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Alexander Soule

Boards of education

Financiers dominate at private schools

Sep-28-08, 07:00 PM

When David Grant assesses diversification efforts at private schools nationally, he sees an industry that has done a decent job with student bodies, but not as well with the boards of trustees that govern those schools.

Priming the pump

Jun-22-08, 07:00 PM

In a special session of the Connecticut General Assembly, legislators eliminated a tax on petroleum-based products that would have taken effect July 1, and hastily cobbled together a bill authorizing fuel stations to offer discounts for drivers who pay cash.

Jail for former Gen Re executive

Apr-12-09, 07:00 PM

L.L. Bean to open outlet in New Haven

Jul-29-07, 07:00 PM

L.L. Bean has bypassed Fairfield County in favor of opening a factory-discount outlet this fall in Orange, just over the New Haven County border.



Boom time for two-year degrees

Mar-04-10, 10:43 AM

Community colleges are struggling with record enrollment.

Baldwin expands Europe operations

Apr-22-07, 07:00 PM

Baldwin Technology Co. Inc. has acquired Hildebrand Systeme GmbH, a printing press cleansing company with 20 workers in Germany and Switzerland.

Pepsi With A Nutmeg Twist?

Connecticut thirsts for the bottler and its jobs

Mar-08-09, 07:00 PM

Pepsi Bottling Group Inc. reportedly still has a $30 million offer to relocate its headquarters.

Earnings in brief

Aug-07-09, 01:02 PM

Praxair and other companies stated the worst of the recession is likely past.



WWE CEO joins Senate fray

Sep-16-09, 01:36 PM

Linda McMahon resigned as CEO of WWE to run against U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd.

Staying the course

Facing economic challenges, golf clubs take action

Apr-05-09, 07:00 PM

Country clubs are entering the spring with renewed questions about maintaining their membership levels as corporations and families look to cut extraneous costs.

Longo tapped for Innovations post

Oct-28-07, 07:00 PM

Connecticut Innovations Inc. made Peter Longo its president and executive director on a permanent basis, months after he assumed acting leadership of the state-funded agency whose corner offices have had a revolving door of late.



Expanded health coverage in play

May-17-09, 07:00 PM

After President Obama announced he would push for a $2 trillion reduction in health insurance costs over the next decade, Connecticut policymakers scrambled to reassess multiple proposals for reform at the state level.

Rell plans cuts in state contracts, other expenses

Jan-18-09, 07:00 PM

In the most direct hit yet to Connecticut businesses in the early part of the recession, Gov. M. Jodi Rell announced plans to cancel state contracts for some goods and services, including cutting by 20 percent the state’s fleet of more than 4,300 vehicles.

Starwood hiring looks up

Jan-22-10, 12:02 PM

Starwood Hotels plans to add 12,000 employees this year.

Sharp drop seen in SBA-backed loans

Oct-28-07, 07:00 PM

Commercial loans in Connecticut backed by the U.S. Small Business Administration’s two primary programs dropped sharply in the 2007 fiscal year, providing mixed indicators on the state’s economy in the near term.

Expanded expedited bank law?

Feb-19-10, 11:48 AM

Investors may get approval to acquire multiple banks on an expedited basis.

Something to chew on

UST shareholders to vote on Altria bid

Dec-05-08, 07:00 PM

For years, it was among the most intriguing bits of scuttlebutt on Tobacco Road – would the Marlboro Man add chewing tobacco to his corporate tobacco pouch?



Former UConn star to co-develop Bridgeport property

Sep-18-09, 08:50 AM

The city of Bridgeport selected a pair of developers to create Seaview Plaza at the former Carpenter Steel property.

Jobs Report

Jan-18-09, 07:00 PM

Staff cuts at WWE



Back In Black Top

Road warriors give new life to old roads

Mar-08-09, 07:00 PM

On a chilly day near the Shelton riverfront, a front-end loader dumped pavement debris into an orange hopper.