after 13 weeks of stagnant or decreasing prices, according to AAA Southern New England.
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By Emily Greenhalgh |
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Revenue for Hasbro Inc. fell 7 percent to $811.5 million in the second quarter of 2012 compared with $908.5 million for the same 2011 period.
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By PBN Staff
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The lowest municipal yields in a generation may help Rhode Island cut the cost of repaying $75 million it borrowed to lure former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling’s now-bankrupt videogame company from Massachusetts.
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By Michael McDonald |
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After having started RISD Works more than a decade ago, Matthew Bird was wondering what to do next. After seeing a vacant space on Wickenden Street he toyed with the idea of another store, but why consider a venture similar to the one that you just left? “There is increasingly more and more great stuff out there in the world and it gets overwhelming,” Bird said. “There are amazing things that nobody can find.”
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By Michael Souza |
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Jewelry designer Alex and Ani LLC will open a professional development center in a Weybosset Street building it has purchased. The location will also house a new retail location will open in late August, CEO Giovanni Feroce told Providence Business News.
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By Rebecca Keister |
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(Updated, 2 p.m.) In a move that represents a “major re-investment in the local economy,” Alex and Ani LLC has purchased Sakonnet Vineyards in Little Compton, the jewelry designer announced Thursday.
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By PBN Staff
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Rhode Island’s gasoline prices rose 7 cents this week. The jump marks the first increase in Ocean State pump prices in 13 weeks, according to AAA Southern New England.
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By PBN Staff
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U.S. stock futures fell, following the biggest one-day gain in two weeks for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, as a report showed retail sales in the world’s biggest economy unexpectedly dropped for a third straight month.
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By Inyoung Hwang
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A remodeled Rite Aid Wellness Store at 1080 Bald Hill Road held its grand opening event on July 14, part of national effort by national drug store chain to promote wellness services and products
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By Richard Asinof |
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BOSTON –Walmart Inc. and Target Corp. have agreed to pay $232,000 to cities and towns across Massachusetts to settle claims that they allegedly overcharged public agencies for prescription drugs through the workers’ compensation insurance system.
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7/16/12
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