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Farmington Student's App Named 'Most Entertaining' By Barnes & Noble

By RYAN CANE — Tue, 29 May 2012 23:31:00 GMT

The College Checklist , an app created by a graduate of Miss Porter’s School , was named by Barnes & Noble as one of the Most Entertaining Nook Apps of May .

Connecticut Jobs: Some Dental Hygienists Make More Than Actuaries

By MARA LEE, maralee@courant.com — Mon, 28 May 2012 22:45:46 GMT

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The 2,000 aerospace engineers listed as working in Metro Hartford — one of the jobs found here in a higher concentration than just about any other region in the country — make $85,860 a year on average.

ConneCT 3QW: Mike Roer, President Of The Entrepreneurship Foundation

By RYAN CANE — Thu, 24 May 2012 17:50:00 GMT

The Entrepreneurship Foundation is a non-profit organization in Fairfield that provides moral support to student companies, matches students with mentors and and provides a forum for student entrepreneurs to network, and share leads, customers, and experiences. They offer various contests and programs which you can check out here .

SS&C Launches Free Finance Education App

By MATTHEW STURDEVANT, msturdevant@courant.com — Tue, 22 May 2012 23:06:27 GMT

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Windsor-based SS&C Technologies has launched a free mobile application that allows users to access courses for the financial services industry.

Major Cable Firms Unite To Create More WiFi Hotspots

By RYAN CANE — Tue, 22 May 2012 18:42:42 GMT

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In the largest and most comprehensive WiFi sharing effort to date, five major cable companies — Comcast, Cox Communications, Cablevision, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks — announced Monday a partnership enabling each firm's high-speed Internet customers to access their WiFi networks.

Alexion To Join S&P 500

Tue, 22 May 2012 14:22:13 GMT

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Standard & Poor's is replacing Motorola Holdings, which is being bought by Google, with Alexion Pharmaceuticals, a Cheshire-based biotech company that focuses on developing drugs to treat ultra-rare diseases, in the S&P 500 index.

Connecticut Innovations Invests $150k In Notifyi

By RYAN CANE — Sun, 20 May 2012 15:49:00 GMT

Connecticut Innovations announced Wednesday that it has committed $150,000 in financing to Notifyi LLC of New Haven through its Pre-Seed Fund .

Investors Hear TechStart Pitches

By MARA LEE, maralee@courant.com — Sat, 19 May 2012 00:36:35 GMT

NEW HAVEN — The "talented tenth" — eight teams picked from 80 applicants for Connecticut Innovation's first TechStart accelerator class — had a chance to shine Friday by pitching their ideas to angel investors and venture capitalists from around the state.

CT Investors on Facebook: 'Banking On Irrational Exuberance.'

By MARA LEE, maralee@courant.com — Fri, 18 May 2012 22:40:27 GMT

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NEW HAVEN — The subject of Facebook was a natural in New Haven Friday morning at the Maurice R. Greenberg Conference Center, where more than two dozen venture capital and angel investors gathered to hear pitches from eleven start-up firms and entrepreneurs hoping to catch fire.

3 Questions With: WWE's Senior Vice President Of Digital Operations

By RYAN CANE — Thu, 17 May 2012 14:02:00 GMT

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), which of course is located in Stamford, has created quite a presence for itself on social media.

Security Guards At State Buildings Strike Against Private Firm

By DAN HAAR, dhaar@courant.com — Fri, 11 May 2012 01:00:38 GMT

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Forty privately employed security guards who work in state office buildings mounted a one-day strike Thursday, protesting low wages and benefits in a standoff complicated by state rules over retirement benefits the workers say they are not receiving.

A Rosy Aerospace Forecast In Skeptical Times

By MARA LEE maralee@courant.com — Thu, 10 May 2012 00:23:00 GMT

The plunge that hit the world's economy in the fall of 2008 ended, but for most industries, sputtering growth makes the recovery graph look like an "L", not a"V."

Farmington Student's College Checklist App A Success

By RYAN CANE — Tue, 08 May 2012 23:51:00 GMT

For many college students, summer has already begun, and in just about a month high school seniors will be graduating. Those students will have a few months to enjoy the summer, but then it’s time to plan for college.

Cloud-Computing Firm Receives $1M From CI

By MARA LEE maralee@courant.com — Tue, 08 May 2012 23:47:24 GMT

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A one-year-old company with five employees in Connecticut and seven in Sacramento, Calif. is establishing its headquarters in Connecticut after receiving $1 million in funding from Connecticut Innovations and $200,000 from angel investors.

Settlement: Depakote Maker Injects $6 Million Into Connecticut Coffers

Tue, 08 May 2012 19:11:00 GMT

Connecticut will receive close to $6 million from federal and state settlements with Illinois-based Abbott Laboratories over allegations the company promoted sales and use of the prescription drug Depakote for uses not approved by the FDA.

The Manufacturing World Arrives In Hartford

Mon, 07 May 2012 23:32:00 GMT

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Manufacturers from around the world will descend on Hartford Tuesday for a trade show focused on aerospace, defense, medical equipment and energy at the Connecticut Convention Center.

Pino Retiring Early At Sikorsky; Military Chief To Take Over

By MARA LEE maralee@courant.com — Mon, 07 May 2012 23:15:59 GMT

Sikorsky Aircraft, United Technologies Corp.'s helicopter division headquarted in Stratford, will have a new president in July.

CI Invests Further In Wallingford Biotech Firm

Courant Staff Report — Thu, 03 May 2012 19:19:25 GMT

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Connecticut Innovations said Thurasday it invested an an additional $445,683 in CyVek Inc., a Wallingford biotech firm. CI invested $802,500 in cyvek in 2010.

ConneCT 3QW: MeritBooster's Father & Son Business Partners

By RYAN CANE — Thu, 03 May 2012 13:58:00 GMT

In March, I profiled the father and son team of Rajesh and Keshav Patel behind the startup company MeritBooster . MeritBooster is a site that allows youths who want to accomplish or learn something start “projects” so that people can donate to the cause. I caught up with them to see how things have progressed.

A Flyover Highlights Pratt & Whitney's Plans for Dramatic Growth

By MARA LEE maralee@courant.com — Thu, 03 May 2012 13:47:28 GMT

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EAST HARTFORD — Pratt & Whitney employees and Connecticut aviation fans caught their first-ever glimpse of the new geared-turbofan engine in the air Wednesday afternoon, as a Boeing 747 filled with computers that analyze the engine's test flights visited the region from Canada.

INC Research Blames Layoffs On Lower Demand For Clinical Trials In CT

By MATTHEW STURDEVANT, msturdevant@courant.com — Wed, 02 May 2012 17:24:18 GMT

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A clinical research company in Old Lyme is closing its offices and laying off 66 people because of lack of strong demand for its specialized services in Connecticut, the firm said Wednesday.

Post-Paralysis, Technology Could Get New Britain Man Back On The Green

By RYAN CANE — Wed, 02 May 2012 13:04:00 GMT

Something went terribly wrong while David Bishop slept in his New Britain Home on October 1, 2010.

Yale Teams With GlaxoSmithKline To Develop Drugs

By MATTHEW STURDEVANT, msturdevant@courant.com — Tue, 01 May 2012 23:02:17 GMT

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Yale and pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline have partnered to develop molecules that fight disease-causing proteins, and may lead to the development of new drugs.

UConn Introduces New Fuel Cell Power Plant

By RYAN CANE — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 11:58:00 GMT

UConn , along with UTC Power and the Connecticut Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority (CEFIA), commissioned a new fuel cell power plant at UConn’s Depot Campus on Thursday that will supply the campus with clean and efficient energy, cooling and heating.

Hearts And Technology: Ongoing Innovations In Cardiology

BY WILLIAM WEIR, bweir@courant.com — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 00:08:00 GMT

Lori Turner, 53, was lying on a table in the electrophysiology lab at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, obscured by heavy equipment. Born with a rare, potentially fatal heart condition called Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, or WPW, the Mansfield resident was undergoing an operation that would fix the defect and end her periodic bouts of rapid heartbeat and dizziness.