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January 8, 2018 EditionEdition

🔒Why utility-scale solar works for Connecticut

Connecticut has some of the highest electricity rates in the nation, and in January they will increase even further.

🔒Hartford Jet Center targets more Brainard Airport hangars

More hangars are anticipated at Hartford's Brainard Airport, pending negotiations between a company overseeing general aviation services...

🔒Q&A with CBIA Chair Mary Kay Fenton

Mary Kay Fenton, CFO at New Haven-based Achillion Pharmaceuticals, a company focused on developing drugs to help people with serious diseases, is stepping in as chair of the Connecticut Business & Industry Association (CBIA) board of directors when the state could use a strong dose of medicine to cure its chronic fiscal and economic ills.

🔒COCC employees prepare care packages for disabled veterans

COCC employees in Southington recently participated in a team-building and community-service program called Operation Military Care. Together,...
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🔒Inspiring young workers to enter public service

On the day he was elected President of the United States, Barack Obama delivered a message to the young people of America, saying, “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”

🔒Amid growing scandals, more companies prioritize sexual harassment training

Training to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace often takes a back seat to other priorities, employment lawyers say, but the explosion of harassment claims against celebrities, politicians and others has led many companies to take it off the back burner.

🔒CT Airport Authority eyeing private operator for three airports to cut costs

The Connecticut Airport Authority is considering outsourcing operations of three of its five general aviation airports in an attempt to save money and narrow multimillion-dollar losses on the facilities.

🔒CT needs a problem-solver, not party ideologue

As we move past the holiday season and into a new year, much of the attention will now shift toward Connecticut's gubernatorial race, which will have major ramifications for the future direction of the state.
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🔒Acquired healthcare facilities firm to grow

Russell Phillips & Associates (RPA), founded in 1976, may not be a household name, but it's well-known in the healthcare industry for its emergency management consulting and technology services, which it has provided to major Connecticut hospitals and nursing homes.

🔒Thetis partners with UConn Health on bowel disease remedy

A Branford biotech is expanding its collaboration with a UConn Health scientist to further its search for a better treatment for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which impacts an estimated 1.6 million Americans.

🔒Eight principles for starting a business after age 40

“Late-Blooming Entrepreneurs: 8 Principles for Starting a Business After Age 40” by Lynne Beverly Strang (White Chimney...

🔒Financially wounded, pioneering CT Green Bank has a path forward

Facing the biggest financial threat in its six-year existence, the Connecticut Green Bank will reduce staff, trim deal volumes and pursue new revenue streams to keep itself and its mission alive.
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🔒Johnson Brunetti donates to Christmas Wish CT

Joel Johnson (shown left), managing partner of Johnson Brunetti Retirement & Investment Specialists in Wethersfield, recently announced...

🔒500 attend ‘Girl Within’ luncheon

Nearly 500 women and men came together at The Village's 17th annual Girl Within Luncheon on Dec. 1 at the...

🔒Connecticut ‘s new stranded tax credit program aims to unleash investment

In 2014, Connecticut agreed to let United Technologies Corp. use up to $400 million in “stranded” research and development tax credits to keep and expand the presence of its Pratt & Whitney subsidiary in East Hartford.

🔒Accounting industry deals with tax overhaul, talent shortage

Q&A talks with Bonnie Stewart, executive director of the Connecticut Society of CPAs, on the impact of federal tax reform and other issues impacting the accounting industry.
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