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Rhode Island’s gasoline prices dropped 1 cent this week, marking the first drop in Ocean State pump prices since early July, according to AAA Southern New England.
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Rhode Island was ranked the worst state for business in the U.S. for the second year in a row on CNBC’s America’s Top State for Business 2012 report.
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Bell Helicopter, the Fort Worth, Texas-based subsidiary of Textron Inc., was named one of America’s safest companies by EHS Today, a magazine for environment, health and safety leaders, Textron announced Friday.
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(Updated, 3:30 p.m.)Textron Inc. – the Providence-based company that includes Bell Helicopter and Cessna Aircraft – was removed from the 4th Toxic 100 Air Polluters list released by the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
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The Rhode Island Fast Ferry will add a new vessel to expand service to Martha’s Vineyard and sightseeing cruises on Narragansett Bay this summer.
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AAA Southern New England projects that 42.3 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from their home during the Fourth of July holiday, a 4.9 increase over the 40.3 million who traveled last year.
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General Motors Ventures LLC has invested in The NanoSteel Co., a maker of nano-structured steel materials design, the company announced Monday.
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AAA Southern New England projects a 2.9 percent increase in Labor Day travel. The trade group estimates that 33 million U.S. residents will travel 50 miles or more from their home during the Labor Day holiday period between Thursday, Aug. 30, and Monday, Sept. 3.
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T.F. Green Airport has opened a cell phone waiting lot at 2282 Post Road for motorists meeting arriving passengers, the airport announced Monday.
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