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At Hartford Public High: Engineering and Green Technologies Academy
The Hartford Courant>> This year, several Hartford schools have seen major changes under Superintendent Steven J. Adamowski's district reform plan: Some underperforming schools were shut down; new schools were created; and other schools have been restructured. This series...Tags: United Technologies Corporation, Technology, High Schools, Energy Saving, Car Mechanics
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When Main Street Businesses Close, Communities Suffer, Too
The Hartford CourantSince Judy Goff was young, she knew she wanted to own a store. Seven years ago, she and her husband, Peter, bought a candy shop and a chance to fulfill Judy's dream. Hugs and Kisses Candy House in Simsbury has been a place to buy cheap sweets for...Tags: Government, Consumer Confidence, Soccer, Easter, Sales
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Consumers Slash Spending
Associated PressConsumers, taking a beating from the worst financial crisis in 70 years, sharply cut back spending in October, pushing retail sales down by a record amount. The Commerce Department reported Friday that retail sales fell by 2.8 percent last month,...Tags: George Bush, Consumers, Financial Markets, Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve
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UConn Economists Latest To Predict Sizable Job Losses
UConn economists are joining the ranks of forecasters projecting massive job losses as Connecticut finally starts to fall into the clutches of a national recession. The Connecticut Center of Economic Analysis at UConn will release a forecast today...Tags: Gerber Scientific Incorporated, Unemployment, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Layoffs and Downsizing, Connecticut
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Rick Green: We Need Immigrants
We need immigrants, but the latest numbers suggest that increasingly they might not want to be in Connecticut. For our state to flourish — where we have good schools and people who pay taxes and businesses that actually make things — we need,...Tags: Rick Green, Population, Government, Economic Policy, Migration
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A Therapy That Banishes The Horror
On that bright September day, Peter M. Gioia was at a conference in the ground-floor ballroom of the Marriott that in a few minutes would become ground zero. There was a fierce noise, the room shook, and everyone ran out into a horror movie laced with the...Tags: Crimes, West Hartford, California, Sexual Assault
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Recession Anxiety
Courant Staff WriterPreliminary counts show that Connecticut posted pretty solid job gains last year, adding 16,000 jobs when forecasts had called for just 10,000. But like baseball championships, last year's glories don't count for much when the new season rolls around....Tags: Fairfield University, Globalization, Todd Martin, Employment
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Tech Sector Hungry For State Aid
Courant Staff WritersThe clout of Connecticut's technology sector has generally been small, like so many of its companies. Technology executives had hoped to change that impression this year by landing public support - state tax breaks, incentives and economic development...Tags: George Bush, Executive Branch, Credit and Debt, Economic Policy, Connecticut
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Energy Costs: Consumers Feeling The Heat
Courant Staff WriterCecile Boucher got a bill for $173 from her gas company in November. Shocked at the amount, the retired Newington bank officer told her husband, Jim, a retired custodian, that they had better pare back their energy use or they would not be able to pay...Tags: Newington, Fairfield University, Natural Resources, Connecticut Light & Power Company, Connecticut
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Hartford Bucked The Growth Trend
The Hartford CourantDuring a decade of record population growth for the nation, with the neighboring state capitals of Providence and Boston booming, Hartford suffered the biggest percentage population drop of any large city in America. Those were just some of the story...Tags: Population and Census, Population, Economic Policy, New Hampshire, Rhode Island
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Technology Reshapes Leading Companies
Special to The CourantTraditional banks turned into diversified financial institutions. Manufacturers evolved into leaner, higher-technology operations with fewer production workers. Those two trends explain a lot about how employment has changed on the list of Connecticut'...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Financial Services, Wages and Pensions, Webster Financial Corporation, Financial and Business Services
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