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Alexander Soule

State tuition up 6 percent

Private colleges add 5.6 percent to the bill

Nov-09-08, 07:00 PM

For the first time in memory, tuition costs shrank at public universities nationally after accounting for the impact of inflation.



Executives bid for ban removal

Dec-30-09, 10:59 AM

Purdue Pharma’s former CEO wants a ban lifted barring him from health care industry work.

Wilton attorney pleads guilty to mortgage scheme

Aug-17-08, 07:00 PM

A Wilton man pleaded guilty to defrauding banks and individuals of $8 million, by inflating the value of properties to obtain mortgages and using the funds for his own use and that of co-conspirators.

Commercial real estate in brief

Jan-29-10, 02:46 PM

GE renewed CBRE’s contract to handle transactions on 4,700 properties worldwide.



Quinnipiac to open medical school

Jan-28-10, 04:01 PM

Quinnipiac University plans to open a medical school in North Haven.

Seeking the 100 mpg grail

Apr-06-08, 07:00 PM

Electric Truck Inc. and Poulsen Hybrid are in the race for $2.5 million a piece.



Praxair starts rebound

Jan-27-10, 03:28 PM

Praxair its first revenue increase in five fiscal quarters.

GE buys 10% of battery firm

Aug-24-08, 07:00 PM

General Electric Co. holds a 10 percent stake in A123 Batteries Inc., a Boston-area company developing lithium batteries for hybrid-electric vehicles, power tools, and other devices requiring bursts of power.

Maxum Petroleum files for $400 million IPO

Aug-26-07, 07:00 PM

A Greenwich-based diesel-fuel distributor has filed for a $400 million initial public offering of stock to pay down debt following several acquisitions.



Pitney Bowes goes postal over patents

Oct-23-09, 11:36 AM

Pitney Bowes sues over a web site allowing homeowners to view images of mail.

GE Plastics sold to Saudi firm

May-27-07, 07:00 PM

General Electric Co. is selling its plastics division for $11.6 billion to Saudi Basic Industries Corp., a petrochemical company controlled by the government of Saudi Arabia.

Fein is nominee for U.S. Attorney

Feb-05-10, 11:15 AM

David Fein was nominated as U.S. attorney for the state of Connecticut.

Hedge funds continue comeback

Nov-25-09, 11:20 AM

Nearly as many hedge funds have opened this year as have closed.

Options, not answers, frame health-care debate

Presidential candidates float their ideas

Oct-14-07, 07:00 PM

Judging by wealthy capitalists backing his presidential campaign, U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd of Connecticut has not scared off all businesses with his proposal for universal health care.

State exports rise 11 percent

Mar-01-09, 07:00 PM

Connecticut exports rose 11 percent last year to $15.3 billion, as the state’s manufacturers benefited from favorable currency exchange rates and strong overseas economies during much of 2008.

Back in black

Dec-07-08, 07:00 PM

When it comes to money, Americans just can’t help but spend it.

Real estate in brief

General Re to stay in Stamford

Jul-06-08, 07:00 PM

After considering a relocation to Westchester County, N.Y., General Reinsurance Corp. is accepting a massive state package to maintain its headquarters in Stamford.

Growing pains

Velocity navigates bumpy route

Nov-04-07, 07:00 PM

Because of a nine-month delay in absorbing a New Jersey trucking company it acquired, Velocity Express Corp. has had to restructure loan covenants to stay out of default as it looks to raise cash through the sale of its Canadian operations.

Freeh leaves L-1 Identity Solutions

Sep-09-07, 07:00 PM

L-1 Identity Solutions parted ways with marquee director Louis Freeh, a former FBI chief who joined L-1’s board in July 2006.



Report: Inline to cut jobs in Shelton

Jul-30-09, 10:05 AM

Inline Plastics reportedly plans to cut 30 jobs at its Shelton headquarters as part of a Southeast expansion.