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Alexander Soule

Driving them to extremes

Mar-02-08, 07:00 PM

Rather than relocate, some choose to endure long treks



New insurer targets Fairfield homes

Oct-09-09, 08:45 AM

Privilege Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange is writing policies where Allstate once did.

Amid rate squabble, NU posts profit gains

Mar-04-10, 10:48 AM

Northeast Utilities’s CEO termed it a “disappointing” year for NU’s distribution arm.

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.

Top 10 in forward-looking tech

Nov-04-07, 07:00 PM

At its Gartner Symposium/ITxpo last month in Orlando, Fla., Gartner Group Inc. analysts hazarded the 10 most strategic technologies and trends over the next three years – those that will require major investment for competitive reasons, or those that have a high potential for disruption to an organization.

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Reductions at Webster

Jun-29-08, 07:00 PM

Webster Financial Corp. is cutting 240 positions, about half of them through attrition and hiring freezes, with the goal of saving $50 million annually.

Under the sea

Norwalk aquarium rethinks itself

Jan-13-08, 07:00 PM

Herring encourages tourists and residents to visit the Norwalk Maritime Aquarium after a slow year.



Earnings in brief

Dec-23-09, 11:14 AM

FactSet Research added 300 workers in its first fiscal quarter.

Advocate site might be bellwether

Nov-11-07, 07:00 PM

With Tribune Co. finding a buyer for the Stamford Advocate, real estate brokers say the Chicago conglomerate is expected speedily to sell off the newspaper’s plum office property near the Stamford train station.

When the great outdoors is the business plan

May-27-07, 07:00 PM

There was a time when Bill Kennedy paid for a billboard on the New York State Thruway, luring hikers and paddlers heading north from Westchester County and New York City to his Kenco Work and Play Outfitter store in Kingston.

Governor’s insurance plan off to a healthy start

15,000 expected to enroll this year

Jul-13-08, 07:00 PM

In December 2006, Gov. M. Jodi Rell made her Charter Oak Health Plan a centerpiece of her legislative agenda, attempting to cut the state’s health costs by getting insurance for people unable to afford it.

Norwalk site holds potential as roadmap for redevelopment

Jan-06-08, 07:00 PM

Seeking certification by the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program, National RE/source looks to build energy-efficient office space that will accommodate at least 1,200 workers.

What happens in Vegas …

May-18-08, 07:00 PM

Danbury mall looks to land anchor at annual retail conference. 



Senior advocates fear budget ax

Nov-13-09, 11:27 AM

Connecticut did not receive a Community Living Program grant this year to keep seniors out of nursing homes.

Con Ed shines in satisfaction survey

Mar-09-08, 07:00 PM

J.D Power and Associates gives Con Ed a thumbs up.

New tax takes effect

Oct-23-09, 12:34 PM

Beginning this month, employers must apply “catch up” withholding taxes on wealthy earners.

Can it

Apr-13-08, 07:00 PM

Keeping America beautiful starts here.



Dole deadline nears

Jul-24-09, 11:52 AM

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

Floating gas terminal has little impact on LI Sound, FERC says

Jan-20-08, 07:00 PM

Federal Energy Regulatory Committee has declared that Broadwater Energy' s liquefied natural gas terminal does not pose a major negative impact on the environment.

The new mommy track

Work places invite mother to stay

Oct-05-08, 07:00 PM

General Electric Co. and UBS AG rank among the top companies for working mothers, according to a new ranking by Working Mother magazine.