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Alexander Soule

Real estate in brief

Sep-18-09, 08:46 AM

Wusthof-Trident of America Inc. formally opened a new U.S. headquarters in Norwalk.

Natives not a tribe, BIA rules

Sep-07-08, 07:00 PM

The Schaghticoke Tribal Nation lost an appeal to overturn a Bureau of Indian Affairs denial of federal tribal recognition.



Earnings in brief

Feb-10-10, 03:08 PM

Pitney Bowes made profit gains amid new layoffs.



Wilton- and Holland-based chip maker nets kudos

Jun-05-09, 02:01 PM

ASML was ranked the third best large supplier of chip-making equipment worldwide.

Hexcel cuts some production

Sep-28-08, 07:00 PM

In the wake of a machinists strike at Boeing Co., Hexcel Corp. has cut production on aircraft structures and composite materials, and the Stamford-based company bailed out on profitability estimates it had made earlier this year.



Fairfield County earnings in brief

Aug-14-09, 12:07 PM

A broad swath of companies report drops in revenue. Pharmaceuticals are the exception.

Union seeks greater parity with NYC workers

Nov-18-07, 07:00 PM

In late October, Local 32BJ opened negotiations on behalf of 1,800 workers who clean 200 office buildings in Fairfield County, and another 2,000 workers in the Hudson Valley region of New York.

Catterton nails hardware deal

Nov-18-07, 07:00 PM

Catterton Partners is buying out Restoration Hardware Inc., the home-goods retailer with a store in the private equity firm’s home base of Greenwich, as well as in Westport.

New regs could hinder hedge-fund recovery

Apr-12-09, 07:00 PM

Regulators moved to impose new rules that some fear would stifle the sector’s recovery.

Harboring potential

Jan-15-10, 01:48 PM

A tenant has yet to surface for the waterfront Time Warner Cable headquarters.

Health confab is CBIA-less

Oct-14-07, 07:00 PM

The state’s largest business trade group is scratching its head on why it was not included on a panel that will recommend measures to improve health-care access.

Commercial real estate in brief

Feb-22-09, 07:00 PM

The Norwalk Hour reported it has put its headquarters building on the market, seeking $5.8 million for the 46,000-square-foot structure at 346 Main Ave., which sits on a 3-acre lot.

State dodges mass layoffs; county braces for cuts

Jan-18-09, 07:00 PM

Connecticut appeared to escape 2008 relatively unscathed by mass layoffs under way in other parts of the Northeast, but experts fear a sharp contraction as the repercussions from Wall Street ripple into Fairfield County.

Bank profits slide in 4th quarter

But deposits, net interest income up

Mar-23-08, 07:00 PM

New data declares that three more commercial banks have reported losses in New York state.

First County grows from lessons learned

Feb-22-09, 07:00 PM

At the corner of Route 1 and Richards Avenue in Norwalk, one can spot as apt a sign of the state of Fairfield County’s commercial lending situation as any street corner in Connecticut can boast.



GE works NBC deal

Oct-23-09, 12:26 PM

GE is weighing divesting shares of NBC Universal.

A former Aetna executive will invest Connecticut’s $20 billion pension

Jul-24-09, 10:17 AM

Nappier picks Aetna alumnus for $20B pension oversight

Three governors see economic disaster zone

Wall Street is epicenter; relief sought

Dec-05-08, 07:00 PM

Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell and her tri-state counterparts asked the U.S. secretary of labor to declare Wall Street an economic disaster zone, and grant federal money to help Connecticut deal with displaced workers.

Hospital executives praise Aetna

UnitedHealth earns mixed results

Mar-15-09, 07:00 PM

Aetna Inc. has the top reputation on an updated survey of hospital executives assessing insurance carriers on their payment policies.

Accounting firms merge

Jan-18-09, 07:00 PM

Shelton-based Nishball, Carp, Niedermeier, Pacowta & Co. P.C. is merging with BlumShapiro, which has offices in West Hartford and Fairfield.