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Alexander Soule

Bridgeport reeling after storm

Jun-25-10, 02:47 PM

Officials did not have immediate estimates on damage caused by a storm in Bridgeport.



Web spending up

Dec-04-09, 12:08 PM

Online spending on Black Friday was up 11 percent.

Connecticut works

Fairfield’s job growth – 1.6 percent in a year – tops rosy picture

Jul-29-07, 07:00 PM

Connecticut added 4,000 jobs in June, putting it within range of the state employment record of just above 1.7 million jobs set at the apex of the last economic cycle.

WiFi joins rain as one of life’s freebies

Jul-15-07, 07:00 PM

With $50,000 in federal grant money, local officials formally activated a free wireless Internet system covering small sections of Stamford, Norwalk and Bridgeport.

Rosenfeld plants hedge in Rye Brook

May-20-07, 07:00 PM

Eric Rosenfeld, one of the financial engineers behind the collapsed Greenwich hedge fund Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM), reportedly is setting up a new fund in Rye Brook, N.Y., called Quantitative Alternatives L.L.C.

Credit squeeze hits bankruptcies

It’s tough to reorganize without money

Jan-25-09, 07:00 PM

Even as bank lending in Connecticut appeared to thaw slightly in the past month, regional experts say that the stalled credit markets have frozen an important protection for businesses – Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.

Private equity in brief

Nuts in the mix

Jul-13-08, 07:00 PM

Stamford-based Olympus Partners acquired Ann’s House of Nuts Inc., a Jessup, Md.-based company that sells snack nuts and trail mix.

Industrial-space remake on track

Jan-18-09, 07:00 PM

Redding voters reportedly approved a proposal for the town to pursue $3.5 million in tax-increment financing to support Georgetown Land Development Co.’s conversion of an abandoned wire mill into a mix of residential and retail properties.



RBS details job cuts

Aug-07-09, 02:06 PM

CEO cautions not to expect rebound until 2011.

Market woes test insurers

Can premiums hold while losses mount?

Nov-23-08, 07:00 PM

Insurance brokers in Connecticut and elsewhere are preparing for a busy renewal season on property and casualty policies, as carriers weigh whether to hike premiums to cover investment losses this fall and as embattled American International Group Inc. defends its accounts from rivals looking to poach business.

Sizing up the subprime crisis

Industry observers weigh in on concerns over credit crunch

Jan-20-08, 07:00 PM

Finance in brief

Apr-23-10, 01:18 PM

Compass Diversified Holdings raises $73 million in a sale of stock.

Buffett buys billions in GE

Oct-12-08, 07:00 PM

Berkshire Hathaway Inc. bought $3 billion in preferred stock from Fairfield-based General Electric Co., along with warrants to buy up to $3 billion more shares over the next five years at $22.25 a share.

Court sides with FERC, ISO

Jul-23-10, 11:16 AM

An appeals court allowed ISO New England salaries to stand.

New sheriff in town

Jun-04-10, 11:31 AM

White-collar crime expert sworn in as U.S. attorney.



Earnings report

Feb-05-10, 01:25 PM

Praxair remains hopeful Chevron will continue a hydrogen supply project.

Company keeps cool and is bought

Sep-02-07, 07:00 PM

For $455 million, Emcor Group Inc. is acquiring Ohmstede Ltd., which helps refineries and petrochemical companies cool fluids passing through their conduits.

Affinion files for IPO

May-28-10, 10:56 AM

Affinion Group Holdings has filed for a $400 million initial public offering.

The Hartford agrees to pay $115M in trading settlement

Jul-29-07, 07:00 PM

Hartford Financial Services Inc. agreed to pay $115 million to settle charges in Connecticut, New York and Illinois that it profited from market-timing trades and inflated insurance quotes to brokers.

Fairfield tourism promotion heads north

Jan-15-10, 10:54 AM

The lower Fairfield County visitors bureau was folded into a sister agency.