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Connecticut Governor Seeks Storm Exercises, Utility Standards
Insurance Journal
Vickie Nardello, D-Prospect, co-chairwoman of the General Assembly's Energy and Technology Committee, said PURA has hired a consultant to do an even more in-depth review of CL&P's and The United Illuminating Co.'s responses during the

Hiring Logjam Breaks as CEOs Plan for US Growth
Bloomberg
'Pretty Decent' “The ground seems to be set for a pretty decent near-term outlook for manufacturing,” said Stephen Stanley, chief economist for Pierpont Securities in Stamford, Connecticut. “There's still room for job growth there if demand continues ...

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CL&P and Yankee Gas offering grants to 2012 FIRST robotics competitors
ShorelinePlus.com
Over 1500 high school students are expected to compete in the 2012 Connecticut FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition, March 29 - 31 at Hartford's Connecticut Convention Center.
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Sikorsky's Army Scout entry will be privately funded
Ct Post
Sikorsky will fund 75 percent of the cost of the development with the rest of the group, which includes General Electric Co., Stamford-based Hexcel Corp. and Connecticut-based Hamilton Sundstrand, Kamatics and Spectrum covering the rest of the costs. ...
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Bioscience project draws skepticism
Ct Post
She spent a considerable part of the 90-minute discussion talking about plans to build a genome-research facility at the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington. That project would be a partnership with Jackson Laboratory, ...

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Angel Investing Jumps With State Tax Credit
Hartford Courant
"There is an explosion in entrepreneurship and people want to get in on it," said Matthew Nemerson, president of the Connecticut Technology Council, which started lobbying for a tax credit for angel investors more than five years ago. ...

Device Brings $1000 Genome Within Reach
Technology Review
Back in July, Jonathan Rothberg, CEO of the Connecticut-based biotech company Ion Torrent, predicted that his company would develop a chip that could sequence an entire human genome by 2013. This week, the company surpassed that prediction with a new ...
Insight: New DNA

Alcoa Foundation Gives CJR a Grant
Litchfield County Times
LITCHFIELD—Connecticut Junior Republic (CJR) has received a capacity building grant of $35000 from the Alcoa Foundation, one of the largest corporate foundations in the US, according to executive director John F. Boyd. The grant will be used to ...

Eastern Connecticut teens get taste of high-tech jobs
Norwich Bulletin
And University of Connecticut graduate students worked with teens in a workshop devoted to nanotechnology, including nanosand — a material coated with a special substance that prevents water from saturating it, helpful in cleanups after oil spills and ...

Conn. boosts spending to draw technology companies
Danbury News Times
ROCKY HILL -- The state's quasi-public technology investment agency unveiled a $250 million investment plan Wednesday to create new businesses in Connecticut and recruit new ones from out of state. Connecticut Innovations will invest $50 million a year ...
Conn. increases

37.5 MW Waste Gasification Facility for Connecticut
Waste Management World
The PRE project is owned by a subsidiary of Enova Energy Group and located on a 27-acre site in Plainfield, Connecticut. The developers claimed that the new plant will employ Best Available Control Technology (BACT) to control emissions and will be

SAIC, Enova Energy Group, The Carlyle Group Launch $225 Million Plainfield ...
Sacramento Bee
The PRE project is owned by a subsidiary of Enova Energy Group and located on a 27-acre site in Plainfield, Connecticut. The plant will employ Best Available Control Technology (BACT) to control emissions and is fully certified as a renewable

A Mix in Stamford, Conn.
Wall Street Journal
By MAURA WEBBER SADOVI A Connecticut developer that is remaking Stamford, Conn.'s waterfront is now tackling a vacant downtown office complex that was part of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.'s huge real-estate portfolio. Building & Land Technology is ...
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Connecticut Delegation Split On Internet Piracy Bills
CT Newsjunkie
But the technology community, which doesn't have much of a lobbying presence in Washington, DC, was tardy in expressing its concerns about the legislation. The early debate was focused solely on the film industry, in which Connecticut has invested ...

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Conn. teacher brings travel lessons to classroom
Deseret News
Connecticut and national educators say teachers with that knowledge are increasingly valuable, especially as the world becomes more interconnected through technology and nations' economies. This June 2006 photo provided by Larry Shortell shows Shortell ...

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Glynn will coach MIT lacrosse squad
Boston.com
The South side includes Babson College senior goalkeeper Peter Crowley of Lexington, Eastern Connecticut State senior defender Aaron Smiles of Bedford, Roger Williams junior defender Kamali Webson of Bellingham, Brandeis University senior midfielder ...

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Despite challenges, state can influence 2012 economic outcome
The Connecticut Mirror
By Keith M. Phaneuf Connecticut's economy crawled out of the Great Recession at a snail's pace in 2011, and the New Year isn't expected to bring much change. But while Connecticut's economic fate rests largely with global factors, economists say

AAA 'Tipsy tow' program not offered in Connecticut
Middletown Press
The confusion, according to Fran Mayko, spokeswoman for AAA Southern New England-Connecticut, may have been brought on by the news and social media, each passing on the wrong information. “I just think the technology is immediate now. ...

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Fulfilling the promise of technical high schools
Westfair Online
Connecticut's technical high schools are a unique resource to our young people – students gain a direct connection to careers in an increasingly technology-driven, 21st century economy. Unfortunately this resource is substantially undervalued and ...

Congress to mull startup creation
Westfair Online
RemoteReality Corp. designs cameras that can produce video and thermal imaging across 360 degrees, with military and commercial applications; the company's technology was originally developed at Columbia University in New York City. Even as Connecticut ...

Hoffman Engineering plays key role in Gaylord solar project
Danbury News Times
John McKinney, Senate minority leader, to the Connecticut Energy Advisory Board. The panel develops energy plans for the state and advises the General Assembly and occasionally the governor on energy issues.

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Connecticut Remains In Economic Doldrums
Hartford Courant
We need to promote businesses with growth potential such as education and health services, information technol¬ogy, life sciences (biotech, pharmaceutical and medical devices) and defense technology. Connecticut needs to open doors for businesses in ...

Greater Enfield 3rd Annual Golf Tournament To Benefit Manufacturing Technology
Hartford Courant
... Manufacturing Technology Program has been instrumental in helping ready the manufacturing workforce through their educational courses, as well as being the catalyst for scholarship programs. Numerous companies, throughout the State of Connecticut, ...

Top Silicon Alley Tech Companies to Watch in 2012
NY Convergence
NYConvergence is a digest of digital media technology news of interest to the New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut tri-state area maintained by Trylon Communications, Inc. All content is copyright to its respective owner. ...

AT&T Adds MSG HD and MSG+ HD for U-verse TV Customers in Connecticut
PR Newswire (press release)
Subscription to appropriate package and HD Technology Fee required to access HD channels. Local HD channels vary by market. Total Home DVR functionality is available on up to 8 TVs, and requires a receiver for each additional TV at $7/mo. ...

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Online Poker Could Become Reality (with POLL)
Patch.com
CT Legislature could approve a bill that would let Mohegan Sun and others start online poker, and online lottery ticket sales. By Carrie Jacobson If the Connecticut Legislature approves a bill introducing new forms of Internet gambling, online poker ...

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Connecticut approves two 5 MW PV plants
solarserver.com
"The fact that 21 projects – representing 70 Megawatts (MW) of clean renewable power – applied under this program is a clear sign that entrepreneurs and clean technology innovators are excited about the new approach Connecticut has taken. ...

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Pratt & Whitney Receives GreenCircle Award for Positive Contributions to ...
Sacramento Bee
The award was accepted at a ceremony held at the DEEP, in Hartford, Conn. Pratt & Whitney is a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) company. The project was undertaken in support of United Technologies' sustainability initiatives, including a

New pump technology prevents gas theft, lets you pay after pumping [w/poll]
Autoblog (blog)
According to a report by WJR-TV, the Connecticut-made Post-Pay system does not keep the buyer's information on file unless he or she is reported as a drive-off, at which point both the police and gas station are furnished with the offender's ...

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Smartphones and privacy: Are we overreacting?
msnbc.com
To recap, an amateur Android hacker in Connecticut found Carrier IQ on his phone in November, grew concerned about what it did, discovered that it was secretly installed on millions of smartphones and began to raise technical questions online. ...

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Malloy Drafting Plan To Fix Our Schools; So Is Everybody Else
Hartford Courant
And recent statistics from the National Assessment of Educational Progress reveal that Connecticut has the largest achievement gap among all states for seven of 12 key indicators. Not so long ago, Connecticut's public schools were held up as a model of ...

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iMedX Announces Acquisition of Abacus Transcriptions Inc.
Sacramento Bee
iMedX is headquartered in Shelton, Connecticut. For more information, please visit www.imedx.com. Reader comments on Sacbee.com are the opinions of the writer, not The Sacramento Bee. If you see an objectionable comment, click the "Report Abuse" link ...

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Will United Technologies recover?
TradersHuddle.com
United Technologies was founded in 1934 and is based in Hartford, Connecticut. United Technologies' stock was trading in a well defined range with support at $72.75 and resistance at $78.32; given that this range was broken traders will be closely ...

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Leone: Stamford Station upgrade is latest of many improvements
Connectcut Plus
The $10.5 million federal TIGER grant will fund part of a $39 million collaborative renovation project at the Stamford Transportation Center, in cooperation with the City of Stamford, the State of Connecticut and Building & Land Technology (developer ...

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