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Alexander Soule

Negative job numbers offset by positive outlook

Aug-24-08, 07:00 PM

After a June surge, Fairfield County employers reported 5,000 fewer workers on the payroll in July, but overall jobs remain up from April and a year ago.

County reaps paycheck bonanza

Three-year-old data could be in for a reckoning

Jan-27-08, 07:00 PM

Median income numbers are predicted to continue rising

Social responsibility reaches into data centers

Nov-04-07, 07:00 PM

For most people buying a laptop, power consumption is an afterthought used only to guesstimate how long the machine can run off its battery.



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.



Staying the course

Facing economic challenges, golf clubs take action

Apr-26-09, 07:00 PM

It is the time-tested, gallows humor of a recession – getting laid off at least leaves spare time for some extra rounds of golf.

UTC has high hopes for Sikorsky

Feb-03-08, 07:00 PM

United Technologies Corp. has high hopes for its Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. division



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.



NewAlliance adds loan category

Nov-13-09, 11:39 AM

NewAlliance Bank has begun offering revolving lines of credit and commercial term loans.



AT&T adding jobs

Aug-14-09, 11:56 AM

AT&T Inc. scheduled a job fair in Norwalk.

Bankers to launch PR blitz

Oct-26-08, 07:00 PM

Two days after Americans have cast votes next week on who will lead the nation out of financial crisis, bank executives from Connecticut will be gathering on the Ocean Lawn at The Breakers resort in Palm Beach, Fla.

Workers’ comp hikes coming

Nov-20-09, 10:02 AM

Most categories of workers compensation insurance will rise in 2010.

Battle lines drawn

Mar-04-10, 12:32 PM

Business owners upbraid lawmakers in Hartford.

Feds banking on incentive for workout arrangements

Apr-29-07, 07:00 PM

If the federal extension afforded Connecticut taxpayers provided palpable relief April 15, residents facing untenable mortgage contracts are unsure what to expect from a perplexing incentive from federal banking regulators.

VC all but disappears in 4th qtr. for county

Feb-01-09, 07:00 PM

In the fourth quarter of 2008, three Fairfield County companies raised a mere $1 million in venture capital funding, down from five companies raising $32 million in the third quarter.

Encouraging shopping start

Dec-04-09, 12:20 PM

More people went shopping on Black Friday, but they spent less.

Training tax at issue

A levy by the convention site or the hometown?

Mar-23-08, 07:00 PM

A new court ruling could potentially give companies a way to cut their Connecticut tax bills.



Day spas report revenue gains

Apr-26-09, 07:00 PM

As the country wraps up a most stressful National Stress Awareness Month, even the establishments that exist to ease cares – spas – are feeling the strain.

Earnings in brief

Feb-22-09, 07:00 PM

After suffering its first quarterly loss in five years, Terex Corp. confirmed it has executed or planned 5,000 job cuts since last June, without immediately specifying any impact on its Westport headquarters.

Oil change

Company says new filters extend oil life

Aug-31-08, 07:00 PM

Stealing a line from Victor Kiam, David Cohen liked SOMS Technologies L.L.C. so much he bought the company – at least a piece of it.



Nestle Waters decision on tap

Jul-02-09, 12:13 PM

Greenwich’s Nestlé Waters weighs options for HQ