August 25, 2025Edition

🔒Expert’s Corner: Who’s really eating the tariff costs?

Most investors and observers around the world were stunned by the scope and ambition of President Trump’s newly announced trade policies centered on sweeping import tariffs. The measures were unusually […]

🔒CT’s lower Fairfield County has become a private equity hub; Here’s how

Lower Fairfield County’s rise as a private equity hub is no accident. The stretch along Long Island Sound has attracted a dense concentration of firms as investors seek relief from New York City’s high costs and taxes.

🔒Ex-NFL linebacker, former Lehman Brothers real estate manager grow CT development firm one project at a time

Two brothers grew up in Plainville. Once became an NFL linebacker, the other an NYC investor. Now, the business they formed in 2013 is working on its fifth multifamily development.

🔒From Quiet Corner to mega-warehouse hub: How Plainfield became an industrial stronghold

The town of Plainfield, located in Connecticut’s “Last Green Valley,” might appear remote and rural, but it has still attracted a lot of attention from major corporate warehouses, with a slew of recent deals.
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🔒CT experts defend state and federal jobs reports, citing falling survey response rates for large revisions

Large revisions to monthly labor market reports are common in Connecticut. Here's why.

🔒First major overhaul in decades modernizes CT’s business transaction laws for digital assets

From the debut of the iPhone to the rise of mobile banking, ecommerce, cryptocurrency and NFTs, business and personal transactions in today’s economy look far different than they did nearly 25 years ago.

🔒Timex wins over Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary with affordable E-Line watch

Timex is known for producing reliable, reasonably-priced watches. Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary could have been fooled to believe otherwise.

🔒Timex stays in Connecticut with move to Fairfield County hot spot

Timex Group has officially relocated its corporate headquarters to Shelton, occupying 53,000 square feet in a Class A office building at 6 Armstrong Road, after selling its longtime Middlebury home.
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🔒Report: Central CT’s industrial vacancy rate rises amid weakest quarterly leasing in five years

While the town of Plainfield is experiencing an increase in warehouse development, central Connecticut’s broader industrial real estate market has slowed down.

🔒Reimagining Hartford: Corporate leaders join forces to help shape the city’s future

Some of the Hartford region’s most influential corporate leaders have been meeting regularly to see how they can leverage their vision and influence to help reshape Hartford and its surrounding communities.

🔒From insurance capital to urban neighborhood: Hartford’s push to reinvent its downtown

For nearly 200 years, Hartford has punched above its weight as a corporate capital.
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