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Alexander Soule

Conn. prowls for TIGER funding

Sep-25-09, 12:38 PM

Connecticut applied for $21 million in federal funding to build a “Jitney” bus shuttle system in Stamford.

Micro loans, macro effects

May-18-09, 07:00 PM

North Fork Bancorp., whose nearly 20 downstate branches converted in March to the Capital One brand, closed out its history by becoming one of the 10 most focused lenders to small businesses. 

Hot under the collar

Consumers blast Connecticut power providers

Aug-12-07, 07:00 PM

Following electric rate price hikes and hot weather last summer that knocked out power, customers have taken their wrath out on two local electric utilities via one of the few means available – J.D. Power and Associates’ annual customer-satisfaction survey.

Earnings in brief

Mar-01-09, 07:00 PM

UIL Holdings Corp. expects a boost in earnings this year after energizing a 345-kilovolt cable in December 2008 connecting Norwalk and Middletown, but cautioned it may cut costs after a rate ruling last month from the Connecticut Department of Utility Control (DPUC).

T-minus 10, 9, 1 blastoff

Danbury facility works on hurry-up satellite

Dec-07-08, 07:00 PM

Goodrich Corp. landed the first contract to outfit a satellite with sensors under a U.S. Department of Defense program whose ultimate goals include the ability to develop, build and launch a satellite in six days.

Utility to test advanced-metering system in county

CL&P cites cost-savings to ratepayers, providers

Mar-01-09, 07:00 PM

Connecticut Light & Power is on track to test 3,000 newfangled meters this summer, which hold promise to cut bills by alerting customers of their electricity usage hourly, allowing them to conserve energy at optimal times to reap savings on their monthly bill.

Rell targets deficit

Federal money could halve figure

Nov-02-08, 07:00 PM

Gov. M. Jodi Rell is calling the Connecticut General Assembly into special session later this month to vote on her plan to eliminate an estimated budget deficit of $300 million.



Rell health Rx: another study

Jul-17-09, 01:18 PM

Gov. Rell vetoed two bills that would have radically changed the state’s health-care system.



Starwood confirms move to Stamford

Nov-25-09, 12:02 PM

UPDATED: Starwood Hotels is relocating its headquarters to Stamford.



Terex settles SEC investigation

Aug-21-09, 11:00 AM

Terex Corp. settled an SEC lawsuit over alleged fraudulent transactions with United Rentals.



Cancer center debuts next month

Jul-31-09, 09:50 AM

St. Luke's-Cornwall Hospital is readying to open its new Cancer Treatment Center in September

New Haven County magnet to start in 6th grade

May-27-07, 07:00 PM

New Haven organizers are seeking $60 million in state funding to establish a public school that would teach science, math and technology to students beginning in sixth grade.



Earnings in brief

Sep-03-09, 12:05 PM

Despite the difficult economic environment, North American liquor sales held up for Diageo PLC.

When illness is chronic, costs and disputes mount

Last year, more than 43,000 Connecticut residents purchased long-term policies and some 7,000 were denied coverage.

Aug-05-07, 07:00 PM

The virus struck Brian Tyson suddenly in 2003, forcing him off his sales position with Pitney Bowes Inc. that paid him $130,000 annually.

Tops in shoring up that nest

Sep-23-07, 07:00 PM

Led by Fairfield and Litchfield counties, Connecticut knocked New Jersey out of the top slot among states on A.G. Edwards’ annual “Nest Egg Index” assessing residents’ savings and investments in retirement plans.

HealthMarkets sheds 15 jobs

Dec-05-08, 07:00 PM

HealthMarkets Inc. is cutting 15 jobs people in Norwalk, part of a 13 percent reduction in the Texas-based company’s total work force.

National cold; regional shivers

Can Stamford’s financial sector weather subprime storm?

Sep-09-07, 07:00 PM

In late August, a crane teetered over the construction site for Royal Bank of Scotland’s planned Stamford office, forcing the evacuation of 200 UBS employees at a nearby office building.

The scramble for item-level recovery

Sep-02-07, 07:00 PM

The Shelton companies have a shared heritage – and share a cloudy crystal ball when it comes to how a Microsoft Corp. product called SharePoint might scramble their longtime benefactor EMC Corp.’s grip on the market for enterprise content-management (ECM) software.

Spiffed-up room at the inn

Stamford hotel finishes $20M up

Dec-05-08, 07:00 PM

The owners of the Holiday Inn Downtown Stamford completed a $20 million renovation.

Bank on it

May-11-08, 07:00 PM

Hudson Valley prospers in dicey times.