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Ingenix buys Lincoln health metrics firm

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. – Ingenix, the UnitedHealthGroup (NYSE: UNH) company that owns the former LighthouseMD in Providence, has bought another local health care IT firm, QualityMetric Inc., of …

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Carcieri signs $60M loan-guarantee law

Gov. Donald L. Carcieri signed a law Tuesday that increases to $60 million the amount of loan guarantees available for businesses through the R.I. Industrial Recreational Building Authority.

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BCBSRI to repay small businesses $1.8M

Blue Cross will reimburse about $1.8 million to small employers and pay the largest fine ever imposed by a Rhode Island health insurance regulator as punishment for misapplying the “health status” factor in setting rates.

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Koller OKs 10% hike in BCBSRI rates

Health Insurance Commissioner Christopher Koller has approved rate factors that would boost the premiums of all three commercial insurers in Rhode Island, but only Tufts Health Plan got the full hike it requested.

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Dunkin’ sales hit $5.7B; 351 stores added

Dunkin’ Donuts said this week its sales rose 4 percent last year as the ubiquitous coffee chain opened 351 new stores around the world. At left, Dunkin’s flagship store in Shanghai, China. The chain employs 1,034 in Rhode Island.

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Study: 1 in 5 in R.I. uninsured this year

More than 187,000 Rhode Islanders – or 21 percent of those under the age of 65 – will lack health insurance at some point this year, according to a study released Monday.

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Race is on to lure America’s Cup to R.I.

The effort to win the 2013 Cup appears to be stronger than a similar attempt to lure the 2011-2012 Volvo Ocean Race to Newport.

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Rocky Point Foundation hopes to beat developers

A new foundation wants to convert the 83 acres that until 1995 were home to the Warwick amusement park into a public waterfront oasis.

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Isis Biopolymer gets $3M for trials, R&D

Medical device firm Isis Biopolymer Inc. said Friday its investors put another $3 million into the company last month to fund clinical trials, manufacturing, and research and development.

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R.I. eyes new Web site for firms’ filings

Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis, left, wants to bring all 307 forms state agencies request from new businesses under one roof with a new Web site. He needs $250,000 to do it, but says he has support from the governor and leading lawmakers.

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