The current crusade to declutter provides a lucrative incentive for the many customers of Uptown Consignment. With locations in Rocky Hill, South Windsor and Southington, the 25-year-old Uptown Consignment offers buyers quality clothes at reasonable prices and sellers the chance to clean out their...
MIDDLETOWN — Construction will begin soon on a 525,000 square foot FedEx Ground distribution hub on Middle Street at the former site of the Aetna campus. Local and state officials participated in a groundbreaking Thursday morning with FedEx Ground, which says it will create at least 400 jobs with...
BOSTON — A report from international advocacy group Oxfam says poultry workers in the United States labor in a "climate of fear," with some forced to wear diapers on the job. It says many workers are afraid to ask for permission to go to the bathroom. The report says a worker at a Simmons Foods...
When Gov. Dannel P. Malloy offered his first crack at the state budget on Feb. 3, he tried to swing more decision-making power from lawmakers to his office by relieving the legislature of approving spending line-by-line. Nothing doing, top Democrats said. And so the budget process remained fully...
HARTFORD — A 1920s building that was once a symbol of decay in Asylum Hill is now the neighborhood's newest sign of revitalization. A $2.5 million renovation of the three-story, blond-brick building at the corner of Garden and Ashley streets — long vacant and rundown — means the building will no...
HARTFORD — Connecticut and Israeli companies are stepping up their courtship. State economic development officials seeking to boost business and economic growth gathered Wednesday with Israeli firms looking for access to large and lucrative Northeast markets. The state even used the showcase at...
NEW YORK — Wall Street's elite club of hedge fund managers got a bit richer last year, according to an annual ranking published this week. The top two hedge fund managers made $1.7 billion each in 2015, and the top 25 averaged 10 percent more than last year. The rankings, issued by Institutional...