Chicago for-profit firm Network after Work is attempting to break into Hartford, staging a second inaugural event after its first attempt was buried by snow.
The state just completed its largest real estate acquisition in decades, but its appetite for office space still may not be satisfied. After committing $120 million to buy two signature Class A office buildings in downtown Hartford, state officials say the deal making may not be over.
Connecticut has proposed entering into a regional clean energy partnership with Massachusetts, Vermont, and other neighboring states to use their collective purchasing power to obtain renewable energy at competitive prices.
Two years after financing the then-owners' 2004 buyout of the private company, Webster Bank found itself holding an “underwater loan'' secured by the 34-year-old floundering enterprise's assets. But once the Waterbury super-regional lender jumped in to protect its multi-million-dollar investment with a long-time borrower, Custom Bottle's fortunes improved dramatically.