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Winter Farmers Markets Offer Surprising Bounty of Local Produce, Meats
Hartford Courant
"I come [here] so that I can get really healthful food, and we need this income [from the market] coming into our town." She also likes the one-on-one contact with farmers. Connecticut's 100-plus farmers' markets draw thousands of shoppers

ICON Selected Again as One of The Best Places to Work in CT
MarketWatch (press release)
STAMFORD, Conn., Feb. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- ICON International, a specialty finance company engaged in corporate barter, was recently selected as one of the top 25 Best Places to work in Connecticut for 2012. This survey and awards program ...
OMNICOM

Emergency Spending Cuts Coming to Connecticut
Patch.com
Creating a 'Connecticut Made' marketing campaign to spur local businesses, both production and retail. 4. Preventing discrimination against the unemployed. Statutory changes would prohibit employers from discriminating against job applicants simply ...

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Hamdan Bin Rashid inaugurates dental conference the 16th Edition of AEEDC Dubai
WAM - Emirates News Agency
2012 (WAM) -- HH Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Minister of Finance and Chairman of the Dubai Health Authority, inaugurated this morning the sixteenth edition of the UAE International Dental Conference and Arab

The Global Stagnation and China
Monthly Review
Five years after the Great Financial Crisis of 2007–09 began there is still no sign of a full recovery of the world economy. Consequently, concern has increasingly shifted from financial crisis and recession to slow growth or stagnation, causing some ...

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Foreclosures Draw Private Equity as US
BusinessWeek
31 (Bloomberg) -- Private equity firms are jumping into distressed housing as the US government plans to market 200000 foreclosed homes as rentals to speed up the economic recovery. GTIS Partners will spend $1 billion by 2016 acquiring single-family ...

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Obama's housing plan draws fire, impact seen small
Reuters
"I think it's an election year ploy," said Glenn Hubbard, dean of Columbia Business School in New York and a top economic adviser to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. "We will definitely see the housing market continue to drag with ...

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Loonie Reaches Parity as Aussie Overvalued on China Growth
BusinessWeek
30 (Bloomberg) -- Canada's dollar is set to outperform commodity-exporters Australia and New Zealand as the US economy accelerates while China's output cools. Down 0.2 percent this year after having lost 1.8 percent in 2011 against nine major peers in

Conn. Bond Commission approves $291M for UConn lab
CBS News
(AP) HARTFORD, Conn. — The State Bond Commission on Monday approved $291 million in borrowing over the next decade for a proposed research laboratory to be built at the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington, a project the governor ...
Malloy Defends Jackson Borrowing

Access Point Financial Secures Credit Facility with Wells Fargo Capital ...
MarketWatch (press release)
This infusion from Wells Fargo Capital Finance, along with continued improvements in the hotel economy, will help us accelerate and facilitate the much needed flow of capital to the hotel industry. This credit facility will allow us to further

Bank of America Hires More Than 50 Small Business Bankers Across Massachusetts ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"Our small business bankers will provide business owners in New England with the tools they need to continue to be the engine that drives our local and national economy forward." In Massachusetts alone, there are 594487 companies

Connecticut Downgrade Sparks a Fiscal Health Debate
Bond Buyer
By Paul Burton Anyone who needed a wakeup call got one 10 days ago when Moody's Investors Service threw a high, hard one at Connecticut, lowering the state's general obligation bond rating to Aa3 from Aa2, citing budgetary and pension shortfalls, ...
Malloy Is Not Getting Any

High Taxes One Reason Moody's Wrong To Upgrade Outlook
Hartford Courant
By LOUIS GINGERELLA The Hartford Courant When Moody's Investors Service announced the downgrading of Connecticut's credit rating Jan. 20, it concurrently and ill-advisedly revised the state's financial outlook upward from negative to stable.

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US Stocks Fall as American Economy Grows Less Than Forecast
BusinessWeek
27 (Bloomberg) -- US stocks fell, sending the Standard & Poor's 500 Index lower for a second day, after a report showed the world's largest economy expanded less than forecast in the fourth quarter as consumers curbed spending.

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Windsor man appointed Connecticut's first 'power procurement manager'
Post-Chronicle
Gaudiosi, 39, has worked with the Manufacturing Alliance of Connecticut since 1997. In his role with the alliance, Gaudiosi developed an expertise in energy issues, creating and managing a power and natural gas purchasing pool for industrial

Wall Street opens lower as growth data disappoints
Economic Times
"Today's GDP numbers while positive indicate that the economy is not really doing all that well and (Federal Reserve) Chairman Bernanke's extreme policy may be in fact what's needed," said Michael Sheldon, chief market strategist at RDM Financial, ...

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Connecticut lawmakers give Obama speech high marks
The Connecticut Mirror
By Ana Radelat Washington -- In his address to the nation Tuesday night, President Obama called for a rebirth of manufacturing, a fairer tax system and a stronger community college system. Most Connecticut lawmakers agreed with the president's ...
Connecticut

Euro nears 3-week high against dollar as investors pare shorts
Reuters
"Sentiment continues to outweigh fundamentals, at least for the time being," said Brad Bechtel, managing director at Faros Trading in Stamford Connecticut. "This euro short covering sentiment-driven rally will likely not be sustainable over the ...

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Superior Farms to open DC in Boston
Meat & Poultry (registration)
This location is key for serving Long Island and the five boroughs of New York, as well as New Jersey and Connecticut, the company said. Ed Jenks, president and CEO of Superior Farms, expects the company to expand this model with additional ...
Superior Farms Outlines New East Coast

Whale sign forward McNaught
Stamford Plus Magazine
The AHL's Connecticut Whale is operated by Whalers Sports and Entertainment, a Hartford-based sports marketing and event firm founded by Howard Baldwin and Howard Baldwin, Jr.. The team is the top player-development affiliate of the NHL's New York ...

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Owls Prepare For Two Games This Week
Southern Connecticut State University Athletics
The 2010-11 squad was recognized by the Connecticut Department of Higher Education for their outstanding community service efforts. Head coach Meghan Brown and captain Alex Fiola attended an event in Hartford to receive formal recognition for their ...

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Unemployment rate in Connecticut drops to 8.2 percent, lowest figure since May ...
The Republic
The manufacturing sector lost 1500 jobs. State officials say Connecticut has recovered about 29 percent of the 119200 jobs that were lost during the recession that ran from March 2008 to January 2010.

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Hot Topics: Revenue Shortfall, Small Businesses, Voters' Rights
Patch.com
Tony Hwang, a Republican representing Fairfield and Trumbull in the 134 th House District, said the bill duly recognizes the schools ability to meet the demands for manufacturing growth. “CT Precision manufacturing is competitive and provide a much ...

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Hedge fund raises rise
Westfair Online
s move was disclosed by Newmark Knight Frank, a commercial real estate brokerage with a Greenwich office. Muehlstein has had its local office at 800 Connecticut Ave. in Norwalk. Allergy Control Products is being acquired by Royal Heritage Home LLC, ...

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State dips its toe in 'Lean' process
TheNewsTribune.com
He's part of a state “Lean” manufacturing experiment. Inside the Stafford Creek state prison, an inmate serving time for murder works quietly at a desk, using computer-assisted-design tools. He is putting final touches on a blueprint for a bunk bed ...
Gregoire

Financiers amass $16B
Westfair Online
If “99ers” are aghast at the massive funds being accumulated in high finance, the private equity industry argues they are a critical option to boost the overall economy by keeping the wheels of commerce greased amid the seesaw markets and banks still ...

Digital Video Service Welcomes Home Buyers
The Daily Fairfield
... than 1000 real estate professionals of William Pitt Sotheby's International Realty and partner firms Julia B. Fee Sotheby's International Realty and Litchfield Hills Sotheby's International Realty, which serve residential markets of Connecticut and ...

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Sacred Heart University Names Two New Trustees
TheDay.com
Martin is an avid champion for employee volunteerism and has received The Volunteer Center for Southwestern Connecticut's “Heart of Gold” award for his dedication to employee community involvement. A native of Delaware, Ressel started her corporate ...

CT woman named VP of National Nursing Administrators Association
Stamford Plus Magazine
She is President of the Connecticut Chapter of NADONA (CDONA/LTC) and is on the Education and Legislative committees of the National Board of NADONA. Aysha also is active with various advisory Boards at the State and National level and has presented on ...

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Viridian Energy CEO and General Counsel Appointed Co-Chairs of National Energy ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The company services commercial and residential electricity customers in Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania with energy derived from renewable sources. In all of its markets, Viridian offers

Former East Granby Teacher Killed
NBC Connecticut
Stanley Kochanek has been a member of the Manufacturing Technology Center staff at Asnuntuck Community College since 2008. He teaches Metallurgy, Metrology, Math and has taught many other courses during his tenure at Asnuntuck, school offcials said.

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Female-Led Angel Investor Boot Camp Announces 2012 Fellows
Betabeat
She earned her BS in Finance from University of Florida and MBA in Finance from Fordham University. She currently lives with her husband and two daughters in Westport, Connecticut. Jocelyn is a litigation partner at Reitler Kailas & Rosenblatt.

Bureau for what?
The Daily Cougar
If the last 10 years of American history should have taught us anything, it's that another government bureau will only make our problems worse. Steven Christopher is an economics alumnus and graduate finance student in the CT Bauer College of Business ...

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Mainstream Entertainment Group Inc. to Start Up Sports Entertainment Division ...
PR Web (press release)
Mainstream Entertainment Group, Inc. is a full service marketing and multimedia company serving the New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut tri-state area. The company, led by founder Cory Poccia, offers a full range of

A state-by-state breakdown of the change in higher education funding
Washington Post
Alabama3.2% Alaska3.8% Arizona-25.1% Arkansas0.1% California-11.8% Colorado-4.3% Connecticut-12.2% Delaware0.3% Florida-3.8% Georgia-9.7% Hawaii4.7% Idaho-2.8% Illinois12.1% Indiana-1.0% Iowa-2.6% Kansas-2.0% Kentucky1.1% Louisiana-0.2% Maine1.1% ...

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Agriculture's star rises in Malloy administration
The Connecticut Mirror
By Jan Ellen Spiegel In an era when jobs haven't exactly been growing on trees -- Connecticut is betting that they just might. And on bushes. And even indoors. Some half-dozen years after the Rowland administration tried to all but eliminate the ...