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Governor Signs Airport Authority Bill 

Monday, August 15, 2011
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Arcor Laser Services Opens in Suffield 

Monday, August 08, 2011
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Passenger Numbers Continue Upward Climb 

Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Bradley International Airport's passenger numbers continue upward trend for one full year.
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Japan Airlines selects Hamilton Sundstrand for 787 maintenance support 

Monday, July 25, 2011
Japan Airlines (JAL) has selected Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation (Windsor Locks) to provide a total supply chain maintenance solution for its systems on JAL’s fleet of 35 Boeing 787 aircraft.
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Location, location, location (& planning) 

Monday, July 25, 2011
Prime locations and great planning help drive economic growth for the cluster of towns north of Hartford and along the Connecticut River.
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Hamilton Sundstrand supports final space shuttle mission; plans continued involvement with U.S. Space Program 

Friday, July 08, 2011
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation supported the final launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis, continuing its legacy of contributions to every launch since the shuttle’s maiden mission in 1981.
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Connecticut Firms Explore New Manufacturing Method (19.40K)

Thursday, June 09, 2011
Airplane engine parts often are cast from molten metal and welded together, or forged. Some are machined from a chunk of metal, and in those cases the waste left after the machining creates "a huge buy-to-fly ratio," in the words of Agnes Klucha, a Pratt & Whitney engineering manager.
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CT Awarded $30M for High-Speed Rail Project 

Monday, May 09, 2011
Connecticut raked in $30 million of Florida's discarded high-speed rail funding on Monday, significantly less than Gov. Dannel Malloy wanted but still more than what the state had.
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Bradley Scoops Honors for Massive Snow Removal 

Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Plow crews at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks are being recognized by their peers for their herculean snow removal efforts this winter, the second heaviest snowfall recorded in the airport's history.
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CT Lawmakers to Consider New Airport Authority 

Tuesday, March 08, 2011
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is proposing a new independent authority to market and operate Connecticut's six state-owned airports, The Associated Press reports.
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CT learning the real definition of a "green job" 

Monday, March 07, 2011
Starting this month, Connecticut businesses will find out what it requires to have the environmentally friendly workforce of the future.
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CT Inc. heads to Capitol 

Sunday, March 06, 2011
Hundreds of Connecticut business owners will converge at the state Capitol this week with a simple message for lawmakers: Fix the business climate.
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Esty: CT to lead nation's energy and environment innovation 

Sunday, March 06, 2011
Dan Esty intends to transform Connecticut’s broken-down, fractured energy policy into a national bellwether for innovation, efficiency and business cooperation, driving the state toward a clean and cheap energy future.
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ING executive is state's new economic development leader 

Friday, March 04, 2011
Malloy appoints Catherine Smith to lead state's economic agency.
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Job growth needed to drive recovery 

Friday, March 04, 2011
A critical factor for real and sustained economic recovery for Connecticut comes down to one word – jobs!
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Patrick, unions sticking together 

Thursday, March 03, 2011
With public employee unions coming under increasing pressure nationwide, few governors have been as outspoken in their support of labor rights as Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick.
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Mass. unemployment unchanged at 8.3% 

Thursday, March 03, 2011
The Massachusetts private sector added 7,200 jobs in January while the state unemployment rate was unchanged at 8.3 percent, according to state figures released Thursday.
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Malloy to crown economic development czar 

Thursday, March 03, 2011
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is expected to name the state's next head of economic development Thursday afternoon, a much anticipated appointment that will be eyed closely by Connecticut's business community.
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Foreclosure deeds drop in Western Massachusetts and across the state; unemployment rate steady at 8.3% 

Thursday, March 03, 2011
The number of foreclosure deeds filed in Hampden County fell 71 percent from 109 to 31.
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Insurance executive named economic development chief 

Thursday, March 03, 2011
Catherine Smith, a top executive at one of the world’s biggest insurance companies, was named today as commissioner of the state Department of Economic and Community Development, which oversees the business climate of Connecticut.
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Malloy to address business leaders at Connecticut Business Day 

Thursday, March 03, 2011
Hundreds of business owners and executives from across the state will visit the State Legislative Office Building, 300 Capitol Ave., Room 2C, Hartford, on Wednesday, March 9, from 7:30 to 11:30 a.m., for Connecticut Business Day.
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Massachusetts recovery 'jittery' 

Wednesday, March 02, 2011
Survey shows optimism, but economists wary.
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Is Connecticut Open for Business? Malloy Responds at Forum 

Wednesday, March 02, 2011
Key issues event held at University of Hartford.
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Massachusetts consumer confidence is up, business confidence down 

Wednesday, March 02, 2011
Consumers regained some confidence in the state’s economy even as employers took a gloomier view, according to two sets of survey results released this week.
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Kiplinger: Hartford's commute not so bad 

Wednesday, March 02, 2011
Think about this the next time you're inching along in Hartford traffic: The metropolitan area is one of the nation's 10 "easy, affordable commutes,'' according to Kiplinger magazine.
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Mass. Gov. Patrick touts support of union rights 

Wednesday, March 02, 2011
With public employee unions coming under increasing pressure nationwide, few governors have been as outspoken in their support of labor rights as Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick.
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Connecticut Business Day event will be Wednesday 

Wednesday, March 02, 2011
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and the Republican minority leaders of the General Assembly’s House and Senate are scheduled to speak at Connecticut Business Day Wednesday at the state Capitol.
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Brazil's Embraer Reopens at Bradley 

Tuesday, March 01, 2011
Brazilian executive-jet maker Embraer's rollercoaster presence at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks is back in swing, authorities say.
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Brazil's Embraer reopens at Bradley 

Tuesday, March 01, 2011
Brazilian executive-jet maker Embraer's rollercoaster presence at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks is back in swing, authorities say.
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Employers cautiously optimistic 

Tuesday, March 01, 2011
The Associated Industries of Massachusetts Business Confidence Index dropped 4 points in February to 51.2, leaving it up 7.1 since last February and 17.9 since its all-time low of 33.3 in February 2009.
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Business confidence in Mass. sags in February 

Tuesday, March 01, 2011
An index measuring business confidence in Massachusetts has fallen slightly but still shows that most employers remain hopeful about future economic conditions.
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Survey: Mass. small biz struggling 

Tuesday, March 01, 2011
Business confidence dropped in February among area firms, with small employers in particular reporting they were “markedly less positive” about business conditions, according to a survey released Tuesday by the Associated Industries of Massachusetts.
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Industry group says business confidence in Mass. dipped in February, but signs still hopeful 

Tuesday, March 01, 2011
An index measuring business confidence in Massachusetts has fallen slightly but still shows that most employers remain hopeful about future economic conditions.
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Commercial property market in Connecticut experiencing improvement 

Friday, February 25, 2011
Commercial property market : Industry shows signs of emerging from recession.
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More Passengers Used Bradley in 2010 

Thursday, February 10, 2011
Passenger traffic at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks recovered slightly in 2010 thanks to a larger array of destinations, but the counts are still far below the levels before the airport's four-year skid.
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Mistras Company is Happy to Be in East Granby 

Tuesday, January 11, 2011
If you’ve ever been on a plane and wondered who inspects the parts that keeps that plane up in the air, there’s a good possibility that it was Mistras, a parts inspection company located at 16F International Drive, East Granby.
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$750M Village Seen for Windsor Brownfield 

Tuesday, December 07, 2010
The town of Windsor is weighing a development proposal to transform a 600-acre industrial brownfield off Day Hill Road into a $750 million village of residences and light commercial, authorities say.