December 23, 2016 EditionEdition

Can Hartford remain solvent in its next fiscal year without additional financial help from the state legislature?

Hospital for Special Care (HSC) chief executive Lynn Ricci knows the hospital was handed a valuable gift — financially and image-wise — in August as a beneficiary of funds raised through the Travelers Championship golf tournament.

It didn't take Jim Loree long to make a splash as the new president and CEO of New Britain-based Stanley Black & Decker Inc., a position he ascended to Aug. 1. Barely two months later he engineered plans to buy Newell Brands Inc.'s tool business for $1.95 billion.