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Alexander Soule

Earnings in brief

Nov-25-09, 11:42 AM

Starwood Property launched with multiple investments in commercial properties.

Construction trend idles the bulldozers

Renovations are the order of the day

Nov-18-07, 07:00 PM

When it came time for Callanen International to expand again, less than five years after moving into its present Norwalk headquarters, rather than move the company chose to refit adjacent space in its existing building.

State expands health coverage

Cigarette taxes to bear some of burden

Jul-15-07, 07:00 PM

Gov. M. Jodi Rell fought off a half-dozen competing health plans to win passage of her Charter Oak Health Plan to provide health insurance for state residents lacking coverage.



Looking to provide electricity

Nov-25-09, 11:37 AM

Two startups are marketing electricity to Fairfield County homeowners.

Thomson acquires drug data firm

Oct-07-07, 07:00 PM

Thomson Corp. has acquired Prous Science, a Barcelona, Spain, company that sells drug-development companies information on compounds and patents.

Judge ruling muddles FMLA

Jun-25-10, 02:38 PM

A judge’s ruling has complicated family medical leave in Connecticut.

Business in brief

Aug-06-10, 12:31 PM

Fairfield County’s business count was already contracting heading into the recession.

Amaranth sues JPMorgan for $1B

Nov-25-07, 07:00 PM

Claiming to be the victim of a financial conspiracy, Amaranth Advisors L.L.C. has sued JPMorgan Chase for at least $1 billion.

Tighter credit rules may fuel defaults, observers warn

Jul-29-07, 07:00 PM

Even as New York state marches toward a record job total, financial experts are voicing fears that tightening credit standards may spark an increase in business debt delinquencies and defaults in the second half of 2007 – possibly leading to future job losses.

Still a flyweight by U.S. standards

Aug-03-08, 07:00 PM

Connecticut weighs in as the second “thinnest” state in the nation, a new federal survey indicated, with 21.2 percent of adults indicating they are obese.



PerkinElmer renews in Shelton

Aug-21-09, 10:53 AM

PerkinElmer renewed a lease for 250,000 square feet in Shelton.

Westport software maker gets $1M infusion

Funding to go toward expanding product line in health-care industry

Mar-25-07, 07:00 PM

Standing Stone Inc. has received $1 million in new funding, as the Westport company develops software to improve the management of clinics that treat patients with chronic conditions.

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.



Finance in brief

Oct-09-09, 07:56 AM

Silver Point is considering extending more capital to CIT.



UBS-IRS deadline this week

Sep-18-09, 09:53 AM

An IRS deadline arrives this week for alleged tax evaders to disclose details of their accounts with UBS.

Wired for speed

Home broadband surges

Nov-11-07, 07:00 PM

In the span of a year, Connecticut home and business owners added 443,000 high-speed Internet connections – more than enough to cover a third of all homes statewide, and maintaining the state’s status as one of the best-blanketed broadband markets in the nation.

Workers’ comp hikes coming

Nov-20-09, 10:02 AM

Most categories of workers compensation insurance will rise in 2010.

Investment plunge presages insurance hikes

Jan-11-09, 07:00 PM

Commercial insurance premiums should begin increasing within a year, according to separate studies by Advisen Ltd. and Towers Perrin, the beginning of what could be an extended “hard market” made longer than usual by insurance carriers hoping to recoup losses in the investment markets last year.

Retailers bounce back

Dec-18-09, 01:14 PM

Connecticut sales tax collections jumped in November.

Greenbacks for Metro Green

Sep-02-10, 01:18 PM

Stamford’s Metro Green Apartments are getting $2.5 million from the state.