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Alexander Soule

State seeks advice and now sanctions

Feb-10-08, 07:00 PM

Connecticut attorney general asks state to pursue sanctions against Westport consulting firm.



BLT establishes short-term offices

Oct-08-09, 02:25 PM

BLT established short-term office suites in Stamford.



Feds mull bill to force retailers to collect sales taxes on online sales

May-10-09, 07:00 PM

The federal government is considering following New York’s lead by forcing retailers to collect sales taxes from customers for sales over the Internet.



Corporate picnic baskets grow to save money

Apr-26-09, 07:00 PM

In the downsized economy of 2009, when it comes to the company summer outing – bigger is better.

Bounty hunters

Medicare audits to debut next year in state

Aug-03-08, 07:00 PM

A controversial federal program could debut in Connecticut as early as this January, after a pilot version recovered nearly $1 billion in improper Medicare payments over two years.



Earnings in brief

May-17-09, 07:00 PM

Gartner, UIL and other companies saw glimmers in the recently concluded quarter that the economy may be past its nadir.



Sikorsky suit settled

Jan-07-10, 02:11 PM

UTC settled a lawsuit over the crash of a Sikorsky helicopter.

Train wallops bear

Genesee & Wyoming bucks market slide

Jul-27-08, 07:00 PM

Given the choice between planes and trains, the latter mode proved the superior vehicle in the first half of ’08 – as investments go, anyway.

Sikorsky lands program at UNH

Jan-25-09, 07:00 PM

The University of New Haven has launched an engineer-in-residence program to prepare students for careers at Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Fairfield County’s largest employer.

Airlines weigh returns on frequent-flyer programs

Aug-17-08, 07:00 PM

To promote the 21st anniversary of its frequent-flyer program, Continental Airlines sponsored a poker tournament this month in Las Vegas, with the grand prize of 21 million miles, the largest ever single award for a frequent-flyer program.

UST buys top Napa cellar

Fruit of these vines is hardly the stuff of stag parties

Aug-12-07, 07:00 PM

UST Inc. uncorked a $185 million acquisition of Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars, a famed vineyard in Napa Valley that is credited with putting California wines on the world map.



CL&P requests rate hike

Dec-18-09, 01:54 PM

Fairfield County’s major provider wants a $210 million rate hike beginning in 2011.



Corporate taxes hiked

Sep-11-09, 12:24 PM

Gov. M. Jodi Rell gave way for new taxes on corporations and wealthy families.

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.

In Connecticut, pace of business failures slows

Oct-30-09, 11:18 AM

Business closures dropped by 26 percent between the second and third quarters.



Danbury branch gets upgrade

Aug-14-09, 09:48 AM

Connecticut will replace manual signals on track connecting Danbury and Norwalk.

Stamford remains a business magnet

Oct-14-07, 07:00 PM

A Manhattan private equity firm and an India-based outsourcing firm have established offices in Stamford as employers continue to buoy the region’s real estate market despite the problems in residential mortgages.

Bradley tix nix prix fixe; up 6 percent

Aug-19-07, 07:00 PM

In the first quarter of 2007, Bradley International Airport had the fifth-stiffest hike in domestic air fares among the nation’s 100 largest airports.



Dole deadline nears

Jul-24-09, 11:52 AM

Longtime job seekers await word on whether Connecticut will qualify for extended unemployment benefits.

Thomson bolsters tax ranks

Sep-16-07, 07:00 PM

Thomson Corp. is acquiring a Deloitte & Touche L.L.P. unit that provides property tax outsourcing and compliance services.