Recently added articles from Providence Journal (Providence, RI):

The Providence Journal, R.I., business briefs column.(Column)

Oct 09, 2007 ... Oct. 9--GTECH SIGNS 7-YEAR CONTRACT WITH OREGON: Lottomatica S.p.A. announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, GTECH Corp., has signed a new long-term contract with the Oregon State Lottery to provide and implement a new online and instant-ticket lottery system, terminals and services, ...

Car importer turns to rail to augment shipping business.

Oct 09, 2007 ... Byline: Benjamin N. Gedan Oct. 9--NORTH KINGSTOWN -- The Galaxy Ace was in port, and the stevedores were busily unloading 1,800 new Audis and Volkswagens from Emden, a city in northwest Germany. But last Tuesday morning at the Port of Davisville, the 650-foot ship ...

Rhode Island child-care subsidies to suffer cuts this week.

Oct 09, 2007 ... Byline: Steve Peoples Oct. 9--PROVIDENCE -- Scott Smith doesn't want to turn children away from the YMCA. "I think that people want to be able to turn to the Y as one of those places they can always rely on," he said. But starting this week, the YMCA and ...

University of Rhode Island passes halfway mark in $100-million campaign.

Oct 09, 2007 ... Byline: Jennifer D. Jordan Oct. 9--The University of Rhode Island is more than halfway to its $100-million goal in its capital campaign started in 2004. The university will launch the public phase of its fundraising drive Saturday evening with an invitation-only ...

New CVS ad campaign focuses on women's nurturing role.

Oct 09, 2007 ... Oct. 9--Woonsocket-based CVS Caremark Corp. today rolls out a $25-million, national TV advertising campaign to rebrand its CVS/pharmacy chain by celebrating and honoring women's roles as nurturers and caregivers. The "For All Ways You Care" spots will air during programming ...

Family scrambling to attend pageant under eviction pressure.

Oct 09, 2007 ... Byline: John Castellucci Oct. 9--PAWTUCKET -- Less than a month before she's to represent Rhode Island in the Miss American Sweetheart beauty pageant in Orlando, Fla., 8-year-old Imani Vazquez and her family are facing eviction from their apartment on Quality Hill. ...

The Providence Journal, R.I., MoneyLine column.

Oct 09, 2007 ... Byline: Neil Downing Oct. 9--I received an invitation in the mail last week for a seminar in Warwick. It's called "Flocking to Florida: Estate Planning for New Englanders Making the Snowbird Connection." The message is clear: If you move to Florida, you can save on ...

Rough seas.

Oct 08, 2007 ... Byline: Paul Davis Oct. 8--After Victor Blanco disappeared at sea, his wife turned their dining room into a shrine. She didn't go to her job at a machine shop. Instead, she placed a framed picture of Victor on a table in their two-story home in Providence's Mount Pleasant ...

The Providence Journal, R.I., MoneyLine column.

Oct 08, 2007 ... Byline: Neil Downing Oct. 8--What to do if you inherit a Roth IRA? That's the question a reader from Bristol asked MoneyLine: QUESTION: Although your article on inherited IRAs was very informative, ... please follow up [with an] article aimed specifically on a person ...

Chef's surprise: Johnson & Wales University churns out business grads, too.

Oct 07, 2007 ... Byline: Andy Smith Oct. 7--When most people think of Johnson & Wales University, they think of culinary training and hospitality. But the largest single entity at Johnson & Wales is the College of Business, which goes back to the school's founding in 1914. The ...

Is the open house what it used to be?

Oct 07, 2007 ... Byline: Christine Dunn Oct. 7--In his 16 years in the real estate business, broker John Hodnett has held only one open house. "I don't think I've ever lost a sale," as a result, he said. Hodnett, of Lila Delman Real Estate, acknowledges that many agents, ...

The Providence Journal, R.I., business notes column.(Column)

Oct 07, 2007 ... Byline: John Kostrzewa Oct. 7--DISEASES A DRAG ON STATE'S ECONOMY: Taxes, business climate and energy costs dominate discussions about burdens on Rhode Island's economy. Here's a new one -- chronic disease. The Milken Institute last week issued a new ...

Tribe beefs up casino operations in New England.

Oct 07, 2007 ... Byline: Paul Grimaldi Oct. 7--The tribe that runs the Western world's largest gambling venue is making a run at a commercial casino license in Massachusetts at the same time it beefs up the resort it runs just over the Rhode Island border in Mashantucket, Conn. The ...

Water views, vast woods in historic setting.

Oct 07, 2007 ... Byline: Christine Dunn Oct. 7--A volleyball net awaits players along the main beach on South Shore Road at Wallum Lake. In 1905, the fresh air and quiet woodlands surrounding Wallum Lake, in the northwest corner of Burrillville, were chosen as the site for a new ...

Labor agency examines Rhode Island employment patterns.

Oct 07, 2007 ... Byline: Andy Smith Oct. 7--At the end of last year, there were 423,751 private-sector jobs in Rhode Island. Where were they? The state Department of Labor and Training took a county-by-county look at employment and wages, covering the period between the last quarter ...

The Providence Journal, R.I., John Kostrzewa column.

Oct 07, 2007 ... Byline: John Kostrzewa Oct. 7--Tax policy can be a powerful tool for directing private investment. But it works to create jobs, economic development or any other goal only when it is targeted to create specific results that can be measured. Too often in Rhode Island, ...

The Providence Journal, R.I., MoneyLine column.

Oct 07, 2007 ... Byline: Neil Downing Oct. 7--QUESTION: I am divorced. Can I get my ex's Social Security? ... I was married for over 18 years. Do they automatically figure out how much his is, and how much mine is, and give me the higher of the two, or is this something I have to ask for? ...

New Bedford, R.I., mayor supports Massachusetts casino plans.

Oct 06, 2007 ... Byline: Paul Grimaldi Oct. 6--New Bedford's mayor said yesterday that he supported casino gambling in Massachusetts and wanted the state to move more quickly on gambling licenses. "One of the dangers of dragging things out is 'casino paralysis,'" said Scott W. Lang, ...

Senator to propose bill allowing 24-hour gambling at slot parlors.

Oct 06, 2007 ... Oct. 6--PROVIDENCE -- Sen. Paul Moura, D-East Providence, says he will introduce legislation to allow 24-hour gambling at Twin River and Newport Grand, Rhode Island's two licensed slot parlors, when the General Assembly reconvenes for a special session, possibly later this month. ...

Bank Rhode Island opens branch in Pawtucket.

Oct 03, 2007 ... Oct. 3--Bank Rhode Island is expanding its footprint in the state by opening a new branch in Pawtucket, linking two of its prime markets and including a "business center" for customers. The opening is the first since 2005, when the bank opened new branches in Lincoln and East ...