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Homespun Advice From A Business Legend
Larry Bossidy was never the CEO of a Connecticut-based company, but he's been a big force in business here and elsewhere for decades at General Electric, Allied Signal, Honeywell International and lately, as a board member at Berkshire Bank, which owns...Tags: Moody's Corporation, Corporate Officers, Honeywell International Incorporated, Federal Reserve, Economy, Business and Finance
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Connecticut Has Strong April Job Growth
The Hartford CourantConnecticut's employers hired briskly in April, as both private companies and government employers added positions, for a combined total of 6,300 new jobs. The report released Thursday by the state Department of Labor was encouraging, said economist...Tags: Labor Markets, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, MetLife Incorporated, Interior Policy, East Hartford
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3D Printing To Be A Sharp Tool For State Manufacturers
The Hartford CourantAdditive manufacturing — also known as 3D printing — was all the talk at a gathering Wednesday of the state's manufacturing leaders. The technology involves adding small pieces of material, often plastic or metal, onto one another to create a...Tags: Science and Technology, New Products, Deep River, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), East Hartford
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Legislative Proposals Dim The Lights On Freedom Of Information
The Hartford CourantEvery year the lights go out a little more on the public's right to know about its government, and they're growing dimmer again in 2013. Legislation pending in the Connecticut General Assembly could further erode the state's Freedom of Information Law...Tags: Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice and Rights, Freedom of Information Laws, Laws
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Malloy Claims Middle Ground With Support For 75-Cent Minimum Wage Hike
The Hartford CourantGov. Dannel P. Malloy on Friday pushed to raise the state minimum wage by 75 cents over the next two years, backing a measure that steps back from a proposal in the legislature but still lacks the support of the business lobby. "I believe that we can...Tags: J Brendan Sharkey, Business, Government, Dannel P. Malloy , Small Businesses
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Well-Known Local Executives Join Commercial Real Estate Firm
The Hartford CourantA commercial real estate firm established by two local industry veterans in 2011 has added six locally, well-known executives as it broadens the services it can offer its clients. East Hartford-based Goman + York, founded by R. Michael Goman, the...Tags: Northeast Utilities, West Hartford, Farmington (Hartford, Connecticut), Westport, Real Estate
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State Retiree Health Benefits Under Attack in Long Look At Fiscal Crisis
The Hartford CourantConnecticut must cap state employee retiree health benefits and sharply raise fees for all sorts of state services in order to halt a long-term fiscal slide that is, in some ways, the worst in the nation. That was the advice Monday from David M. Walker,...Tags: Politics, Civil and Public Service, Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut), George W. Bush, Health and Safety at Work
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Tourism Panel Tells Businesses: Lobby Lawmakers To Preserve State Marketing Funds
The Hartford CourantLeaders of the state tourism office, a hotel lobbying group and a regional chamber of commerce urged about 50 listeners Wednesday to lobby legislators to preserve tourism marketing funding. Randy Fiveash, who heads the state tourism office, said the...Tags: John McKinney, Hotels and Accommodations, Mutual Funds, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Business
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Raise the minimum wage in Connecticut?
A bill in the legislature would raise the minimum hourly wage in Connecticut from $8.25 to $9 on July 1 and to $9.75 a year later. It also calls for automatic raises tied to the Consumer Price Index. The Connecticut Business and Industry Association...
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McKinney Rips Malloy Budget As "Shell Game" Filled With Gimmicks
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on Wednesday will propose extending several taxes that had been scheduled to expire in order to help pay for his overall plan to increase state spending by nearly 10 percent over the next two years, according to legislators briefed...Tags: Dominion Resources Incorporated, John McKinney, Nuclear Power, Business, Economy, Business and Finance
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It's Not Just The Economy: State Must Cut Spending
Connecticut, one of the richest states per capita in the union, just can't seem to get on the plus side of the budget ledger. It's past time that it did. Despite a special session of the General Assembly called in December to eliminate a projected...
Tags: Collective Contract, John G. Rowland, Public Finance, Government, Dannel P. Malloy
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Defense Worries A Microcosm Of CT Economy
The Hartford CourantThere's good news and bad news for Connecticut in the Pentagon's spending strategy for the next several years, and that reflects what's happening in the state's economy overall. The bad news is that defense spending in the state will decline by about 10...Tags: Human Interest, U.S. Congress, Connecticut Technology Council, Bob Ross, The Pentagon
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