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	<title>Financial Mines &#187; Rob Varnon</title>
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		<title>Broker draws an impressionist fine</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/22/broker-draws-an-impressionist-fine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:22:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re not sure if Attilio Anthony Foschini is a fan of Monty Python&#8217;s Flying Circus, but it sure sounds like it from an investigation by the Connecticut Banking Department. The Circus performers often put on odd skits involving strange situations, including ones about a pet store that sold a dead parrot nailed to a perch, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alleged dirty deal at Chinese coal plant hits U.S. investors</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/22/alleged-dirty-deal-at-chinese-coal-plant-hits-u-s-investors/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/22/alleged-dirty-deal-at-chinese-coal-plant-hits-u-s-investors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:24:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Ye be warned.&#8221; According to an SEC complaint and lawsuit after lawsuit filed in federal courts in California and New York, China-based Puda Coal, sold shares to a shell company to American investors and raised millions. The SEC allegations are mirrored in several investor lawsuits against Puda and they say the chairman of the company, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Optimism remains on Surf Ave.</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/22/optimism-remains-on-surf-ave/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Main Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[snow]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some business owners refuse to surrender, like this one on Surf Ave, who has continued to advertise for snow removal help all season. Still, temps are expected to get securely into the 50s today as we roar out of winter and into spring. But, we&#8217;re pulling for you! Snow!]]></description>
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		<title>Wall Street&#8217;s real treasure hunter</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/21/wall-streets-real-treasure-hunter/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/21/wall-streets-real-treasure-hunter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:16:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tampa-based Marine Odyssey Exploration lost its bid to hang onto $500 million in Spanish gold coins it recovered from an 1804 shipwreck, but has won the backing of some big investors, including Blackrock. Marine Odyssey was told by a U.S. Judge to turn the coins over to Spain this week, but the publicly traded treasure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dow 13,000 followed by a little drop</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/21/dow-13000-followed-by-a-little-drop/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/21/dow-13000-followed-by-a-little-drop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:23:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Dow Jones Industrial Average briefly passed the 13,000 mark Tuesday, the first time since 2008 the index of 30 blue chips has crossed that level before the 2008 swoon. The index, after much fanfare, has struggled throughout the day. Were investors looking for profits? Moving money out of the big companies on fears the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guns, excavators and fuelcells ride Tuesday&#8217;s wave higher</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/21/guns-excavators-and-fuelcells-ride-tuesdays-wave-higher/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/21/guns-excavators-and-fuelcells-ride-tuesdays-wave-higher/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:03:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FCEL]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the same day the Dow finally recrossed 13,000, investors showed an appetite for rising share prices for Connecticut companies, Sturm Ruger, Terex and FuelCell Energy. Southport-based Ruger hit a 52 week high Tuesday trading at $45.62 and and was still up more than 3 percent at $45.28 heading toward afternoon. Ruger reports fourth quarter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make Wall Street pay &#8212; in Connecticut?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/20/make-wall-street-pay-in-connecticut/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/20/make-wall-street-pay-in-connecticut/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:37:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Arguably, Wall Street already pays in Connecticut, at least according to some gold coasters with big tax bills. But this is a different message coming from the campaign trail. Former Connecticut Secretary of State Susan  Bysiewicz is running again, this time  for the Senate seat Joe Lieberman is going to vacate. And she has a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forget the calendar and temps, it&#8217;s spring</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/20/forget-the-calendar-and-temps-its-spring/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/20/forget-the-calendar-and-temps-its-spring/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:37:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Main Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spring]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While winter has not yet surrendered on the calendar, and even took some nippy swipes this morning with a bone chilling wind, the grills and lawnmowers of spring have taken command of the sales&#8217; floors. If you got out this weekend and hit some stores like Lowe&#8217;s, you were well aware spring has sprung in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business page takes a holiday with Wall Street</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/20/business-page-takes-a-holiday-with-wall-street/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/20/business-page-takes-a-holiday-with-wall-street/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:35:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Markets aren&#8217;t trading today, on President&#8217;s Day, so Hearst Connecticut won&#8217;t be publishing a business section on Tuesday. The hard copy edition of the news will return Wednesday. Yes, we know there&#8217;s still business happening today, and you can read about here on The Mines and in our digital section. And now for some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congress offers 10 more months of payroll tax reduction</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/17/payroll-tax-cut-now-up-to-senate/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/17/payroll-tax-cut-now-up-to-senate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:08:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember the brinksmanship over the Payroll tax cut in December and the odd choice to fix it by punting it two months into this year, well, the two chambers actually buckled down and passed an extension for the remainder of the year of Friday. It&#8217;s worth about $40 a paycheck or, $1,000 for the year, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Terex and Tangoe shares surge Thursday</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/16/terex-and-tangoe-shares-surge-thursday/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/16/terex-and-tangoe-shares-surge-thursday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:11:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shares in Westport-based Terex Corp. and Tangoe Inc. of Orange surged in Thursday trading after executives held conference calls with analysts and discussed fourth quarter earnings and forecasts for 2012. Both companies reported earnings Wednesday evening and then answered analysts&#8217; questions. For Tangoe, the call was held Wednesday night, for Terex, Thursday morning. The companies&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The real DoD budget bomb $500 B sequestration</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/16/the-real-dod-budget-bomb-500-b-sequestration/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/16/the-real-dod-budget-bomb-500-b-sequestration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:07:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Pentagon reported that Defense Sec. Leon Panetta and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey have warned Congress that if a $500 billion sequestration provision of the 2011 Budget Control Act hits, it could leave the military without a &#8220;workable strategy to counter global threats.&#8221; The Pentagon is supporting a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In limiting performance fees, SEC says houses don&#8217;t count as wealth</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/16/advisorys-performance-fees-could-be-squeezed/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/16/advisorys-performance-fees-could-be-squeezed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:53:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Funds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regulatory]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s going to be a little more difficult to charge for performance at advisories. The SEC said Wednesday the income threshold for charging performance fees will not longer include the value of homes. The move is not a surprise, the SEC made a similar decisions over accredited investor in December, which affects who can participate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sikorsky makes it to two shows, announces a Japanese S-76D deal</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/15/sikorsky-makes-it-to-two-shows-announces-a-japanese-s-76d-deal/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/15/sikorsky-makes-it-to-two-shows-announces-a-japanese-s-76d-deal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:18:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sikorsky]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sikorsky Aircraft, participating in the Heli-Expo 2012 in Dallas and the Singapore Airshow, (yes, in Singapore), has been peppering the digital world with announcements of activity. Sikorsky said it sold four S-76D helicopters to the Japanese Coast Guard for search and rescue missions. Sikorsky retired its S-76C++, early according to some, because the D wasn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Terex and Tangoe report after the close</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/15/terex-and-tangoe-report-after-the-close/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/15/terex-and-tangoe-report-after-the-close/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Westport-based Terex reported a loss of $4 million for the fourth quarter of 2011 but pledged to be profitable this year. The company said it used 2011 to boost sales and expects to obtain profitability as a result of larger market share. It nearly hit $2 billion in sales in the quarter. Shares of Terex [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UTC appoints new elevator man</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/15/utc-appoints-new-elevator-man/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/15/utc-appoints-new-elevator-man/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:44:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Technologies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UTX]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, United Technologies Corp. appointed Pedro Baranda as president of Farmington-based Otis Elevator Co., adding another international voice to its core leadership. Baranda, an engineer who earned his bachelor&#8217;s degree from the University of Oviedo in Spain and has worked in Otis operations in Spain, Mexico, Portugal and most recently headed the elevator company&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canadians not opposed to United Rentals buying RSC Holdings Inc.</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/15/canadians-not-opposed-to-united-rentals-buying-rsc-holdings-inc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:52:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[United Rentals Inc. and RSC Holdings Inc. announced Wednesday the Canadian Competition Bureau provided a &#8220;no-action letter&#8221; to United Rentals indicating the Bureau does not intend to oppose completion of United Rentals&#8217; of RSC Holdings. The two equipment rental companies are among the largest in North America. The companies said the receipt of the “no-action [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ridgefield firm fined $250K</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/14/ridgefield-firm-fined-250k/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/14/ridgefield-firm-fined-250k/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Funds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regulatory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Southridge]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Southridge LLC., a hedge fund and investment advisor, was fined $250,000 by the State Banking Department for a new defunct brokerage business. Southridge, based in Ridgefield, has been facing investigations and lawsuits from the state and SEC since 2009, over its investment strategy and disclosures. So the Banking Department fine and revokation of the brokerage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tangoe gains 13 percent while Xerox adds 4 percent</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/14/tangoe-and-xerox-surging-into-the-afternoon-tuesday/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/14/tangoe-and-xerox-surging-into-the-afternoon-tuesday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:15:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TNGO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[XRX]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Orange-based Tangoe Inc., which manages IT expenses for multinationals, gained 13.69 percent to $17.69 in Tuesday trading , while Norwalk-based Xerox jumped 4.36 percent to $8.37. Xerox has really struggled with its share value for a while now and hasn&#8217;t broken $12 in a year. But businesses can&#8217;t avoid buying equipment forever and let&#8217;s face [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More than $4.1 B in proposed military aircraft spending cuts</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/13/more-than-4-1-b-in-proposed-military-aircraft-spending-cuts/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/13/more-than-4-1-b-in-proposed-military-aircraft-spending-cuts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:15:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sikorsky]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Under President Obama&#8217;s proposed budget, the military would cut about $4.1 billion in aircraft acquisitions during the next fiscal year, but in the news and defense twitterverse, experts are casting doubts that Congress will go along with these cuts in an election year. Expect the argument to be couched from the right as Obama surrendering [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stamford mason sentenced to 18 months in federal prison says he was buying access to wealthy clients</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/13/stamford-mason-gets-18-months-for-structuring-illegal-cash-payments/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/13/stamford-mason-gets-18-months-for-structuring-illegal-cash-payments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:42:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Main Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Stamford mason Joseph Romanello pleaded guilty and was sentenced last Friday in federal court to 18 months in jail followed by three years of probation for withdrawing sums of cash in less than $10,000 increments to avoid reporting income for his 2003 and 2004 taxes. While this appears to be a case about dodging taxes, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The banks have a settlement, what about the rest of us</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/10/the-banks-have-a-settlement-what-about-the-rest-of-us/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/10/the-banks-have-a-settlement-what-about-the-rest-of-us/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:05:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Main Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mortgage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My name is Frank DuBois&#8230;I am an automotive certified technician and have been for nearly 40 years, making very good money. I purchased a home in 2006, no problems. On Feb. 1 2008, I sustained a leg/ knee injury requiring surgery. I went back to work 4 months later. In 2009, I refinanced, no problems &#8212; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GE announces dividend of 17 cents per share</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/10/ge-announces-dividend-of-17-cents/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/10/ge-announces-dividend-of-17-cents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Board of Directors of General Electric Co. on Friday declared a 17 cents per share dividend on the outstanding common stock of the company payable on April 25, 2012, with a record date of Feb. 27, 2012 and ex-dividend date of Feb. 23, 2012.]]></description>
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		<title>Feds follow Galleon insider case to California</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/10/feds-follow-galleon-insider-case-to-california/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/10/feds-follow-galleon-insider-case-to-california/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Funds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regulatory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insider trading]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On Friday, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed a civil suit against a California hedge fund manager who traded on alleged insider information gleaned from Roomy Khan, who is already charged with insider trading violations in relation to the case against Galleon&#8217;s Raj Rajaratnam. The new case is against Whitman Capital, which the SEC [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does the $25B settlement rip off homeowners who lost homes?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/10/does-the-25b-settlement-rip-off-homeowners-who-lost-homes/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/10/does-the-25b-settlement-rip-off-homeowners-who-lost-homes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Main Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regulatory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreclosure]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An old gambler named Roy in West Haven practically spat on the floor and cursed when he heard people who lost their homes to foreclosure possibly because of abusive or alleged fraud will get paid $1,500 for their troubles. A caller this morning said, it was patently unfair. At the heart of the matter is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>STOCK Act passes House</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/09/stock-act-passes-house/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/09/stock-act-passes-house/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:58:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[STOCK Act]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The House of Representatives passed the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act Thursday morning, but did not include a provision that would require political intelligence gathering groups to register as lobbyists, like the Senate version. The House bill, co-sponsored by U.S. Reps. Rosa DeLauro, D-3 and Jim Himes, D-4,  passed 417-2. “The STOCK Act closes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big banks settle foreclosure &#8216;abuses&#8217; for $25 billion: Conn.&#8217;s take $190 million</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/09/big-banks-settle-foreclosure-abuses-for-25-billion-conn-s-take-190-million/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/09/big-banks-settle-foreclosure-abuses-for-25-billion-conn-s-take-190-million/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:02:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regulatory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BAC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chase]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citigroup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GMAC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wells Fargo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen announced a $25 billion settlement with five of the nation&#8217;s largest banks over alleged foreclosure and mortgage servicing abuses and fraud. Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Citigroup, GMAC and JPMorgan Chase have agreed to pay out the money, which includes small restitution payments to those who lost homes due to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paper or plastic, what do you prefer?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/08/still-looking-for-people-who-got-state-tax-refunds/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/08/still-looking-for-people-who-got-state-tax-refunds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:28:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The DRS tells The Mines some people have already activated and used their debit-card tax refunds this year, though no numbers are yet available. If you&#8217;re among them  give us a call or send an email. If you have friends or family who got the cards and are talking to you about it, tell them [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yale&#8217;s SOM tells Fortune it is looking for respect</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/08/yales-som-tells-fortune-it-is-looking-for-respect/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/08/yales-som-tells-fortune-it-is-looking-for-respect/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:40:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yale]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Fortune has an interview with the Yale School of Organizational Management&#8217;s Dean Ted Snyder on the future of the under appreciated business school. Sounds like Snyder is looking for more credibility going forward and possibly growing the school, which is good news for the New Haven and region&#8217;s economy. Still, Snyder might tread carefully. After [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State fines Walmart $3,000 for skipping check cashing reports</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/08/state-fines-walmart-3000-for-skipping-check-cashing-reports/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/08/state-fines-walmart-3000-for-skipping-check-cashing-reports/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:51:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Walmart]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The State Banking Department revealed Wednesday that on Jan. 23, the Commissioner entered into a Consent Order with Walmart Stores&#8217; Connecticut operation. According to the department, Walmart self-reported a lapse in its filings for its check cashing business from Jan. 12, 2010 to Oct. 18, 2011. The mega-retailer failed to file its quarterly reports, as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kaman and The Eastern Co. swap exchanges</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/08/kaman-and-the-eastern-co-swap-exchanges/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/08/kaman-and-the-eastern-co-swap-exchanges/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:33:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EML]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KAMN]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bloomfield aerospace company Kaman Corp. switched  from the Nasdaq to the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday a few months after Naugatuck-based The Eastern Co. moved its stock from the NYSE to the Nasdaq. Kaman&#8217;s shares, traded under the same KAMN symbol, gained 6 cents to end its first full day at $33.06. And the gains [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AARP grants $200K to WorkPlace for older 99ers program</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/07/aarp-grants-200k-to-workplace-for-older-99ers-program/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/07/aarp-grants-200k-to-workplace-for-older-99ers-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:58:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The WorkPlace Inc.’s Platform to Employment program to help long-term unemployed over the age of 50 find new careers received a $200,000 boost in funding from the AARP. The WorkPlace, a nonprofit that handles the job placement and training for the state, started its P2E program last year inviting 100 people who had exhausted 99 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tuesday swings: TEX,HAR, FCEL, ONE and IT</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/07/tuesday-swings-texhar-fcel-one-and-it/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/07/tuesday-swings-texhar-fcel-one-and-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FCEL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HAR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ONE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TEX]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Shares in Terex Corp. and Gartner Inc. dropped more than 3 percent in Tuesday trading while Harman, FuelCell Energy and Higher One all saw gains of better than 3 percent. Terex shares lost 5.5 percent to close at$21.93 a day before the maker of industrial construction equipment is to report earnings for the last quarter. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Did you get your tax refund debit card? We want to talk to you</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/06/did-you-get-your-tax-refund-debit-card-we-want-to-talk-to-you/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/06/did-you-get-your-tax-refund-debit-card-we-want-to-talk-to-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:18:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debit card tax refund]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you received your state tax refund debit card, we&#8217;d like to talk to you about it and get your thoughts on what you think about it. Specifically, after using it, we want to know if you think the State made a good decision getting rid of checks? Just contact Business Reporter Rob Varnon at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big 6 percent move by Norwalk&#8217;s Bolt Technology</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/06/big-6-percent-move-by-norwalks-bolt-technology/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/06/big-6-percent-move-by-norwalks-bolt-technology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BOLT]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Shares in Bolt Technology surged 6.2 percent to $13.02 in Monday trading as the maker of exploration equipment for the oil and energy sector gained 76 cents. Bolt is in the key oil exploration field at a time when there is growing competition to find and produce oil and other fuels in a world where [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joint Chiefs Chairman&#8217;s plan for 2020: Smaller, faster and affordable</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/06/joint-chiefs-chairmans-plan-for-2020-smaller-faster-and-affordable/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/06/joint-chiefs-chairmans-plan-for-2020-smaller-faster-and-affordable/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:08:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Defense]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff, released what many would call a mission statement for the military of the future. In it, Dempsey declares the priority will be to focus on completing the mission in Afghanistan and then looking ahead to creating a leaner, faster and less costly force for 2020. He [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State&#8217;s plastic is in the mail: Tax refund debit card arrives this week</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/06/states-plastic-is-in-the-mail-tax-refund-debit-card-arrives-this-week/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/06/states-plastic-is-in-the-mail-tax-refund-debit-card-arrives-this-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first debit card tax refunds should be in the hands of Connecticut residents this week providing the real test on whether the state erred by eliminating paper checks. This year, instead of a check, people owed a refund who do not authorize direct deposit, will receive debit cards. To get the money, a person [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UBS&#8217; great Conn. deal, looks even better, now</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/06/ubs-great-conn-deal-looks-even-better-now/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/06/ubs-great-conn-deal-looks-even-better-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:24:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal has a good piece on Wall Street Banks exiting space in the city to save some dough. It&#8217;s not a good news for the region&#8217;s financial sector or landlords in New York, but it does beg the question of whether the sweet deal Gov. Malloy handed UBS in Stamford was necessary. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GE no longer top taxpayer in Fairfield</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/03/ge-no-longer-top-taxpayer-in-fairfield/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/03/ge-no-longer-top-taxpayer-in-fairfield/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:51:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GE]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=1038</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Our Fairfield Reporter Genevieve Reilly reported this week that a local real estate developer surpassed General Electric Co. as the largest taxpayer in town. 1. Kleban Holding Co., real estate developer, $72,986,557 2. General Electric, corporate headquarters, $71,443,609 For the full story, visit http://bit.ly/yjaDLn]]></description>
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		<title>A lost decade on Wall Street to howl about</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/03/a-lost-decade-on-wall-street-to-howl-about/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/03/a-lost-decade-on-wall-street-to-howl-about/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:31:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=1036</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re for a strong market here at FinMines, but even our poetic heart can&#8217;t out bluff reality: A pretty smart lawyer who advises fiduciaries on obligations, remarked last month during a conference, that the S&#38;P 500 is at about the same level it was in 2001. We at FinMines finally got around to checking and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chase Bank employees arrested in NY for alleged tax refund processing fraud</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/03/chase-bank-employees-arrested-in-ny-for-alleged-tax-refund-processing-fraud/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/03/chase-bank-employees-arrested-in-ny-for-alleged-tax-refund-processing-fraud/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=1033</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On Jan. 27, the U.S. Attorney Southern District of New York announced the arrest of three Chase Bank employees involved in an alleged scheme to fraudulent cash tax refund checks&#8230; Here&#8217;s the USA&#8217;s release about the employees of the bank the State of Connecticut just awarded a contract to to provide debit card tax refunds. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buyer&#8217;s remorse on debt limit Defense budget deal</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/03/buyers-remorse-on-debt-limit-defense-budget-deal/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/03/buyers-remorse-on-debt-limit-defense-budget-deal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:40:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=1031</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Whoops or just kidding? Perhaps that&#8217;s the catchy name Congress could use for a new bill trying to head off $500 billion in Defense cuts over the next decade that were part of that unseemly standoff last year over the debt ceiling and budget. U.S. Sen John McCain, R-Ariz., and a group of other senators [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congressional &#8216;insider trading&#8217; heads to House</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/03/congressional-insider-trading-heads-to-house/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/03/congressional-insider-trading-heads-to-house/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:35:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=1028</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In case you missed it, the Senate actually passed a measure to hold its members and staff in the executive branch to the same standards, well, to which you and I are held. It&#8217;ll be interesting to watch the debate in the House and one wonders if this will discourage people from running for office; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DRS doing some explaining about debit card tax refunds</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/02/drs-doing-some-explaining-about-debit-card-tax-refunds/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/02/drs-doing-some-explaining-about-debit-card-tax-refunds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debit cards]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=1026</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, it appears the Department of Revenue Services has heard some concerns about a unilateral decision to stop issuing tax refund checks in favor of Chase Bank issued debit cards. On Thursday, the department re-issued &#8220;10 facts people need to know about the new policy for personal income tax refunds.&#8221; (Does this mean businesses are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unemployment calls flood state system as nation sees uptick in layoffs</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/02/unemployment-calls-flood-state-system-as-nation-sees-uptick-in-layoffs/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/02/unemployment-calls-flood-state-system-as-nation-sees-uptick-in-layoffs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:42:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Insurance]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=1023</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The State Labor Department has extended the hours of its unemployment insurance processing center to handle a heavy volume in calls &#8212; see notice below. Historically, unemployment claims are usually peak in January following the holiday hiring season. There is some nervousness about the job market, which still appears to be on thin ice for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Orange resident pleads guilty to $2.5 million Ponzi scheme</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/01/orange-resident-pleads-guilty-to-2-5-million-ponzi-scheme/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/01/orange-resident-pleads-guilty-to-2-5-million-ponzi-scheme/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:36:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=1020</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Another Ponzi scheme. This one took in 50 investors: Here&#8217;s the U.S. Attorney&#8217;s Press release on it: David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Kimberly K. Mertz, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that GREGORY VIOLA, 59, of Orange, waived his right to indictment and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kaman lands $24 million contract option with Air Force</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/01/kaman-lands-24-million-contract-option-with-air-force/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/01/kaman-lands-24-million-contract-option-with-air-force/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KAMN]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=1017</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bloomfield-based Kaman Corp. said it has won a contract modification in the amount of $24.2 million for the procurement of joint programmable fuzes. The award is a follow-on order raising the total under Option 8 of Kaman’s contract with the U.S. Air Force  to $76.8 million. The additional order increases Kaman&#8217;s backlog to $149,2 million [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CL&amp;P says it will give out $26.9 million in credits for storm</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/01/clp-says-it-will-give-out-26-9-million-in-credits-for-storm/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/01/clp-says-it-will-give-out-26-9-million-in-credits-for-storm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=1012</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Connecticut Light &#38; Power Co. said Wednesday 192,000 customers will receive credits of $140.22 in their February bill because the company failed to restore their power within a week of a late October storm. CL&#38;P took a lot of heat for failing to get power restored quickly after an October Nor&#8217; easter ripped through the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sikorsky finally gets a Black Hawk of its own</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/01/sikorsky-finally-gets-a-black-hawk-of-its-own/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/01/sikorsky-finally-gets-a-black-hawk-of-its-own/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sikorsky]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=995</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The UH-60 Black Hawk standing sentinel at the gate of Sikorsky Aircraft has been missing for years, you just didn&#8217;t realize it. That&#8217;s what workers and members of the community have been saying about the newly installed helicopter at the gate of the plant on Main Street. The Black Hawk that sits there was assembled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do Connecticut taxpayers really want debit card refunds rather than checks?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/01/do-connecticut-taxpayers-really-want-debit-card-refunds-rather-than-checks/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/02/01/do-connecticut-taxpayers-really-want-debit-card-refunds-rather-than-checks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:24:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[debit card tax refund]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=993</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Another chapter in DebitCard Gate. (Please feel free to suggest a better name.) The DRS and the State Treasurer are both claiming the debit card will be a great deal and benefit to people and it&#8217;s probably true for some, most notably those without bank accounts. But what percentage of people getting back tax refunds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State paying Chase $25K to run tax refund debit card program</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/31/state-paying-chase-25k-to-run-tax-refund-debit-card-program/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/31/state-paying-chase-25k-to-run-tax-refund-debit-card-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:50:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Main Street]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[tax refund]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=991</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[State Treasurer Denise Nappier said Tuesday her office reviewed nine proposals from banks who wanted to run the state&#8217;s new debit card tax refund program. On Monday, the Connecticut Department of Revenue Services announced people will no longer be issued checks but instead will get refunds loaded onto Chase debit cards. Chase declined comment when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate criticized for changes to &#8216;insider trading&#8217; ban</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/31/senate-criticized-for-changes-to-insider-trading-ban/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/31/senate-criticized-for-changes-to-insider-trading-ban/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=988</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With millions of dollars on the line for its members, the Senate has not yet voted on the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act that would prohibit Congressmen and staff from making trades on privileged information. The Senate is facing a public outcry after news reports revealed members of Congress are not prohibited from trading [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In 15 years, UTC spent $1 billion on employee education</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/31/in-15-years-utc-spent-1-billion-on-employee-education/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/31/in-15-years-utc-spent-1-billion-on-employee-education/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:35:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UTX]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=985</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Dannel P. Malloy lauded Hartford-based United Technologies Corp. on Tuesday for spending $1 billion on the education of its employees. Fifteen years ago, UTC started its Employee Scholar Program in which the company covers tuition, books and fees for employees enrolled at accredited institutions. According to UTC&#8217;s website, more than 32,500 workers have earned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You&#8217;ve been carded: State tax refunds coming as debit cards</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/30/youve-been-carded-state-tax-refunds-coming-as-debit-cards/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/30/youve-been-carded-state-tax-refunds-coming-as-debit-cards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:36:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Main Street]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=983</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The State Department of Revenue Services said Monday it will not send you a tax refund check, instead, people who overpaid will now be issued a Chase Bank debit card if they do not accept direct deposit. Tax refunds in excess of $10,000, or for people who have off shore bank accounts, will still be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HUB B trying to buck Blue Monday</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/30/hub-b-trying-to-buck-blue-monday/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/30/hub-b-trying-to-buck-blue-monday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:50:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AET]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While a lot of Connecticut stocks on Monday were handing back gains made last week, Shelton-based Hubbell Inc. was up marginally 0.44 percent to $72.64. Reuters said Hubbell, a player in the lighting and electric component industry, could be in the merger mix as its industry goes through a round of consolidation. Reuters reported ABB [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conn. ranks sixth for full-time public sector salaries</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/30/conn-ranks-sixth-for-full-time-public-sector-salaries/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/30/conn-ranks-sixth-for-full-time-public-sector-salaries/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pay and wages]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Census Bureau reported Monday that Nutmeg public sector workers had the sixth highest salaries in the nation in March of 2010. As the state continues to try to grapple with budget problems it appears that public sector pay, structure and taxes will remain very much a political issue at every level. The Bureau, in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Financial Mines covering Parrett talking China</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/26/financial-mines-covering-parrett-talking-china/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/26/financial-mines-covering-parrett-talking-china/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:20:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=972</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tonight, we&#8217;ll be tweeting from UB&#8217;s Sammis Lecture, which features William Parrett, chairman of the U.S. Council for International Business and a director of The Blackstone Group. Tonight&#8217;s topic &#8211; multinational corp. investment in China]]></description>
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		<title>Commercial shipments at Sikorsky stall, but takeoff at Pratt</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/25/commercial-shipments-at-sikorsky-stall-but-takeoff-at-pratt/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/25/commercial-shipments-at-sikorsky-stall-but-takeoff-at-pratt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:59:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sikorsky]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UTX]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=968</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Stratford-based Sikorsky Aircraft saw its commercial shipments fall to 12 in the fourth quarter compared to 16 in the same period a year ago, while its sister UTC company Pratt &#38; Whitney experienced an increase from commercial aviation, shipping 154 engines in the fourth quarter of 2011, up from 110 the previous year. UTC reported [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UTC EPS up 12 percent</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/25/utc-eps-up-12-percent/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/25/utc-eps-up-12-percent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:11:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sikorsky]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=966</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[United Technologies Corp. reported fourth quarter net income attributable to shareholders climbed to $1.3 billion, or $1.47 per diluted share, from $1.2 billion, or $1.31 per diluted share a year ago. The company said restructuring charges cost 11 cents in the quarter. Sikorsky accounted for 25 percent of those costs as it cut more than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sikorsky wants Danes to fly Seahawks</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/24/sikorsky-wants-danes-to-fly-seahawks/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/24/sikorsky-wants-danes-to-fly-seahawks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:38:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sikorsky]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=963</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sikorsky Aircraft&#8217;s aftermarket division signed an agreement with Danish Aerotech A/S to discuss the establishment of a support facility and service should Sikorsky win a Roayl Danish Navy contract. The Danes are expected to announce their decision on the contest this year and Sikorsky Aerospace Services would work with Danish Aerotech to supply replacement parts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disasters bad for insurance income, but good advertisement</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/24/disasters-bad-on-insurance-income-but-advertisement/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/24/disasters-bad-on-insurance-income-but-advertisement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:21:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TRV]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=959</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Travelers executives say they weathered a difficult year of disasters in 2011 and in the fourth quarter posted net income of $618 million, or $1.51 per diluted share, compared to $894 million or $1.95 a share for the same quarter in 2010. The company noted 2011 was the most expensive year on record for insurers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beautiful day in Connecticut, terrible day economically</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/24/beautiful-day-in-connecticut-terrible-day-economically/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/24/beautiful-day-in-connecticut-terrible-day-economically/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Main Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regulatory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TARP]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With the sun shining, temperatures locked in the mid 40s, it&#8217;s a beautiful day here in the Nutmeg State. Too bad, the economic news couldn&#8217;t keep up. Challenger, Gray &#38; Christmas said announced layoffs in December were about 41,000, which was slightly lower than the monthly average in 2011. But the company, an outplacement firm [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bus lobby not laughing about Priceline&#8217;s &#8216;killing&#8217; off Shatner</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/23/bus-lobby-not-laughing-about-pricelines-killing-of-shatner/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/23/bus-lobby-not-laughing-about-pricelines-killing-of-shatner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PCLN]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=952</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Norwalk-based Priceline.com&#8217;s new ad in which long-time pitchman and everyone&#8217;s favorite starship captain Will Shatner dies in a fiery bus crash, did not amuse the American Bus Association. In a press release, the ABA said depicting Shatner&#8217;s character, the Priceline Negotiator, dying in a fiery bus crash is in very poor taste. Dan Ronan, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diamondback Cap. pays $9 million and settles SEC insider trading charges</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/23/diamondback-cap-pays-9-million-and-settles-sec-insider-trading-charges/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/23/diamondback-cap-pays-9-million-and-settles-sec-insider-trading-charges/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:43:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Funds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regulatory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insider trading]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=949</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Stamford-based Diamondback Capital Management might well be able to put an insider trading scandal behind it, settling civil allegations on Monday and escaping any criminal charges from the Department of Justice. The hedge fund, in a letter to investors, said it is moving forward with business after the  U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Confirmed: Derecktor back in bankruptcy</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/23/confirmed-derecktor-back-in-bankruptcy/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/23/confirmed-derecktor-back-in-bankruptcy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:18:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Main Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Derecktor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=946</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just four months after the last one, Derecktor Connecticut is back in bankruptcy, having filed another Chapter 11 case on Friday. According to the court documents, Derecktor, which was operating at 535 Seaview Ave., has more than 200 creditors and liabilities of $1 million to $10 million. The Bridgeport Port Authority is one of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Derecktor&#8217;s Bridgeport yard back in bankruptcy?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/21/derecktors-bridgeport-yard-back-in-bankruptcy/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/21/derecktors-bridgeport-yard-back-in-bankruptcy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:53:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Main Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Derecktor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=943</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[According to Derecktor Shipyard&#8217;s Facebook page, it has filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection for its Bridgeport operation, again. The company says, the filing does not affect its New York and Florida operations, and the boat maker said it is actively looking for investors to keep the Bridgeport yard open. A search of the federal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GE 4Q revenue and EPS down from 2010</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/20/ge-4q-revenue-and-eps-down-from-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/20/ge-4q-revenue-and-eps-down-from-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=940</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While touting a record breaking year for its industrial division and improved operating profit net EPS was 35 cents in the fourth quarter. That&#8217;s 17 percent lower than the fourth quarter of 2010 when EPS was 42 cents. Revenue, at $38 billion wet 8 percent lower than a year ago. GE Capital earned $1.6 billion, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>After regulatory flip-flop, NU submits $4.6B merger for review</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/19/after-regulatory-flip-flop-nu-submits-4-6b-merger-for-review/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/19/after-regulatory-flip-flop-nu-submits-4-6b-merger-for-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:25:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regulatory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NST]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NU]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=938</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Northeast Utilities and NSTAR bowed to regulators&#8217; demands and submitted an application for approval of their merger to the Connecticut Utilities Regulatory Authority. PURA originally did what gamblers do when they don&#8217;t want to bet a round, it  checked. But after the massive outcry and complaints about the NU&#8217;s oversight of its electricity distribution company [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congress considers windfalls profit tax on oil companies?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/19/congress-considers-windfalls-profit-tax-on-oil-companies/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/19/congress-considers-windfalls-profit-tax-on-oil-companies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:44:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regulatory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Gene Guilford, president and CEO of the Independent Connecticut Petroleum Association has brought this bill to our attention: HR 3784. Democrats are looking to create a Presidential appointed panel to regulate profits of oil companies. At a time when demand for gasoline is down but prices remain stubbornly high, U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NU&#8217;s CL&amp;P facing fines over failing infrastructure</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/19/nus-clp-facing-fines-over-failing-infrastructure/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/19/nus-clp-facing-fines-over-failing-infrastructure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:42:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regulatory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NU]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=932</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[NU is in more hot water, as two state officials are calling for fines for its subsidiary Connecticut Light &#38; Power Co.&#8217;s failure to address underground wire problems in Waterbury. Attorney General George Jepsen and Consumer Counsel Elin Swanson Katz filed exceptions to a recent regulatory decision that ordered CL&#38;P to be more diligent in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Attorney collects $19 million in Conn. federal penalties</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/19/u-s-attorney-collects-19-million-in-conn-federal-penalties/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/19/u-s-attorney-collects-19-million-in-conn-federal-penalties/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:21:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AUSA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Call it a sort of best hits from 2011: U.S. Attorney for Connecticut David B. Fein said Thursday, his office collected  $19 million in restitution and recovery from civil and criminal cases. Thirty-five percent, or $6.7 million, the Connecticut office of U.S. Attorney took in was related to False Claims Act violations and the majority [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Webster earnings up 63 percent but shares fall</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/19/webster-earnings-up-63-percent/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/19/webster-earnings-up-63-percent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:38:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WBS]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=926</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Waterbury-based Webster Bank said Thursday morning net earning climbed to $39.6 million, or 43 cents per diluted share. The bank&#8217;s net for the same quarter last year was $24.3 million, or 29 cents a share. The bank credited improved asset quality which reduced loan loss provisions and write offs. Commercial lending also increased. Shares were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Naugatuck man pleads guilty in Bridgeport mortgage scam</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/18/naugatuck-man-pleads-guilty-in-bridgeport-mortgage-scam/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/18/naugatuck-man-pleads-guilty-in-bridgeport-mortgage-scam/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:58:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regulatory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bridgeport]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mortgage fraud]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Naugatuck resident Robert Ilunga, 48, pleaded guilty Wednesday to wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering as part of a $7 million fraud. David B. Fein, U.S. Attorney for the district of Connecticut, announced Inlunga&#8217;s plea as his office continues to clean up problems related to mortgage lending. In this case, Fein&#8217;s office, alleged [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FBI moves on former Conn. hedge fund execs for insider trading</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/18/fbi-moves-on-former-conn-hedge-fund-execs-for-insider-trading/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:56:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After months of the rumors hanging over the industry arrests have been made involving former executives at Diamond Capital and Level Global as part of the U.S. Department of Justice&#8217;s widening investigation into insider trading on Wall Street. The FBI New York office confirmed the names of three people who were arrested with a fourth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BOLT and FCEL moved 3 percent Tuesday</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/17/bolt-and-fcel-moved-3-percent-tuesday/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/17/bolt-and-fcel-moved-3-percent-tuesday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:47:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Norwalk-based Bolt Technology Inc. held onto a decent gain Tuesday to finish up 3.49 percent to $13.03 while Danbury-based FuelCell Energy, which hit $1 in trading Friday, dropped back into the penny stock range, losing 3.99 percent to close at 94 cents. It&#8217;s a bit ironic as Bolt provides exploration equipment to the oil industry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lampert tops Wednesday&#8217;s biz</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/17/lampert-tops-wednesdays-biz/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/17/lampert-tops-wednesdays-biz/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lampert]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday&#8217;s Business section will provide analysis of what move Greenwich Edward Lampert will make with Sears following a surge in the company&#8217;s stock price. The speculations so far is that Lampert, the founder of hedge fund ESL, could take it private&#8230; In other news, we catch up with Orange-based Tangoe Inc.&#8217;s CEO who talks about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bolt Technology Corp.&#8217;s shares rise 4 percent during trading</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/17/bolt-technology-corp-s-shares-rise-4-percent-during-trading/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/17/bolt-technology-corp-s-shares-rise-4-percent-during-trading/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:52:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Norwalk-based Bolt Technology Corp., the maker of oil and gas exploration equipment, saw its shares jump more than 4 percent Tuesday. Bolt shares traded as high as $13.11 Tuesday but were at $12.95, up 2.78 percent as of 2:50 p.m. It&#8217;s difficult to say whether the trend up is due to speculation that oil prices [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Royce taking foreign investment choke collar off</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/17/royce-taking-foreign-investment-choke-collar-off/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/17/royce-taking-foreign-investment-choke-collar-off/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:26:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York-based Royce Associates wants to unleash its Select Fund I to go after more foreign investments and has filed a proxy asking investors to allow it to scrap a 10 percent limit on foreign holdings. With continued volatility, more than one investment guru has been advocating  a strategy that would allow investors to move [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Investors say qui, to market</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/17/investors-say-qui-to-market/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/17/investors-say-qui-to-market/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:33:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Credit markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[CI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HAR]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the first full-day of U.S. trading after the big European downgrade, stocks, including Connecticut&#8217;s 2012 darlings Terex, UTC and others, were up as investors took a reasoned approach to risk. A scan of headlines reveals Europe did not freeze up after the S&#38;P downgrades from Friday, with France issuing debt at a lower rate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MLK and the stand for economic justice</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/16/mlk-and-the-stand-for-economic-justice/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/16/mlk-and-the-stand-for-economic-justice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:52:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today America celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. in a year that promises to ring with the echoes of his fight for economic justice. Already sides have been drawn up in this coming presidential election to debate the disparity of the distribution of wealt &#8211; whether it has been obtained fairly or through a rigged system. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>S&amp;P downgrades hit France, Ireland, Italy, Spain and others</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/13/sp-downgrades-hit-france-ireland-italy-spain-and-others/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/13/sp-downgrades-hit-france-ireland-italy-spain-and-others/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:48:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps there will be a surge in treasuries next week???? Standard &#38; Poor&#8217;s announced its ratings actions on 16 European nations after the market closed Friday. Here&#8217;s the list and the chagnes the S&#38;P made from the S&#38;P website: RATINGS LIST To From Austria (Republic of) AA+/Negative/A-1+ AAA/Watch Neg/A-1+ Belgium (Kingdom of) (Unsolicited Ratings) AA/Negative/A-1+ [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sturm Ruger &amp; Co closes in on 1 million sales in a year</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/13/sturm-ruger-co-closes-in-on-1-million-sales-in-a-year/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/13/sturm-ruger-co-closes-in-on-1-million-sales-in-a-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:21:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Southport-based Sturm Ruger &#38; Company Inc. announced Thursday it sold $315,100 firearms in the last quarter as part of its &#8220;Million Gun Challenge.&#8221; The company is donating $1 to the National Rifle Association for every firearm it sells. It has one quarter left to hit the target and it could be an easy shot. So [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hedge fund investigation trips up auditor</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/13/hedge-fund-investigation-trips-up-auditor/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/13/hedge-fund-investigation-trips-up-auditor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Funds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEC]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=885</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The heat on hedge funds remains on high. A Texas-based accountant, &#8220;responsible for auditing several hedge funds managed by an investment adviser the SEC is investigating&#8221; pled guilty to criminal charges of lying to federal agents. The alleged lie, however, was not about his actual client, but about something he did. According to the SEC, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sikorsky&#8217;s Raiders take flight</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/12/sikorskys-raiders-take-flight/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/12/sikorskys-raiders-take-flight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 20:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sikorsky Aircraft announced the official partners in the S-97 Raider program it is launching to try to capture a major military contract in coming years. The U.S. Army is seeking a replacement for the Kiowa Warrior and Sikorsky wants to offer the S-97, a hybrid helicopter. Some competitors are pushing to have the contest next [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New round of RBS cuts might only scratch Stamford operations</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/12/new-round-of-rbs-cuts-might-only-scratch-stamford-operations/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/12/new-round-of-rbs-cuts-might-only-scratch-stamford-operations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:56:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Banking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[RBS announced Thursday plans to cut an additional 3,500 jobs over three years as part of its ongoing restructuring. About half the cuts will come outside the UK, the bank said. As part of its restructuring, the bank is  discontinuing its cash equities, corporate broking, equity capital markets, and mergers and acquisitions businesses, it said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Labor Departments swamped with UI filings after holidays</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/12/labor-departments-swamped-with-ui-filings-after-holidays/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/12/labor-departments-swamped-with-ui-filings-after-holidays/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Connecticut Labor Department said Thursday morning its telephone lines were flooded with calls this week from the annual holiday job cuts that it will staff call centers on the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday next Monday. Here&#8217;s the Labor commissioner&#8217;s official view, offered in a press release, of the aftermath of the December holiday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UTC&#8217;s Sikorsky will unveil partners in S-97 Raider</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/12/utcs-sikorsky-will-unveil-partners-in-s-97-raider/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/12/utcs-sikorsky-will-unveil-partners-in-s-97-raider/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sikorsky plans to unveil the S-97 Raider team it will use to go after a big U.S. Army scout contract at 12:30 p.m. today. The S-97 is based on the X-2 helicopter the Stratford-based company finished testing last year. The hybrid helicopter uses a pusher prop to increase speed to better than 250 knots. We&#8217;ll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FuelCell Energy passes a buck</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/11/fuelcell-energy-passes-a-buck/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/11/fuelcell-energy-passes-a-buck/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Danbury-based FuelCell Energy&#8217;s shares rose 3 percent Wednesday topping $1. The company is coming off a good year with strong sales in Asia.]]></description>
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		<title>Schick&#8217;s parent to exchange $600 million in notes</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/11/schicks-parent-to-exchange-600-million-in-notes/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/11/schicks-parent-to-exchange-600-million-in-notes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Energizer Holdings, the parent company of Schick Wilkinson Sword filed a notice and prospectus with the SEC detailing its plans to exchange unregistered $600 million 4.7 percent senior notes due in 2021 for registered notes. The company used the original issuance to pay $575 million in other debt. The company issued the debt in May [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CT&#8217;s health plan clearinghouse site active</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/11/cts-health-plan-clearinghouse-site-active/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/11/cts-health-plan-clearinghouse-site-active/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:33:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health insurance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Individuals, families and employers hunting for health insurance options can visit the Health Reinsurance Association of Connecticut&#8217;s website, the CT Health Channel. The Connecticut Insurance Department posted a link on its website Tuesday. You can find news on a variety of insurance issues as well as links to companies and agencies offering individual, family and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Register to print in Hartford, closing its New Haven plant</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/10/new-haven-register-to-stop-the-presses/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/10/new-haven-register-to-stop-the-presses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The New Haven Register has filed a notice with the state of Connecticut that it will permanently cease print production operations this year and put 105 people out of work, according to a filing obtained by the New Haven Independent. The notice says the Register is not closing and will continue to maintain its news [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Terex and Kaman grab good gains Tuesday</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/10/terex-and-kaman-grab-good-gains-tuesday/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/10/terex-and-kaman-grab-good-gains-tuesday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CI]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Westport-based Terex posted another solid day in the market with shares up 3.62 percent to $15.44. The maker of construction equipment has had a nice run this year after earning an overweight rating from JP Morgan earlier in the month. Bloomfield aerospace company Kaman Corp. surged in trading after the lunch break and after a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Casey Quirk and Assoc. promotes Levi and White</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/10/casey-quirk-and-assoc-promotes-levi-and-white/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/10/casey-quirk-and-assoc-promotes-levi-and-white/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:38:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Casey Quirk &#38; Associates promoted two analysts who have worked on hedge fund and retirement allocation issues to directors of the Darien-based management consulting firm. CQA is an adviser to the advisers, providing consulting services to traditional and alternative investment managers. The firm promoted Jeffrey A. Levi, who is a co-author of Casey Quirk’s 2009 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pentagon spent $1.6 billion on Russian helicopters</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/10/pentagon-spent-1-6-billion-on-russian-helicopters/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/10/pentagon-spent-1-6-billion-on-russian-helicopters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:53:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Helicopters]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Inspector General has released a brief synopsis of its investigation into a Department of Defense program to provide Russian-made Mi-17 helicopters for use in Iraq and Afghanistan. The DoD has until Feb. 6 to respond to the full report, which is critical of the Pentagon&#8217;s inventory measures. The report said  &#8220;DoD officials were unable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aetna reaffirms full-year earnings</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/10/aetna-reaffirms-full-year-earnings/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/10/aetna-reaffirms-full-year-earnings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:25:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AET]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mark T. Bertolini, chairman, CEO and president of Aetna Inc. is expected to reaffirm  full-year operating earings of $5.15 per share during JP Morgan&#8217;s Health Care Conference Tuesda, the company said in an SEC filing. Aetna shares were trading at $44.42 during the conference as Bertolini spoke.]]></description>
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		<title>NU&#8217;s Shivery expected to return to duty after heart scare</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/10/nus-shivery-expected-to-return-to-duty-after-hospital-stay/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/10/nus-shivery-expected-to-return-to-duty-after-hospital-stay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:09:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NU]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Northeast Utilities told the SEC Tuesday that Chairman, President and Chief Executive Charles Shivery went to the hospital Sunday after experiencing a heart problem. No specifics on the medical condition were divulged, but NU said Shivery is expected to be released and able to resume a regular workload after a period of recovery. Until then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Noon shares of UBS, RBS Cigna and Terex above 3 percent</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/10/noon-shares-of-ubs-rbs-cigna-and-terex-above-3-percent/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/10/noon-shares-of-ubs-rbs-cigna-and-terex-above-3-percent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:13:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RBS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TEX]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UBS]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=821</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Shares in Westport-based construction equipment maker Terex Corp. were up more than 4 percent to $15.50 in noon trading. Terex has enjoyed a string of good days this year, following an &#8220;overweight&#8221; upgrade by analysts at JP Morgan last week. Overall, the market was up Tuesday with the S&#38;P 500 gaining almost a full percent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hearst Biz preview: Energy supplies and</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/09/hearst-biz-preview-energy-supplies-and/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/09/hearst-biz-preview-energy-supplies-and/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:41:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In Tuesday&#8217;s newspapers, we&#8217;ll be exploring a wealth of subjects, including how the financial stresses at Northeast refineries could make the region even more dependent on Gulf Coast supplies. Already at the end of most energy pipelines, Connecticut is already paying among the highest prices for petroleum products as a result. Taxes also contribute to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State revenue tops $5 billion in 2011</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/09/state-revenues-top-5-billion-in-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/09/state-revenues-top-5-billion-in-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:33:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Main Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The State Department of Revenue Services said Monday net collections of taxes in 2011 topped $5.2 billion, representing a 17.6 percent increase from a year ago. The business entity tax was up 121 percent from a year ago, bringing in $6.4 million. In total, the state collected $5.5 billion for the year. While tax revenue [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Financial Mines now a-tweeting</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/09/financial-mines-now-a-tweeting/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/09/financial-mines-now-a-tweeting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:57:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=811</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For those that want to stay in the know, Financial Mines has found twitter at last. Check us out as Hearst Connecticut&#8217;s business section tweets big meetings, updates financial, insurance, corporate, Wall Street and economic stories that impact Southwest Connecticut and beyond. Like the blog, our focus will also include regulatory, credit and debt issues [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Earnings to fixed charges ratio slips at UBS parent</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/09/earnings-to-fixed-charges-ratio-slips-at-ubs-parent/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/09/earnings-to-fixed-charges-ratio-slips-at-ubs-parent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UBS]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=809</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[UBS AG told the SEC Monday its earnings to fixed charges ratio slipped to 1.50 percent for its fiscal year ended Sept. 30, 2011. In the previous year, its ratio was 1.53 percent. The ratio is higher than it was in 2006-2009, but earnings are well below what they were during that three year period. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kaman up more than 4 percent Friday</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/06/kaman-up-more-than-4-percent-friday/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/06/kaman-up-more-than-4-percent-friday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:41:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connecticut]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KAMN]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bloomfield-based aerospace company Kaman Corp. saw its shares surge more than 4.7 percent Friday to $28.08 a share on the Nasdaq. It held onto a 3.54 percent gain to close at $27.75 on a day when the major indexes were flat. The reason for Kaman&#8217;s surge in price was not immediately clear. The company had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Pentagon strategy should give Sikorsky, GE and EB work</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/05/new-pentagon-strategy-should-give-sikorsky-ge-and-eb-work/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/05/new-pentagon-strategy-should-give-sikorsky-ge-and-eb-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:28:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sikorsky]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UTC]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=798</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Initial assesments of the Pentagon&#8217;s new military priorities indicate Connecticut companies are in good position to continue to capture defense contracts down the road. However, the hundreds of billions of dollars in cuts planned could still reduce head counts and overall orders. The Pentagon and President Barack Obama released the initial strategy for the 21st [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swiss bankers indicted for helping Americans evade taxes</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/05/swiss-bankers-indicted-for-helping-americans-evade-taxes/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/05/swiss-bankers-indicted-for-helping-americans-evade-taxes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:16:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Banking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regulatory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[offshore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=793</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As promised, the U.S. Justice Department and IRS are going after Americans evading taxes and the bankers who help them. For those who scoffed at the ability of the U.S. to pry open the secret Swiss banking system and kept their money hidden off shore, it might be time to find a lawyer&#8230;. On Tuesday, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not so holly jolly after all</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/05/not-so-holly-jolly-after-all/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/05/not-so-holly-jolly-after-all/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Main Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retail sales]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The GAP and Toys R Us reported disappointing sales figures for December. While Toys R Us reported a percentage increase in comparable same-store sales from a year ago, it noted it didn&#8217;t open as many stores for the holiday and in fact domestic sales were down for the month. In a press release, the toy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zillow takes Google over Adobe</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/05/zillow-takes-google-over-adobe/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/05/zillow-takes-google-over-adobe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Google grabbed another convert to its analytics platform, as Zillow announced it has signed up with the California-based behemoth. In an SEC filing Thursday, Zillow said it is no longer using Adobe&#8217;s Omniture to measure web traffic, but Zillow noted it believes the data from both companies is comparable. Like television and radio viewership, tracking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Societe Generale closing Stamford energy operation</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/04/societe-generale-closing-stamford-energy-operation/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/04/societe-generale-closing-stamford-energy-operation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:38:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Societe Generale confirmed Wednesday it will shut down its Societe Generale Energy Co. operation in Stamford and begin laying off 129 workers in March. In December, the company stopped taking new clients in its North American physical gas and power trading business and starting winding down its positions. Job cuts will begin on March 6 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lampert&#8217;s Sears hires a retailer to fix things</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/03/lamperts-sears-hires-a-retailer-to-fix-things/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/03/lamperts-sears-hires-a-retailer-to-fix-things/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 23:08:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Main Street]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Greenwich resident Edward Lampert has added a retail pro to the leadership of Sears as concerns rise over the future of this icon of American commerce. Sears announced it has hired Ron Boire to be the chief merchandising officer and president of Sears and Kmart stores. Lampert, whose hedge fund ESL Partners owns 60 percent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Webster, GE, UTC winners on 2012&#8242;s first trading day</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/03/webster-ge-utc-winners-on-2012s-first-trading-day/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/03/webster-ge-utc-winners-on-2012s-first-trading-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:09:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[GE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[GE, UTC, Xerox and Webster Bank were among the Connecticut-based companies that saw their share prices outpace the S&#38;P 500&#8242;s 1.55 percent gain Tuesday, the first day of trading in 2012. The S&#38;P closed at 1,277.06, a gain of 1.55 percent from the final day of trading in 2011. Waterbury-based Webster Bank held onto a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pratt &amp; Whitney announces continued JSF engine funding</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/03/pratt-whitney-announces-continued-jsf-engine-funding/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/03/pratt-whitney-announces-continued-jsf-engine-funding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:49:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[East Hartford-based Pratt &#38; Whitney announced Wednesday the Pentagon has agreed to another $1.12 billion in funding for the F-135 engine which will power the F-35 Lightning II. The F-35 Lightning II is more commonly known as the Joint Strike Fighter. While there has been some adjustment to this program, as the future fighter for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Biz Preview: A new hedge grows in Darien</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/03/biz-preview-a-new-hedge-grows-in-darien/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/03/biz-preview-a-new-hedge-grows-in-darien/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:44:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hedge Funds]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday&#8217;s Business section looks at the potential rise of Arbalet Capital in Darien, to be led by Jennifer Fan, currently of Arrowhawk. Arrowhawk, Bloomberg tells us is winding down, but Fan has been able to attract backing for a new fund in Darien.]]></description>
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		<title>UTC, GE surging on 2012&#8242;s first day</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/03/utc-ge-surging-on-2012s-first-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:34:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[GE and UTC saw their shares surge Tuesday, the first day of trading for 2012. Both companies were up more than 3 percent, with UTC, hitting $75.32 just after noon and GE popping to $18.45. Other Connecticut companies doing well on Tuesday include Webster Bank, up 4 percent to $21.21 and Xerox up almost 3 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FBI continues to clean up Munie bid rigging</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/03/fbi-continues-to-clean-up-munie-bid-rigging/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/03/fbi-continues-to-clean-up-munie-bid-rigging/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:13:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Regulatory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Following in the footsteps of major banks, another municipal bond rigging case has tripped up a California firm. The FBI said in a release last week: A Beverly Hills, Calif.,-based financial products and services firm, and its founder and owner pleaded guilty today in the Southern District of New York for their participation in bid-rigging [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UTC&#8217;s Chenevert is Aviation&#8217;s person of the year</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/03/utcs-chenevert-is-aviations-person-of-the-year/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/03/utcs-chenevert-is-aviations-person-of-the-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 17:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chenevert]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The 96-year-old publication Aviation Week selected United Technologies Corp.&#8217;s Louis Chenevert as its person of the year, citing the head of the Hartford-based corporation for piloting the company to the aerospace and defense &#8220;deal of the decade&#8221; for Goodrich. “The sum of Louis Chenevert’s achievements will reverberate for many years to come,” Anthony L. Velocci, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lampert gets an Orchard out of Sears&#8217; spinoff</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/02/lampert-gets-an-orchard-out-of-sears-spinoff/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/02/lampert-gets-an-orchard-out-of-sears-spinoff/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:32:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hedge Funds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Main Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ESL Partners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sears]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sears Holdings Corp., in the midst of a historic restructuring, announced Saturday it completed the spinoff of Orchard Supply Hardware Stores Corp. Orchard Supply, based in California, will see its shares trade on the Nasdaq Tuesday. While it is now wholly independent of Sears, it&#8217;s not independent of Greenwich resident Edward Lampert&#8217;s hedge fund. According [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CHFA recaptures AAA stable from S&amp;P</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/02/chfa-recaptures-aaa-stable-from-sp/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/02/chfa-recaptures-aaa-stable-from-sp/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:42:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Credit markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CHFA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[S&P]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Standard and Poor’s removed the negative watch designation on Connecticut Housing and Finance Agency credit rating in the last week of December, after the quasi-public agency issued $180 million in bonds. S&#38;P affirmed a AAA rating with a stable outlook. “The stable outlook reflects our opinion of the financial strength of the bonds and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Insiders, entertainment and war, whats up in 2012</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/02/insiders-entertainment-and-war-whats-up-in-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2012/01/02/insiders-entertainment-and-war-whats-up-in-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 16:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connecticut]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Econony]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Later this week, we&#8217;ll be looking at the 2012 economy and what kind of momentum we&#8217;re coming off of from 2011. While we develop this article, we&#8217;d love to hear what you, the reader, thinks were the most significant economy moving events for Connecticut in 2011 that will carry forward into 2012. Just some of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conn. Sears spared in 1st round of cuts</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/29/conn-sears-spared-in-1st-round-of-cuts/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/29/conn-sears-spared-in-1st-round-of-cuts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:22:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Main Street]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sears posted a list of 79 of 100 stores it plans to close. No Conn stores were listed.]]></description>
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		<title>Storm credit scam alert!</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/28/storm-credit-scam-alert/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/28/storm-credit-scam-alert/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 23:27:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CL&P]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scam]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This just in from Berlin. Berlin, CT &#8211; December 28, 2011 &#8211; Connecticut Light &#38; Power (CL&#38;P) is asking customers to be wary of people who may come to their home, claiming that they are &#8220;from the electric company” or “CL&#38;P” and are there to sign them up to receive a storm credit. All CL&#38;P [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Port development coming to Connecticut?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/28/port-development-coming-to-connecticut/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/28/port-development-coming-to-connecticut/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 20:39:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[port investment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Connecticut, a state whose principal wealth was once dependent upon the seas, has hired a California consulting firm to tell it how to use its deep water ports. For several decades now, the state&#8217;s industrial ports have been sliding into decline as importers and exporters abandoned them and lack of infrastructure improvement dissuaded other uses. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GE Cap buys $7.5B in deposits from MetLife</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/27/ge-cap-buys-7-5b-in-deposits-from-metlife/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/27/ge-cap-buys-7-5b-in-deposits-from-metlife/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 17:41:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As one analyst noted, GE Capital didn&#8217;t waste any time moving forward with plans to increase deposits and move away from its dependence on commercial paper. GE Capital announced Tuesday that its wholly owned bank GE Capital Financial has entered into an agreement to buy MetLife&#8217;s U.S. retail deposit and online banking business. The financial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wait leaving Cigna board</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/27/wait-leaving-cigna-board/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/27/wait-leaving-cigna-board/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 16:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In an SEC filing Tuesday morning, Dec. 27, 2011, Cigna Corp. announced the departure of one of its long-serving directors. &#8220;Carol C. Wait, who has served on the Board of Directors of Cigna Corporation since 1995, informed the Company on December 21, 2011 of her intention to retire from the Board effective December 31, 2011, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sikorsky continues to protect Irish coast</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/26/sikorsky-continues-to-protect-irish-coast/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/26/sikorsky-continues-to-protect-irish-coast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 21:32:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sikorsky]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UTX]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is from a few days ago, but Sikorsky Aircraft announced on Dec. 21, 2011, it delivered a new S-92 Search and Rescue helicopter to the company that patrols the coast under a contract for the Irish Coast Guard. CHC Helicopter will operate the new aircraft on behalf of the Irish Coast Guard. The aircraft  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When you&#8217;re desperate, beware offers of help</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/26/when-youre-desperate-beware-offers-of-help/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/26/when-youre-desperate-beware-offers-of-help/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:22:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ID theft]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Once again, a warning has gone out to unemployed workers that someone out there is trying to profit off of your desperation. The Connecticut Labor Department said right before staff took off for the Christmas Break,  the number of illegitimate unemployment insurance websites is increasing. These websites try to lure those collecting unemployment to provide [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deals struck and possibly unstruck in Conn.</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/23/deals-struck-and-possibly-unstruck-in-conn/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/23/deals-struck-and-possibly-unstruck-in-conn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:53:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Attorney General George Jepsen urged utility regulators to reevaluate the NSTAR NU merger deal on the heals of NU&#8217;s performance during this year&#8217;s major electrical outages. It was noted here in Financial Mines that NSTAR actually performed pretty well during the storm, so maybe the deal will upgrade performance? In other news, KEMA, an energy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GE Funding Capital Markets to pay $34.25 M settlement to states</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/23/ge-funding-capital-markets-to-pay-34-25-m-settlements-to-states/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/23/ge-funding-capital-markets-to-pay-34-25-m-settlements-to-states/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:20:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GE Funding]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This just in from AG Jepsen: HARTFORD &#8212; Attorney General George Jepsen today announced a $34.25 million multistate settlement with GE Funding Capital Market Services, Inc. (“GE Funding”) as part of an ongoing nationwide investigation of alleged illegal conduct in the municipal bond derivatives industry. Connecticut and New York led the investigation for the working [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Payroll tax issue down, now onto deficit dilemma 2012</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/23/payroll-tax-issue-down-now-onto-deficit-dilemma-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/23/payroll-tax-issue-down-now-onto-deficit-dilemma-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=715</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Right after the House Republicans caved to pressure and passed a payroll tax cut extension, the U.S. Government Accounting Office issued the audited report of the Sec. of  U.S finances and noted the deficit increased by $4.5 billion last year to about $1.3 trillion. http://www.gao.gov/financial/fy2011/11frusg.pdf. In a press release the GAO set up what, barring [...]]]></description>
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		<title>People&#8217;s among banks Romanian phishers used in scam</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/22/peoples-among-banks-romanian-phishers-used-in-scam/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/22/peoples-among-banks-romanian-phishers-used-in-scam/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:28:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[phishing scam]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=710</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Attorney for Connecticut charged 14 Romanian citizens for participating in an internet phishing scheme that hijacked the names of major and regional banks in the U.S. to try to get key information from customers. In a press release, the U.S Attorney said the 14 Romanian nationals sent spam emails under the names of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feds say Latex Internation defrauded of $1.5 million</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/22/feds-say-latex-internation-defrauded-of-1-5-million/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/22/feds-say-latex-internation-defrauded-of-1-5-million/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Latex International]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Shelton mattress maker Latex International&#8217;s former vice president of human resources pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to charges she and an unnamed executive rang up $1 million on her corporate credit card for personal expenses and claimed an additional $531,655 in fraudulent expense reports. Here&#8217;s the story by our News-Times reporter John Pirro. http://www.newstimes.com/policereports/article/Woman-guilty-in-1-5-million-embezzlement-2417839.php]]></description>
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		<title>Hedge fund investors now need to really be rich</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/22/hedge-fund-investors-now-need-to-really-be-rich/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/22/hedge-fund-investors-now-need-to-really-be-rich/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:56:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hedge funds]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The SEC announced Wednesday it has raised the net income requirements for individual accredited investors to more than $1 million. The old standard was $1 million, but the real change is that the person&#8217;s home cannot be used in determining that value. So people who are land/house rich, but cash poor, could see themselves barred [...]]]></description>
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		<title>People&#8217;s United to report earnings Jan. 19</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/22/peoples-united-to-report-earnings-jan-19/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/22/peoples-united-to-report-earnings-jan-19/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[PBCT]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bridgeport-based People&#8217;s United said on its website it will report fourth quarter earnings on Jan. 19, after the market close. The bank will host a conference call with analysts after releasing the report. Also, People&#8217;s announced it will hold its annual meeting with shareholders on April 19, 2012 in Bridgeport.]]></description>
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		<title>Payroll tax update: alotta noda turns into a vote</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/22/payroll-tax-update-still-alotta-nada/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/22/payroll-tax-update-still-alotta-nada/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:02:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update 5:21 p.m. Reuters and other news outlets saying House will vote on a two month extension. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/22/us-usa-taxes-idUSTRE7B827K20111222 Prior to Noon we wrote: The White House after gathering posts from people around the country in an effort to get House Republicans to vote on a bill to extend the Social Security payroll tax cut for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mudd leaves his Fortress</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/21/mudd-leaves-his-fortress/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/21/mudd-leaves-his-fortress/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fannie Mae]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an SEC filing,Fortress Investment Group announced that its CEO Daniel Mudd has taken a leave of absence. The move comes about five days after the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed a civil complaint against Mudd, a Greenwich resdient, for his role in an alleged securities fraud involving Fannie Mae. Mud was the CEO [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Connecticut defense contractors in line for $20 Billion in 2012</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/21/connecticut-defense-contractors-in-line-for-20-billion-in-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/21/connecticut-defense-contractors-in-line-for-20-billion-in-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:18:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sikorsky]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., said the appropriations bill awaiting President Barack Obama&#8217;s signature carries significant funds for state defense companies, including further funding Black Hawk production at Sikorsky. The bill was passed last week, but has yet to be signed as Washington is locked in a fight over how to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GE&#8217;s annual meeting will be in Motor City</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/21/ges-annual-meeting-will-be-in-motor-city/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/21/ges-annual-meeting-will-be-in-motor-city/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:24:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[General Electric Co. said today it will hold its annual meeting in Detroit on April 25, 2012. Each year, GE holds its meeting in a region where it has a significant presence. The company said it employs about 3,500 people in Michigan, with plans to add 1,300 more jobs in the coming years. GE&#8217;s full [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State subsidizing training for workers, still costs to bear</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/20/state-subsidizing-training-for-workers-still-costs-to-bear/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/20/state-subsidizing-training-for-workers-still-costs-to-bear/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:46:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Connecticut Department of Labor is urging small businesses, with less than 50 employees, to sign up for a new program called Step Up that helps cover training costs and subsidizes, in some cases, the wages of new hires. While it appears to remove some of the fiscal risk businesses owners are concerned about with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Madoff minion faces SEC accusations</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/19/another-madoff-minion-faces-sec-accusations/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/19/another-madoff-minion-faces-sec-accusations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed civil charges against Enrica Cotellessa-Pitz. The SEC said Cotellessa-Pitz worked at Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC for more than 30 years and allegedly assisted in falsifying BMIS’s internal accounting records in order to misclassify hundreds of millions of dollars of income purportedly generated by BMIS’s investment advisory [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Connecticut&#8217;s unemployment rate drops to 8.4 percent</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/19/connecticuts-unemployment-rate-drops-to-8-4-percent/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/19/connecticuts-unemployment-rate-drops-to-8-4-percent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:36:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Connecticut&#8217;s Labor Department said the unemployment rate dipped 0.3 percent to 8.4 percent last month as the national rate fell 0.4 percent to 8.6 percent during the same time. The number of people unemployed, according to the monthly survey, fell 2.8 percent, or 4,700 people,  to 159,200 in November, compared to 163,900 in October. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kaman buys Illinois company</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/19/kaman-buys-illinois-company/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/19/kaman-buys-illinois-company/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:52:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bloomfield-based Kaman Corp. was still hanging onto its Monday stock gains after announcing it bought Illinois-based Catching FluidPower Inc. CFPI distributes fluid power products, most notably Parker Hannifan Corp. products. The value of the deal was not disclosed, but while many companies shares turned south after a brief surge Monday, Kaman&#8217;s shares remained up almost [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More on Dalio&#8217;s new fund</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/15/more-on-dalios-new-fund/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/15/more-on-dalios-new-fund/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lawrence Delevingne at Absolute Return + Alpha reported earlier today that Dalio&#8217;s new fund will not target wealthy families, as some experts suggested, but will instead stick with institutional investors, specifically looking at corporate pensions. And in an email sent around 6 p.m. Bridgewater itself confirmed it&#8217;s sticking with institutional investors. Bridgewater also said despite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Morgan Stanley adds to cuts on Wall Street</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/15/morgan-stanley-advisory-cuts-coming/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/15/morgan-stanley-advisory-cuts-coming/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Financial workers were greeted this morning with more news of job cuts on Wall Street, this time as Morgan Stanley announced 1,600 position reduction in the first quarter, according to numerous media outlets. It&#8217;s not a complete surprise at Morgan. At a Bank of America Merrill Lynch conference this morning, Morgan Stanley&#8217;s Paul J. Taubman, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yale dubs Dow&#8217;s Liveris a legend</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/15/yale-dubs-dows-liveris-a-legend/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/15/yale-dubs-dows-liveris-a-legend/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:03:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute is honoring Aussie Andrew Liveris, Dow Chemical&#8217;s chairman and CEO with its Legend in Leadership Award. Liveris will be honored tonight at a ceremony in New York as part of the 68th Yale CEO Summit of The Chief Executive Leadership Institute. Here&#8217;s a taste of Yale&#8217;s announcement: New Haven, Conn., [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alcohol sales to teens plummet</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/14/alcohol-sales-to-teens-plummet/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/14/alcohol-sales-to-teens-plummet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This could be a sign the economy is truly on the mend. According to the Connecticut Consumer Protection Department, only 17 .33 percent of package stores and bars failed state liquor compliance checks so far this year, a precipitous fall from the 25.4 percent rate a year ago. Consumer Protection and state police sponsor stings [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Securities fraud charged against Natera&#8217;s Area 51/Hollywood East</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/14/securities-fraud-charged-against-nateras-area-51hollywood-east/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/14/securities-fraud-charged-against-nateras-area-51hollywood-east/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The State Banking Department said this week, the failed Area 51/Hollywood East project to turn the Stratford Army Engine Plant into a movie studio, used money that was illegally raised. The project, now referred to as Point Stratford, violated state securities law and the key players in finding investors, Hector Natera and Yvette Cuccaro could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Look out for GS alums setting up shop</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/14/look-out-for-gs-alums-setting-up-shop/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/14/look-out-for-gs-alums-setting-up-shop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bloomberg reported Wednesday, Goldman Sachs lost 37 partners from the firm during one of its worst years for performance, since 2008. Plenty of Finance professors and analysts expect the world of boutique and independent IMs to expand as people cash out of big firms and look to keep income coming in. Whether that translates into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GE investor conference generates energy expectations</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/13/ge-investor-conference-raises-generates-energy-expectations/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/13/ge-investor-conference-raises-generates-energy-expectations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:15:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[GE Chief Executive and Chairman Jeff Immelt talked Europe, R&#38;D and margin expansion with investors Tuesday but clearly laid out expectations that the Fairfield-based conglomerate will be competing for major power generating contracts in the coming year. In particular, there are expecations of 50 gigawatts worth of opportunity in the U.S. alone by 2020, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sikorsky&#8217;s new 76 engine wins key approval</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/13/sikorskys-new-76-engine-wins-key-approval/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/13/sikorskys-new-76-engine-wins-key-approval/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:28:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sikorsky announced Pratt &#38; Whitney&#8217;s PW210S engine will be installed in Sikorsky&#8217;s new S-76D helicopter after winning a key FAA certification. Here&#8217;s Sikorsky&#8217;s Press Release on it: Sikorsky has achieved another significant milestone in its S-76D™ helicopter program as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently certified the Pratt &#38; Whitney Canada PW210S engines that will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bridgewater files offering for All Weather III</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/13/bridgewater-files-offering-for-all-weather-iii/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/13/bridgewater-files-offering-for-all-weather-iii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ray Dalio&#8217;s Westport-based Bridgewater Associates filed a notice of exempt offering for its newest hedge fund, All Weather Portfolio III Ltd on Tuesday morning, Dec. 13. AWP III, based in the Cayman Islands, has a minimum buy in of $100,000, according to the SEC notice and will be a pooled investment fund. Provided that minimum [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Royal Philips to cut 85 Connecticut jobs</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/13/royal-philips-to-cut-85-connecticut-jobs/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/13/royal-philips-to-cut-85-connecticut-jobs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[PHG]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Update on Royal Philips Conn. cuts. Joon Knapen, a Philips Healthcare spokesman, in an email Friday Dec. 16, 2011,  said the company &#8220;after a thorough and detailed analysis, unfortunately have made the painful decision to discontinue our implanted cardiac device monitoring business. This was due to two reasons: a reimbursement change set by Medicare and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Analyst targets $14.50 for First Connecticut shares</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/12/analyst-targets-14-50-for-first-connecticut-shares/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/12/analyst-targets-14-50-for-first-connecticut-shares/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[FBNK]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[First Connecticut Bancorp Inc., parent of Farmington Bank, has attracted another analyst rating, with Sterne Agee initiating coverage with a buy rating. Sterne Agee said Monday it expects the bank to continue to grow at a conservative pace as it deploys capital raised in a standard conversion in June of this year. It raised more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Falcone&#8217;s Harbinger Cap. facing SEC wrath</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/12/falcones-harbinger-cap-facing-sec-wrath/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/12/falcones-harbinger-cap-facing-sec-wrath/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:26:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Harbinger]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Philip Falcone&#8217;s Harbinger Capital Partners received a &#8220;wells&#8221; notice from the SEC&#8217;s enforcement division last week, indicating a decision is forthcoming regarding alleged securities law violations. Falcone, HCP&#8217;s chief executive and chairman, Omar Asali, acting president  and Robin Roger, a director were all given notices regarding a pending decision. HCP said in its SEC filing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GE raises dividend</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/09/ge-raises-dividend/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/09/ge-raises-dividend/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:39:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The board raised it 2 cents to 17 cents per common share today Dec. 9. It&#8217;s the fourth increase in two years. It&#8217;s payable Jan 25 to shareholders of record Dec 27.]]></description>
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		<title>Hedge funds lost 1 percent in November</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/09/hedge-funds-lost-1-percent-in-november/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/09/hedge-funds-lost-1-percent-in-november/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:18:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hedge fund]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=630</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Weak fundamentals in Europe helped drive losses at hedge funds in November, Stamford-based Greenwich Alternative Investments said Thursday. GAI publishes a monthly Greenwich Global Hedge Fund Index,which showed a loss of 1.05 percent for November and an overall loss of 4.08 percent for the year. Merger arbitrage focused strategies were up 0.2 percent for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wachovia bond fixing will cost Wells Fargo $148 million</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/08/wachovia-bond-fixing-will-cost-wells-fargo-148-million/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/08/wachovia-bond-fixing-will-cost-wells-fargo-148-million/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:37:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[derivatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wells Fargo]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=626</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Connecticut&#8217;s Attorney General announced on Dec. 8, 2012, Wells Fargo settled for $148 million allegations against Wachovia Bank for its role in a national bid rigging scheme involving municipal bonds derivatives. An investigation by the Department of Justice and 25 states attorneys general in 2008 led to the uncovering of widespread problems in the sales [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Insider trading pandemic hits China</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/06/insider-trading-epidemic-spreads-to-ch/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/06/insider-trading-epidemic-spreads-to-ch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insider trading]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=618</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From Connecticut hedge funds to Chinese nationals, the insider trading epidemic on Wall Street has gone global. While the Feds are still reviewing files from Diamondback, Global Level and SAC Capital looking for suspicious profits, the SEC has found a problem overseas. The SEC filed for an emergency injunction to freeze the assets of four [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another view of the payroll tax debate</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/06/another-view-of-the-payroll-tax-debate/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/06/another-view-of-the-payroll-tax-debate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[payroll tax]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=615</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While Republicans and Democrats argue about extending the Social Security payroll tax, a voice in the cyber wilderness reminds us why the tax is there. Mike Alberti writing for the Remapping debate points out the original intent of the tax was to provide those collecting it a right to do so, as they paid in. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hiring catches a cold at a restaurant</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/05/hiring-catches-a-cold-at-a-restaurant/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/05/hiring-catches-a-cold-at-a-restaurant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 23:19:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connecticut jobs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=610</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the owners of SBC restaurants told lawmakers Monday the chain cut 26 jobs to escape the new paid sick leave law. The reduction in staff hit part-time servers, mostly people who had other full-time jobs or college students and more of the story will be available on line tonight and in Dec. 6, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Compensation being offered for foreclosure victims</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/05/compensation-being-offered-for-foreclosure-victims/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/05/compensation-being-offered-for-foreclosure-victims/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[foreclosure compensation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=607</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Connecticut residents whose primary homes were foreclosed on in 2009 and 2010 might be eligible for compensation. A federally-backed review of claims against loan servicers and their foreclosure tactics is underway. Some situations that might allow a borrowers some compensation include: The mortgage balance amount at the time of the foreclosure action was more than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Payroll tax cut vote fails, could cost you $83 a month</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/02/payroll-tax-cut-vote-fails-could-cost-you-83-a-month/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/02/payroll-tax-cut-vote-fails-could-cost-you-83-a-month/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=604</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Partisanship continues to hold the floor in Congress as two proposals to extend a payroll tax cut were shot down in the U.S. Senate. Last year, the Social Security payroll tax was reduced from 6.2 percent to 4.2 percent for 2011. The Senate offered up two proposals to extend the tax break, but Democrats wanted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Credit union activity only thing going on last week</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/02/credit-union-activity-only-thing-going-on-last-week/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/02/credit-union-activity-only-thing-going-on-last-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:37:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Credit Union]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=600</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week was slow for the State Banking Department, which usually reports a slew of activity, including cease and desist orders, new bank branch activity and check cashing. But the DOB did report credit unions are merging in North Central Connecticut are planning to merge. The weekly report said Enbic Employees Credit Union Inc. in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Connecticut hedge funds hit by feds</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/01/connecticut-hedge-funds-hit-hard-by-feds/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/12/01/connecticut-hedge-funds-hit-hard-by-feds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insider trading]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=594</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal and New York Times are reporting a federal probe into insider trading activity in the hedge fund world has landed on the doorstep of Connecticut funds in Greenwich and Stamford. According to the two publications. FBI and the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York are looking into the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comstock re-Loded?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/30/comstock-re-loded/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/30/comstock-re-loded/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:01:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With gold prices continuing to tickle $1,750 an ounce, speculation in old mines remains strong evoking a rebirth in even one of the nation&#8217;s most famous strikes, the Comstock Lode in Nevada. Comstock Mining Inc., a company founded in 1999, said earlier this month, surveys indicate there could be 1.78 million gold equivalent ounces in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Warren buys hometown paper</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/30/warren-buys-hometown-paper/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/30/warren-buys-hometown-paper/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:49:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buffett]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=588</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Is the Oracle of Omaha investing with his heart, these days, trying to save his hometown newspaper, or does Buffett think there&#8217;s reason to believe readers do still value the newspapers as they transition into the digital age and fight for attention in a cluttered environment? Buffett&#8217;s Berkshire Hathaway announced it bought the Omaha World-Herald [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Insurers looking for Medicare hikes</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/30/insurers-looking-for-medicare-hikes/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/30/insurers-looking-for-medicare-hikes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insurers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rates]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=586</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Oxford, USAA and Monumental are all asking to raise some or all of their rates on their Medicare supplemental coverage for Connecticut residents. The State Insurance Department has scheduled hearings for all three proposals on the same day, Dec. 21. Oxford is seeking an across the board 7 percent hike. USAA is looking for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>S&amp;P downgrades a pack of the world&#8217;s largest banks</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/29/sp-downgrades-a-pack-of-the-worlds-largest-banks/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/29/sp-downgrades-a-pack-of-the-worlds-largest-banks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BAC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[S&P]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UBS]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Could be a wild open Wednesday. S&#38;P announced Tuesday it has finished its review under new criteria of the top 37 banks in the world and has adjusted the ratings on many. Bank of America and Citigroup both were rated A- with negative outlooks. Royal Bank of Scotland went from A stable to A- stable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UBS is offering $5.3 billion in gold indexed securities</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/29/ubs-ag-looking-to-issue-5-3-billion-in-debt/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/29/ubs-ag-looking-to-issue-5-3-billion-in-debt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:33:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=578</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[UBS filed paperwork Monday and Tuesday detailing plans to offer more than $5.3 billion in buffered return optimization securities tied to a gold index. The deal offers three payment scenarios. If the spot price of gold increases during the period, the buyer will get principle plus 1.5 times the asset return. If the price doesn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Citigroup and SEC now facing the fire of a trial</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/28/citigroup-and-sec-now-facing-the-fire-of-a-trial/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/28/citigroup-and-sec-now-facing-the-fire-of-a-trial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:28:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citigroup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEC]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=574</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a new sheriff in town and his name is U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff who ordered the SEC to prove allegations that Citigroup knowing created a fund called ClassV Funding III, in which it dumped mortgage backed securities of dubious value and then sold the fund to misinformed investors for a profit of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interesting insider trading standards popping up</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/28/interesting-insider-trading-standards-popping-up/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/28/interesting-insider-trading-standards-popping-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insider trading]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=571</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This guy&#8217;s transgression sounds oddly familiar. He heard about an acquisition from an insider. Though he himself was not an officer or employee of the company, he bought shares and tipped off his friends and family to help them get in on the deal before anyone else. The SEC says he betrayed the source of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SEC says hedge fund was piggy bank for failing company</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/23/sec-says-hedge-fund-was-piggy-bank-for-failing-company/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/23/sec-says-hedge-fund-was-piggy-bank-for-failing-company/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hedge funds]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=568</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Securities and Exchange Commission has brought charges against Oakbrook, Ill. manager Patrick G. Rooney and his Solaris Management LLC. for allegedly misusing $3.6 million in investments. Rooney, according to the SEC, redirected investments in his hedge fund into the Positron Corp, a failing company that he was chairman of and then hid the investment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Now soup is in the BPA soup</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/23/now-soup-is-in-the-bpa-soup/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/23/now-soup-is-in-the-bpa-soup/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:31:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BPA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=565</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new study in JAMA, Journal of the American Medical Association, found the urine of people who just consumed canned soup, had higher levels of BPA. While the study doesn&#8217;t make a connection to any health risks, it&#8217;s another shot in the war against chemicals that have seeped into the blood streams of humans and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Insiders exercising options ahead of holidays</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/22/insiders-exercising-options-ahead-of-holidays/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/22/insiders-exercising-options-ahead-of-holidays/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leg]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Missouri-based officers of Leggett &#38; Platt Inc., the home goods maker, snapped up shares in their company at as much as a $2.50 discount from Tuesday&#8217;s trading levels. The question is as volatility continues to swing prices up and down, what will insiders do with options carrying higher values? In the case of  the 11 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SEC files on Madoff&#8217;s Kugel and moves on a D.C. Ponzi</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/22/sec-files-on-madoffs-kugel-and-moves-on-a-d-c-ponzi/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/22/sec-files-on-madoffs-kugel-and-moves-on-a-d-c-ponzi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:03:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Madoff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ponzi]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Securities and Exchange Commission is continuing to clean up the Beranard Madoff mess bringing charges against long-term Madoff employee, David Kugel. Kugel pleaded guilty to six felony charges on Monday as well. According to the SEC, Kugel was asked by Madoff to provide the firm’s investment advisory operations with backdated arbitrage trade information to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State unemployment rate drops to 8.7 percent</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/21/state-unemployment-rate-drops-to-8-7-percent/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/21/state-unemployment-rate-drops-to-8-7-percent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:11:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connecticut unemployment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Connecticut&#8217;s unemployment rate dropped to 8.7 percent in October, from 8.9 percent in September, marking the second straight month of job growth for the Nutmeg State, according to Labor Department statistics. The Labor Department said October’s job gains came primarily from professional and business services sector, where 3,000 jobs were added. Construction, thanks to tropical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ineffectual, a new hit song from D.C.</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/21/ineffectual-a-new-hit-song-from-d-c/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/21/ineffectual-a-new-hit-song-from-d-c/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:49:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Super Committee]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Good morning on this shortened work week. We&#8217;ve decided to start Monday off with a song in honor of the Super Terrific Deficit Cutting Committee and Congress proving once again, how ineffectual they&#8217;ve all become down there at a time when leadership is needed. With Apologies to Nat King Cole Ineffectual That&#8217;s what you are, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A pre-IPO Facebook investment scam took in $12.6 million</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/17/a-pre-ipo-facebook-investment-scam-took-in-12-6-million/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/17/a-pre-ipo-facebook-investment-scam-took-in-12-6-million/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:06:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook IPO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The SEC has charged a group of people and their associated companies of running a scam that claimed investors could obtain pre-IPO shares of hot companies, including Facebook. The used a series of companies, including Florida-based Praetorian Global Fund and Spartan Capital to take in money. The idea was simple, the SEC said. They said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stanley Black &amp; Decker looks to cut short-term borrowing</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/17/stanley-black-decker-looks-to-cut-short-term-borrowing/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/17/stanley-black-decker-looks-to-cut-short-term-borrowing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:15:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SWK]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[New Britain-based Stanley Black and Decker filed a prospectus and amendment on Nov. 17 announcing plans to issue senior unsecured debt. The tool maker said it&#8217;s looking to pay down short term borrowing. According to the latest prospectus, filed with the SEC, Stanley has $560.7 million of short term debt and $2.73 billion in long-term [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senators offering bans on Congressional insider trading</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/16/senators-offering-bans-on-congressional-insider-trading/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/16/senators-offering-bans-on-congressional-insider-trading/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=546</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The market profiteering uncovered by 60 minutes last weekend looked so bad, two members of Congress are moving to if not ban insider trading completely, to at least make disclosure a part of the process. The TV news show dug into the investment activities of Congress and found members from both sides of the aisle [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ex CEO loses $2.8 million bonus to Sarbanes-Oxley clawback</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/16/ex-ceo-loses-2-8-million-bonus-to-sarbanes-oxley-clawback/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/16/ex-ceo-loses-2-8-million-bonus-to-sarbanes-oxley-clawback/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:33:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bonus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clawback]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The SEC said on Nov. 15, former CSK Auto Corp. CEO and Chairman Maynard L. Jenkins of Arizona will return $2.8 million in incentive-based bonuses earned during a period when his company used fraudulent accounting to boost income. Jenkins was not personally charged as part of the fraud, though four others were. But his bonus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A $250 million fund to be built on rare coins</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/15/a-250-million-fund-bo-be-built-on-rare-coins/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/15/a-250-million-fund-bo-be-built-on-rare-coins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coin investing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=539</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Coming up this week, Assistant Business Editor Hearst Media Connecticut Richard Lee details the formation of an alternative money management fund built on rare coins. The fund appears to be looking to leverage both the collectible value and possibly the intrinsic metal value of gold and silver. Silver settled at better than $34 an ounce [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Black Friday protest on Target</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/15/black-friday-protest-on-target/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/15/black-friday-protest-on-target/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:40:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bloomberg had a nice piece on workers at Target who are tired of working Thanksgiving and started a petition. Seems it might be a nice PR ploy for Target to say it&#8217;s opening at normal hours on Friday and is running sales every day, instead of just for a few hours in morning&#8217;s darkest hours. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nor&#8217;easter could rip town credit ratings</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/14/noreaster-could-rip-town-credit-ratings/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/14/noreaster-could-rip-town-credit-ratings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moody's nor'easter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Moody&#8217;s Investors Service said Monday the prolonged power failures in Connecticut and the estimated $3 billion cost of cleanup could damage a number of towns&#8217; credit ratings as they try to find money to cover the costs. The credit rating agency said the prolonged delay in restoration of power &#8220;is credit negative for many Connecticut [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congress outperforms pros in market?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/14/congress-outperforms-pros-in-market/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/14/congress-outperforms-pros-in-market/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:42:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stocks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[CBS News filed this report on the weekend regarding the brilliant stock moves senators and Congressmen make while sitting on committees that regulate certain industries and the publicly traded companies within them. The brilliant and prescient moves of our elected officials makes one wonder why our nation is in such a budgetary mess. Here&#8217;s the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chicago futures broker to set up Connecticut office</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/11/chicago-futures-broker-to-set-up-connecticut-office/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/11/chicago-futures-broker-to-set-up-connecticut-office/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 22:51:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Chicago-based R.J. O&#8217;Brien, which has taken over a number of customer accounts from failed brokerage MF Global has plans to open an office in Greenwich or Stamford. Greenwich resident Stafford Bucknall, a former manager at MF Global was hired by RJO and will head the new Connecticut office. From RJO&#8217;s website: R.J. O&#8217;Brien &#38; Associates [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GE&#8217;s managed equity holdings drop 19 percent</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/10/ges-managed-equity-holdings-drop-19-percent/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/10/ges-managed-equity-holdings-drop-19-percent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 19:53:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GE]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The value of GE and GE Asset Management&#8217;s investment holdings dropped $5 billion between the second and third quarter, according to the Fairfield-based company&#8217;s quarterly Investment Manager Holding Report with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. GE filed the report Thursday morning showing the total value of the securities it invests in was $20.8 billion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Surety bond slippage a continuing problem in mortgage lending</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/10/surety-bond-slippage-a-continuing-problem-in-mortgage-lending/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/10/surety-bond-slippage-a-continuing-problem-in-mortgage-lending/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:08:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mortgage lenders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Surety bonds]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Two mortgage lenders have been ordered to temporarily cease and desist activity in the state for failing to keep their surety bonds current. The state has been littered with such C&#38;D orders following the housing collapse and problems in the credit markets going back to 2008. In some cases, the companies have just ceased operating, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MF Global Trustee&#8217;s website is active</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/08/mf-global-trustees-website-is-active/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/08/mf-global-trustees-website-is-active/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:03:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MF Global]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Trustee appointed to figure out the MF Global liquidation has created a website for customers of the financial company. http://dm.epiq11.com/MFG/Project/default.aspx The website contains updates on the Trustee&#8217;s actions and information for account holders. According to the most recent post, as of Monday, 17,000 customer account positions and$1.5 billion in funds were transferred to other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NU profits drop on Irene damage</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/04/nu-profits-drop-on-irene-damage/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/04/nu-profits-drop-on-irene-damage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 00:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NU]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Connecticut Light &#38; Power Co.&#8217;s parent corporation, Northeast Utilities, said Friday night earnings in the third quarter were down from a year ago because milder weather pushed down electricity sales and because of costs associated with Tropical Storm Irene. CL&#38;P is still repairing damage from a snow storm that stuck the state last week, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Waiting for NU</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/04/waiting-for-nu/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/04/waiting-for-nu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 22:59:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NU]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How bad did the storm mess up Northeast Utilities? The company announced in October it and its bride-to-be, NStar would post third quarter earnings on Friday, Nov. 4 after the close of trading. NStar posted net income of $97.6 million, or 94 cents per share, for the third quarter, a 29 percent increase over the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UIL Holdings conference call</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/04/uil-holdings-conference-call/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/04/uil-holdings-conference-call/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:46:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UIL]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Jeffrey Butler, CL&#38;P&#8217;s constantly pilloried COO, must envy the UI guys. Butler has become the target of outrage on evening TV as he tries to dance around the questions over the grueling and frustrating pace of power restoration after the late October snow. They had more than 300,000 still out. New Jersey and New York [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UIL Holdings net income dips in third quarter</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/03/uil-holdings-net-income-dips-in-third-quarter/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/03/uil-holdings-net-income-dips-in-third-quarter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 22:08:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CL&P]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UIL]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[UIL Holdings Corp., the parent company of United Illuminating, Southern Connecticut Gas and Connecticut Natural Gas, said net income from its combined operations was $12.1 million, or 24 cents per share, compared to $17 million, or 52 cents a share a year ago. The company is under fire for its response to recent storms that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kaman reports 3Q results and buys Vermont Composites</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/02/kaman-reports-3q-results-and-buys-vermont-composites/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/02/kaman-reports-3q-results-and-buys-vermont-composites/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 21:49:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KAMN]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bloomfield-based Kaman Corp. said Wednesday after the close of trading that net income was $12.4 million,or 47 cents per share for the third quarter of 2011. The aerospace company also said its Kaman Aerospace Group Inc. has agreed to buy Vermont Composites Inc., a supplier for the Sikorsky MH-60 Black Hawk program. The value of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THIS IS SPARTA! Greeks reach back to roots, scare world</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/02/this-is-sparta-greeks-reach-back-to-roots-scare-world/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/11/02/this-is-sparta-greeks-reach-back-to-roots-scare-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:29:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greek debt]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The market plunged yesterday because the Greek&#8217;s, after working out a deal regarding their outstanding debt, said they would hold a vote. (Didn&#8217;t someone see this coming?) Well, the bankers and EU leadership might be miffed about the Greek&#8217;s decision to take the newest austerity proposal to a vote, but it is the cradle of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mass.-broker settles Milford Power charges flap</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/10/28/mass-broker-settles-milford-power-charges-flap/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/10/28/mass-broker-settles-milford-power-charges-flap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Milford Power Co.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The State of Connecticut said it reached a $1.7 million settlement with a Massachusetts insurance broker who &#8220;allegedly&#8221; overcharged its client, Milford Power Co., for insurance fees and commissions. The news in Connecticut comes nearly four years after Massachusetts settled similar allegations against William Gallagher Associates Inc. Here&#8217;s the official press release from the state: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WR Berkley earnings slip on higher catastrophes</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/10/26/wr-berkley-earnings-slip-on-higher-catastrophes/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/10/26/wr-berkley-earnings-slip-on-higher-catastrophes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:23:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WRB]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=496</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Greenwich-based W.R. Berkley Corp. said after the close of the New York trading Wednesday, net income was lower in the third quarter of this year compared to last year due to lower interest rates and higher catastrophe activity. The property and casualty insurer  said net income was $77 million, or 53 cents a share, for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>$30 Million deal for Connecticut Bank &amp; Trust</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/10/26/30-million-deal-for-connecticut-bank-trust/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/10/26/30-million-deal-for-connecticut-bank-trust/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:16:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CBT]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Connecticut Bank &#38; Trust, which raised about $15 million in a public offering in 2005, has agreed to a deal with Berkshire Bank of Massachusetts. Berkshire, with branches in New York, Massachusetts and Vermont, announced the deal late Tuesday. Banking consolidations are expected to continue as financial institutions look for ways to expand market share [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Danbury&#8217;s PX says profits up 14 percent</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/10/26/danburys-px-says-profits-up-14-percent/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/10/26/danburys-px-says-profits-up-14-percent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PX]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Praxair reported net income rose 14 percent to $429 million in the third quarter of this year compared to $377 million for the third quarter of 2010. One of the world&#8217;s largest industrial gas companies, Danbury-based Praxair said the results in the quarter were sparked by strong sales to North American manufacturers, energy companies and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UTC cuts to top 2,800 globally over the next year</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/10/25/utc-cuts-to-top-2800-globally-over-the-next-year/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/10/25/utc-cuts-to-top-2800-globally-over-the-next-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UTX]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In its formal SEC earnings report, UTC gave more details on its planned restructuring efforts. The company said during a conference call with analysts, it planned additional $100 million in restructuring costs through this year, but did not provide specific numbers. This is the company&#8217;s official line to regulators contained in its Monday filing: &#8220;We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trumbull MAHLE Engine component to start closing in 2012</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/10/25/trumbull-mahle-engine-component-to-start-closing-in-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/10/25/trumbull-mahle-engine-component-to-start-closing-in-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mahle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trumbull]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=485</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Germany-based MAHLE said it will close its factory in Trumbull and cut 99 jobs beginning on New Year&#8217;s Day. In a filing with the State Labor Department, the engine and component maker for the automobile industry said the facility  at 20 Nutmeg Dr. will be closed by May 31. A worker at the plan referred [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free workshop for Investment Advisers at SHU</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/10/24/free-workshop-for-investment-advisers-at-shu/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/10/24/free-workshop-for-investment-advisers-at-shu/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:34:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Investment Advisers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=483</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Connecticut Department of Banking regulators will be at Sacred Heart University on Dec. 9 to hold a workshop on some of the new federal rules that will affect them going forward. The forum will also provide information on IA testing. For more information visit the www.ct.gov/dob. Here&#8217;s a link to the flyer on the meeting: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Connecticut added 3,400 jobs in September</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/10/20/connecticut-added-3400-jobs-in-september/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/10/20/connecticut-added-3400-jobs-in-september/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The State Labor Department said big increases in local government and hospitality and leisure increased employment in the state by 3,400 as the unemployment rate dipped below 9 percent. The department was cautious about the gains, saying the growth in government might be a statistical aberration brought on by changes in the survey methods and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bridgeport Stamford Metro third lowest poverty rate</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/10/20/bridgeport-stamford-metro-fourth-lowest-poverty-rate/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/10/20/bridgeport-stamford-metro-fourth-lowest-poverty-rate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bridgeport poverty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Census Bureau said Thursday the Bridgeport-Stamford metro region had the fourth lowest poverty rate in the country in 2010. The nation&#8217;s capital, where 8.4 percent of the population had the lowest rate, followed by Honolulu: Poughkeepsie-Middletown, NY. A total 9.4 percent of the Bridgeport-Stamford population lived in poverty last year, the bureau said. Hartford [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sikorsky facing more cuts after UTC&#8217;s $1.3B 3Q</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/10/19/sikorsky-facing-more-cuts-after-utcs-1-3b-3q/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/10/19/sikorsky-facing-more-cuts-after-utcs-1-3b-3q/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:43:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UTC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[United Technologies Corp. is gearing up for further turbulence in the economy as executives said Wednesday during a conference with analysts they are increasing restructuring costs across its divisions to $300 million from $200 million. Greg Hayes, UTC&#8217;s chief financial officer, confirmed during the call that Sikorsky will face additional cuts beyond the 419 job [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Investors screaming like Bugs Bunny on a sinking ship</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/10/18/investors-screaming-like-bugs-bunny-on-a-sinking-ship/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/10/18/investors-screaming-like-bugs-bunny-on-a-sinking-ship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Farmington]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial stocks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rockville]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s an old carto0n starring Bugs Bunny in which the famous rabbit ends up on a sinking ship that won&#8217;t sink. It just keeps plunging beneath the water and then popping back up with a screaming Bugs clutching to a rail or mast. Maybe it was Daffy? Anyway, investors in financials probably appreciate how Bugs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Regulator hits New York firm for fee disclosure failure</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/10/17/regulator-hits-new-york-firm-for-fee-disclosure-failure/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/10/17/regulator-hits-new-york-firm-for-fee-disclosure-failure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Banking Department]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[investing fees]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The state Banking Department has found another broker who was charging a &#8220;handling fee&#8221; on top of its commission for trades. New York-based broker EKN Financial got hit with a $3,000 fine and has to reimburse a portion of its handling fee to Connecticut customers. The fundamental issue here is disclosure. EKN failed, according to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sun shines on Colorado for GE plant</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/10/13/sun-shines-on-colorado-for-ge-plant/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/10/13/sun-shines-on-colorado-for-ge-plant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 03:04:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Solar plant]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=461</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Fairfield-based General Electric Co. announced Thursday night it picked Aurora as the home of its $300 million solar panel factory. The announcement came from a press released from the Edelman PR firm. Major news outlets, including Bloomberg and the Associated Press released stories soon afterwards.  GE sparked lobbying efforts from states and cities to land the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Sen. takes State Farm to task</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/10/11/u-s-sen-takes-state-farm-to-task/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/10/11/u-s-sen-takes-state-farm-to-task/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:27:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[high deductible]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Farm]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=457</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., wants State Farm to line up behind other insurers and drop the deductible requirement in cases related to tropical storm Irene. State Farm provided hurricane insurance to at least one resident with a deductible as high as $10,000. The high deductible issue is not only a problem in house, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Under siege by protests and complaints BofA opens office</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/10/11/under-siege-by-protests-and-complaints-bofa-opens-office/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/10/11/under-siege-by-protests-and-complaints-bofa-opens-office/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 16:06:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bank of America]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Under pressure from attorneys general across the country and now facing protests from coast to coast over its foreclosure practices, Bank of America has opened a customer assistance center in Connecticut. Attorney General George Jepsen announced the opening of a Southington office on Tuesday. Staff from his office have been meeting with the bank to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AT&amp;T says it expanded Norwalk mobile broadband</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/10/11/att-says-it-expanded-norwalk-mobile-broadband/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/10/11/att-says-it-expanded-norwalk-mobile-broadband/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:48:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AT&T]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[broadband]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[AT&#038;T said Tuesday it has upgraded its Norwalk network to increase capacity for mobile broadband customers. The company said this is part of its ongoing network upgrade. Between 2008 and 2010, the company said it invested $750 million in the state. Capacity is becoming a point of differentiation for the cell phone companies as smart [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Temporary reprieve from posting union rights</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/10/06/temporoary-reprieve-from-posting-union-rights/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/10/06/temporoary-reprieve-from-posting-union-rights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NLRB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=449</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[National Labor Relations Board has agreed to postpone a deadline by which businesses must display a single poster telling employees they have the right to form a union. This is like those posters they require for guaranteeing Family Medical Act leave, minimum wage and non discrimination in the work place. The decision pushes back the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Red Alert: Investors keep an eye on sub accounts</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/09/30/red-alert-investors-keep-an-eye-on-sub-accounts/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/09/30/red-alert-investors-keep-an-eye-on-sub-accounts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEC]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=447</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Probably good timing on this warning from the SEC as desperate economic times are here leaving  some highly leveraged players looking for a quick buck and your sub accounts could provide that opportunity. One well regarded local economist said this morning, he feels a new recession kicked off in August, while a national economist told [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GE and UTC among top 25 penalized gov. contractors</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/09/29/ge-and-utc-among-top-25-penalized-gov-contractors/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/09/29/ge-and-utc-among-top-25-penalized-gov-contractors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 21:46:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=444</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Project on Government Oversight, a Washington, D.C. watchdog group, has listed the top 100 government contractors and the amount of penalties and fees racked up by the companies since 1995. United Technologies Corp. ranked seventh for total government contracts in 2010 with $7.3 billion and was 16th in penalties, POGO said. Since 1995, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oxford Health looking for 11 percent</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/09/29/oxford-health-looking-for-11-percent/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/09/29/oxford-health-looking-for-11-percent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:35:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Health/Oxford]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=442</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[United Health Care&#8217;s Oxford Health is the first out of the gate with its filing for large group health plans for 2012. Oxford is proposing an average 11 percent hike to its large group plans offered to businesses with 51 or more employees. The company filed the request on Sept. 27, and it is now [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A refreshing find at Wall Street protest</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/09/27/a-refreshing-find-at-wall-street-protest/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/09/27/a-refreshing-find-at-wall-street-protest/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:26:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wall Street protest]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=440</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[New York City&#8211; I checked in on The Occupy Wall Street protest on Monday to see what it was all about. Interesting collection of people who, whether you agree with them or not, do deserve some respect for leaving the comfort of home to effect some change. As a reporter, one of the things I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another fall in the quant world</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/09/23/another-fall-in-the-quant-world/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/09/23/another-fall-in-the-quant-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 15:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEC]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=438</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Although not quite Homeric, here is another tale in the securities trade in which human frailty &#8211; pride, arrogance, fear, insecurity and maybe all of them together&#8211; trumped the venerable quantitative formulas designed to protect us from risk. Here&#8217;s the SEC order on the matter, that reads like a tragedy, just without all the death. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UTC Goodrich deal already draws a legal fight</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/09/22/utc-goodrich-deal-already-draws-a-legal-fight/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/09/22/utc-goodrich-deal-already-draws-a-legal-fight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 19:56:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UTC]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=436</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just hours after United Technologies and Goodrich Corp. held a joint conference with analysts,the New York law firm of Levi and Korsinky announced it was looking into the matter to gear up for a possible suit on behalf of Goodrich investors. The deal values Goodrich shares at $127.50, which Levi &#38; Korsinsky says is $2.50 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wave goodbye Windsor Locks? Hamilton to NC</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/09/22/wave-goodbye-windsor-locks-hamilton-to-nc/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/09/22/wave-goodbye-windsor-locks-hamilton-to-nc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 19:50:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UTC]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=434</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As part of its proposal to buy Goodrich Corp. for $18 billion, United Technologies is proposing to merge its Hamilton-Sundstrand unit with Goodrich and form UTC Aerospace System and headquarter them in North Carolina. It&#8217;s a huge break from tradition at UTC, which has historically headquartered its divisions in Connecticut, even when buying established companies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UTC shares pummeled as execs talk $18.4 B Goodrich deal</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/09/22/utc-shares-pummeled-as-execs-talk-18-4-b-goodrich-deal/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/09/22/utc-shares-pummeled-as-execs-talk-18-4-b-goodrich-deal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:08:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UTC]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=431</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Shares of United Technologies Corp., led the Down Jones Industrial Average down Thursday morning as executives of the company answered questions about an $18.4 billion deal to buy Goodrich. Shares in UTC were down more than 7 percent in morning trading and the Dow was off more than 300. The markets in general will falling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former RBS Securities executive to serve one year for embezzlement</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/09/08/former-rbs-securities-executive-to-serve-one-year-for-embezzlement/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/09/08/former-rbs-securities-executive-to-serve-one-year-for-embezzlement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 23:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fraud]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RBS]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=427</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[James Glover, of West Harrison, N.Y. was sentenced Thursday to serve one year and a day in prison for embezzling nearly $625,000 from a former employer. Glover paid the money back in full before pleading guilty in June to the crime. The U.S. District Attorney once again declined to name the company and accuser in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kaman buys assets of Mass.-based motion control distributor</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/09/06/kaman-buys-assets-of-mass-based-motion-control-distributor/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/09/06/kaman-buys-assets-of-mass-based-motion-control-distributor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[acquistion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KAMN]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=424</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bloomfield-based Kaman Corp. said Monday its subsidiary Kaman Industrial Technologies Corp. acquired the assets of Target Electronic Supply Inc. of Westwood, Mass. The  value of the deal was not announced, cut Kaman expects Target to have sales of about $19 million next year. Target, a leading motion control distributor in the New England has 17 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Irene gives some federal tax payers more time</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/09/02/irene-gives-some-federal-tax-payers-more-time/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/09/02/irene-gives-some-federal-tax-payers-more-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 13:42:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Irene]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=422</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Internal Revenue Service announced it is granting taxpayers whose preparers were affected by Hurricane Irene until Sept. 22 to file returns normally due Sept. 15. The taxpayer’s preparer must be located in an area that was under an evacuation order or a severe weather warning because of Hurricane Irene, even if the preparer is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cash-strapped state government offers funding for biz recovery</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/08/31/cash-strapped-state-government-offers-funding-for-biz-recovery/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/08/31/cash-strapped-state-government-offers-funding-for-biz-recovery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 15:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business loans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Irene]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=420</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Info from the Guv released today, Wednesday. Governor Malloy Announces Business Assistance Program for Companies Affected by Hurricane Irene (HARTFORD, CT) &#8211; Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) Commissioner Catherine Smith today announced a comprehensive business assistance program to help companies negatively impacted by Hurricane Irene. &#8220;This storm had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tax man says you can pay late after Irene</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/08/29/tax-man-says-you-can-pay-late-after-irene/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/08/29/tax-man-says-you-can-pay-late-after-irene/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 19:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Irene]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=418</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Businesses impacted by the storm get a break from state tax collector from Aug. 31 deadline. Here&#8217;s the release from the Department of Revenue Services. The Department of Revenue Services said businesses in counties subject to federal or state declarations of emergency or disaster  will receive an extension to Sept. 7  to file their monthly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unemployment assistance remains available after Irene</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/08/29/unemployment-assistance-remains-available-after-irene/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/08/29/unemployment-assistance-remains-available-after-irene/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Irene]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unemployment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=415</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The State Labor Department said Monday that those who had difficulty filing for unemployment benefits this weekend, when the storm Irene hit, can file later in the week. The Department said those claiming benefits for the week ending Aug. 27 have until Friday, Sept. 2 to file. While the department had to close its main [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Income tax calculator available at DRS</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/08/24/income-tax-calculator-available-at-drs/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/08/24/income-tax-calculator-available-at-drs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 20:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=413</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[DRS, income tax]]></description>
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		<title>Higher One to buy back $40M in shares</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/08/23/higher-one-to-buy-back-40m-in-shares/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/08/23/higher-one-to-buy-back-40m-in-shares/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:42:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Higher One]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=411</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[New Haven-based Higher One announced Tuesday morning in an SEC filing it&#8217;s joining other companies looking to their own stocks for value. The company, which provides student bill paying services and options at colleges across the country, said the repurchase program will run through Sept. 7, 2012. The company said there is no guarantee it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Connecticut shed 300 jobs in July</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/08/18/connecticut-shed-300-jobs-in-july/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/08/18/connecticut-shed-300-jobs-in-july/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:55:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connecticut]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The state Labor Department reported Thursday the state lost 300 jobs and the unemployment rate remained at 9.1 percent.]]></description>
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		<title>A European banking crisis and recession fear trip up market</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/08/18/a-european-banking-crisis-and-recession-fear-trips-up-market/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/08/18/a-european-banking-crisis-and-recession-fear-trips-up-market/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 14:43:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[recession]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wall Street]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=396</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Stocks got planted Thursday as panic took hold over investors worried the world edged closer to recession because of continued problems in the European banking system. Carolyn Frzop, first vice president of Janney Montgomery Scott, said investors are concerned European&#8217;s are about to have their &#8220;Lehman Brothers moment,&#8221; as key banks struggle over debt issues [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SEC turns to $nitches: New TV series surely coming</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/08/12/sec-turns-to-nitches-new-tv-series-surely-coming/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/08/12/sec-turns-to-nitches-new-tv-series-surely-coming/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 18:19:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wall Street snitch]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/?p=402</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Friday finally saw a door opened for a TV series on SEC investigators, as the Wall Street watchdog can now pay snitches, just like so many cops on prime-time dramas have done. It was one of the missing ingredients for a show: a nervous or hipster snitch who walks that good/bad guy line. I imagine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sikorsky delivers two Seahawks to Thailand</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/08/08/sikorsky-delivers-two-seahawks-to-thailand/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/08/08/sikorsky-delivers-two-seahawks-to-thailand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 21:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sikorsky]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thailand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. Navy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sikorsky Aircraft said in a press release Monday the U.S. Navy delivered two MH-60s helicopters to the Royal Thai Navy, marking the first time the nation&#8217;s most advanced naval military copter has been delivered to an international customer. The U.S. Navy flew the aircraft from Owego, N.Y., to the Port of Baltimore, Md., ahead of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kaman reports earnings nearly doubled in 2Q</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/08/04/kaman-reports-earnings-nearly-doubled-in-2q/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/08/04/kaman-reports-earnings-nearly-doubled-in-2q/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 20:18:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A key Sikorsky Aircraft supplier as well as an important aerospace manufacturers in the state, Bloomfield-based Kaman announced strong second quarter earnings Thursday, though its stock on the Nasdaq Market dropped $1.46 to $33.11 on a day when the Nasdaq Composite was down 5 percent. Here&#8217;s Kaman&#8217;s press release on the results: BLOOMFIELD, Conn., Aug [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where&#8217;s Lloyd when we need him?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/08/04/wheres-lloyd-when-we-need-him/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/08/04/wheres-lloyd-when-we-need-him/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 16:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I picked a bad time to stop sniffing glue,&#8221; actor Lloyd Bridges declared in the movie Airplane. We might all be saying this after the end of this week, especially you small business owners here in Connecticut. First, the debt deal comes through but only after a process that made a playground tussle over who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diageo gets hammered by SEC</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/07/28/diageo-gets-hammered-by-sec/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/07/28/diageo-gets-hammered-by-sec/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:29:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diageo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The SEC leveled allegations of bribery against Diageo on Wednesday and the company coughed up $16 million to make it all go away. Washington, D.C., July 27, 2011 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged one of the world’s largest producers of premium alcoholic beverages with widespread violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Energizer shares hit high boosted by Schick razor maker</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/07/27/energizer-shares-hit-high-boosted-by-schick-razor-maker/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/07/27/energizer-shares-hit-high-boosted-by-schick-razor-maker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 22:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energizer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ENR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Schick]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Shares in Energizer Holdings, the parent of Milford-based Schick Wilkinson-Sword, shot up as much as 9 percent in Wednesday trading after the company announced results for the third fiscal quarter. Energizer reported net income for the quarter ended June 30 of $65.9 million, or 94 cents per diluted share, compared to $104 million, or $1.47 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>W.R. Berkley shares surge after earnings</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/07/26/w-r-berkley-shares-surge-after-earnings/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/07/26/w-r-berkley-shares-surge-after-earnings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:43:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[W.R. Berkkey Corp.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WRB]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Shares in Greenwich-based insurer W.R. Berkley jumped more than 3 percent in morning trading after the company held a meeting with analysts to discuss its second quarter earnings. On Monday, WRB, reported earnings of 56 cents a share, beating the mean estimate of 42 cents, according to a survey of analysts by Factset. Shares in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UTC profits hit $1.3 billion</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/07/20/utc-profits-hit-1-3-billion/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/07/20/utc-profits-hit-1-3-billion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:17:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[UTC reported net income Of $1.3 billion and EPS of $1.45. The Hartford corporation said all six of its units saw organic sales growth in the quarter, the first time that has happened since 2008. Sikorsky, UTC&#8217;s Stratford subsidiary, had $1.7 billion in net sales. It&#8217;s really more of the same for UTC this quarter. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sikorsky&#8217;s S-97 Raider program takes flight</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/07/14/sikorskys-s-97-raider-program-takes-flight/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/07/14/sikorskys-s-97-raider-program-takes-flight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 20:08:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eurocopter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sikorsky]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sikorsky Aircraft said its X2 experimental helicopter took its final flight Thursday marking the beginning of the Stratford helicopter maker&#8217;s effort to move into a production model, the S-97 Raider. The U.S. Army is looking for a new aerial scout and Sikorsky is pushing this as a possibility. Analysts have said concerns over the U.S. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>People&#8217;s trims its Mass. employment B of A hits Conn.</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/07/11/peoples-trims-its-mass-employment-b-of-a-hits-conn/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/07/11/peoples-trims-its-mass-employment-b-of-a-hits-conn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:26:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Two banks cut jobs in New England adding to a growing list of recent actions that will be adding to the unemployment ranks. People&#8217;s confirmed last week to The Boston Globe that it will trim about 91 positions in Massachusetts after closing on the Danversbank acquisition. People&#8217;s said the cuts were all back office jobs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amnesia and the sunshine economy</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/07/11/amnesia-and-the-sunshine-economy/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/07/11/amnesia-and-the-sunshine-economy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Downtown, after 9 a.m. it was difficult to find parking. By 11 a.m, the merciless heat chased people inside the multitude of shops and restaurants. This was Pasadena&#8217;s downtown shopping district, last week, where there was little evidence of a recession. Customer traffic was steady enough throughout the day and you didn&#8217;t get hit up for change by anyone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>People&#8217;s closes on Danvers</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/07/01/peoples-closes-on-danvers/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/07/01/peoples-closes-on-danvers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:39:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[#People's United]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bridgeport-based People&#8217;s United Financial Inc., announced Friday the final approvals for the purchase of Danvers Bancorp Inc. have been granted and the deal is now complete. Danvers will give People&#8217;s 28 branches in the key Greater Boston area as the Bridgeport-based institution continues to forge ahead with its claim to the title of largest New England-based [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LA and London firms buy BJ&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/06/29/la-and-london-firms-buy-bjs/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/06/29/la-and-london-firms-buy-bjs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 12:22:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[London-based CVC Capital said on it&#8217;s website it and LA-based Leonard Green Partners have an agreement to buy the shopping club for more than $52 a share. It&#8217;s too early to tell what if any changes are in store for BJ&#8217;s workers and shoppers in Conn.]]></description>
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		<title>With a slight bump to income, spending stalls in nation</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/06/27/with-a-slight-bump-to-income-spending-stalls-in-nation/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/06/27/with-a-slight-bump-to-income-spending-stalls-in-nation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:33:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Income drag]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The American consumer is like a tired rock climber, perched halfway up a mountain face. They can either summon the strength to climb up to the top, or edge down and find a ledge to rest on, or fall&#8230;. The U.S. Commerce Department reported American spending stalled in May as incomes only edged slightly higher. However, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Connecticut Number One in new economic growth poll!</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/06/22/connecticut-number-one-in-new-economic-growth-pole/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/06/22/connecticut-number-one-in-new-economic-growth-pole/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just kidding. Well, once again our state got hammered in an economic poll, this time it&#8217;s the ALEC-Laffer State Economic Competitiveness Index. The Nutmeg State was 43 in economic performance and 35 in economic outlook. I&#8217;ve been told by credible statistical and linquistic experts that &#8220;index&#8221; is a derivation of an old French word meaning, &#8220;I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conn. drops 2,900 jobs in May</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/06/16/conn-drops-2900-jobs-in-may/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/06/16/conn-drops-2900-jobs-in-may/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:53:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobs report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unemployment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Connecticut shed 2,900 jobs in May, but the the Labor Department said a revision of April&#8217;s numbers uncovered an additional 500 jobs, briging last month&#8217;s gain to 8,400. According to the report, releasedd at just after 2:40 p.m. June 16, the retailers cut 1,300 jobs in the month of May, with professional and scientific employers, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greenwich homes only 8th least affordable!</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/06/15/greenwich-homes-only-8th-least-affordable/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/06/15/greenwich-homes-only-8th-least-affordable/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 13:33:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Coldwell Banker released new data on affordability this morning. While Greenwich remains the most exclusive and unaffordable market in Connecticut it has yet to claim the top spot nationally. Here is the release from the realty group.   New Britain is Connecticut’s Most Affordable Market; Greenwich Tops the State’s Most Expensive List   RIDGEFIELD, Conn. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Non profit to dad: You&#8217;re a financial dunce</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/06/13/non-profits-to-dad-youre-a-financial-dunce/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/06/13/non-profits-to-dad-youre-a-financial-dunce/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 15:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The national Foundation for Credit Counseling has tapped into a way to make its opinion poll on financial literacy relevant this week &#8212; calling fathers financially illiterate. The press release headlined, &#8220;FATHER KNOWS BEST &#8211; OR DOES HE? Survey Reveals Definite Lack of Financial Skills,&#8221; regards the NFCC&#8217;s poll on financial literacy. The poll itself [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hack attacks and regulators</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/06/10/hack-attacks-and-regulators/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/06/10/hack-attacks-and-regulators/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:28:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hakers and regulation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hackers have stolen more credit card data, this time about 200,000 accounts from Citi. And regulators are once again saying the banks need to improve security. AP&#8217;s Kelvin Chan has a good piece on this on today&#8217;s CTPost.com. &#8220;Federal regulators have taken notice and are asking banks to improve security. &#8220;Both banks and regulators must [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Funny thing happened on the way to the disaster</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/06/06/funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-the-disaster/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/06/06/funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-the-disaster/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 19:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A cab broke down on State Street and Park Avenue in Bridgeport Monday morning. Traffic was building up at the busy corner, yes there are such things in the Park City. Then, a man in a white T-shirt and shorts came over, talked to the cab driver and pushed the car out of the way. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Derecktor&#8217;s Cakewalk up for sale</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/05/26/derecktors-cakewalk-up-for-sale/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/05/26/derecktors-cakewalk-up-for-sale/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 14:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Derecktor yacht]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Superyacht is reporting that the Derecktor Shipyard&#8217;s built Cakewalk V has been listed for sale for 152.5 euros, which is about $215 million. Derecktor built and dropped the giant yacht into the water in Bridgeport in 2010. It&#8217;s the largest private yacht built in America since the 1930s. Here&#8217;s the link to the Superyachts&#8217; story. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where the jobs are</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/05/18/where-the-jobs-are/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/05/18/where-the-jobs-are/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 14:54:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[job]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While the economy has continued to limp along for the last couple of years now, generating few jobs, Stamford-based Indeed.com, is reporting an 80 percent increase in job postings in the state with much of the activity centered in Fairfield County. There were 84,277 job openings posted in the state in April, according to Indeed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ponzi scheme charges tie up Highview funds</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/05/16/highview-funds-entangled-in-illarramedi-ponzi-scheme/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/05/16/highview-funds-entangled-in-illarramedi-ponzi-scheme/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 16:52:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced monday it has charged Highview Point Partners LLC, a Stamford-based investment adviser, with engaging in a multi-year Ponzi scheme involving hundreds of millions of dollars. The charges come just days after Highpoint filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Here are excerpts from the SEC&#8217;s press release on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Post Galleon: A really brave new investors’ world?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/05/13/post-galleon-a-really-brave-new-investors-world/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/05/13/post-galleon-a-really-brave-new-investors-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 19:56:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Galleon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Raj]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Galleon co-founder Raj Rajaratnam’s conviction on insider trading violations raises a number of questions and concerns for the investment community, but should one of those be about whether an investors keeps profits gained as a result of these kinds of activities? Fred Wilpon, who the trustee investigating the Madoff fraud, has said owes investors about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Movie costs trim WWE profit in 1Q</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/05/05/movie-costs-trim-wwe-profit-in-1q/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/05/05/movie-costs-trim-wwe-profit-in-1q/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 13:23:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stamford-based WWE reported net income of $8.6 million, or 11 cents per share, for the first quarter 0f 2011, down from the $24.7 million, or 33 cents per share for the first quarter of 2010. The company has expanded its entertainment offerings during the last few years and branched into movies. It said its cinematic reveneus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Net income at Silgan misses</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/05/04/323/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/05/04/323/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 12:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stamford-based Silgan Holdings reported net income failed to meet analysts expectations in the first quarter. The mean EPS for the consumer goods packaging company, according to a survey by FactSet Research was 39 cents a share. Silgan reported net income of $26.1 million, or 37 cents a share for the first quarter of 2011. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GE share votes lift Lafley, not pretty for Avon chief</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/05/03/ge-share-votes-lift-lafley-not-pretty-for-avon-chief/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/05/03/ge-share-votes-lift-lafley-not-pretty-for-avon-chief/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 19:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[GE filed on Monday the final tally of votes from its Salt Lake City meeting  revealing who shareholders like at the helm of the Fairfield-based giant. Alan “A.G.” Lafley, the former Proctor &#38; Gamble chief, was the most popular director, with 6.09 billion votes for and garnering less than 100 million against. He was the only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sikorsky delivers 300th Seahawk</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/27/sikorsky-and-navy-celebrate-300th-seahawk/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/27/sikorsky-and-navy-celebrate-300th-seahawk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 22:17:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seahawk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sikorsky]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sikorsky Aircraft and the U.S. Navy celebrated the delivery of the 300th Seahawk helicopter in Stratford Wednesday. Off the East Coast of Africa patrolling for pirates, delivering humanitarian aid in Japan and supporting NATO missions in Libya, Rear Admiral Paul Grosklags, vice commander Naval Air Systems Command, said the Seahawk has become the first responder [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Military looking to cut energy usage</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/27/military-looking-to-cut-energy-usage/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/27/military-looking-to-cut-energy-usage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:52:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DoD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In a speech Tuesday, Deputy DefenseSec. William Lynn III called for more fuel efficiency as conflicts have become long-term. DoD will be creating energy usage plans and could be investing in newer greener tech. It will also be looking for better jet and helicopter performance, presumably. Visit defense.gov for details]]></description>
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		<title>Hexcel shares surge Tuesday</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/26/hexcel-shares-surge-tuesday/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/26/hexcel-shares-surge-tuesday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 14:57:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[government budgets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hexcel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Shares of Stamford-based Hexcel Corp. surged more than 8 percent in morning trading as executives headed into a meeting with analysts to discuss first quarter performance. Hexcel, the maker of composite materials and engineered products for aircraft and industrial uses, reported net income of $26.4 million, or 26 cents per share, for the first quarter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hexcel to report later today</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/25/hexcel-to-report-later-today/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/25/hexcel-to-report-later-today/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:48:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hexcel Corp.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Stamford-based Hexcel Corp., a supplier of key composite materials and engineered products to the aerospace and defense markets, is expected to report today, Monday, after the closing bell on the New York Stock exchange. Hexcel, showed stronger earnings in the fourth quarter of 2010, and projected better earnings as commercial aviation continued a steady recovery, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sikorsky gets $3.5B Turkey contract</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/22/sikorsky-gets-3-5b-turkey-contract/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/22/sikorsky-gets-3-5b-turkey-contract/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 19:18:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Black Hawk]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[United Technologies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Stratford-based Sikorsky Aircraft said Friday won an initial contract for a 109 helicopter deal from the Turkish Defense Industry Executive Committee. Sikorsky is providing a variant of its Black Hawk helicopter to serve as the Turkish Utility Helicopter. The helicopters will be assembled in Turkey by Sikorsky&#8217;s partner Turkish Aerospace Industries from from U.S. and Turkish [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nukes out, gas in for GE</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/22/nukes-out-gas-in-for-ge/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/22/nukes-out-gas-in-for-ge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 16:06:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GE]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While the Japanese still try to fix the dire problems at the Fukushima nuclear plant and just five days before the  the 25th anniversary marking the Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster GE executives told analysts natural gas is the fuel of choice now. As an aside, if you&#8217;re trying to drive by corporate GE HQ in Fairfield [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GE posts $3.6 billion first quarter</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/21/ge-posts-3-6-billion-first-quarter/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/21/ge-posts-3-6-billion-first-quarter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 11:09:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[GE]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Fairfield-bases GE said this morning it made $3.6 billion, or 33 cents a share, in net profit in the first quarter on $38.4 billion in revenues. This time last year GE reported $2.3 billion, or 20 cents a share. GE hosts a conference call this morning. Taxes, the future of nuclear energy, interest rates and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Acme United posts 10 percent jump in sales</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/20/acme-united-posts-10-percent-jump-in-income/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/20/acme-united-posts-10-percent-jump-in-income/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 22:55:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fairfield-based Acme United Corp. reported sales jumped 10 percent in the first quarter, but net income was down due to the costs of the acquistion of Pac-Kit. The company reported earnings after the close of the market Wednesday. It&#8217;s shares gained 15 cents to close at $9.45 in trading on the NYSE Alternext US market. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>People&#8217;s reports net income of $51.7M</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/20/peoples-reports-net-income-of-51-7m/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/20/peoples-reports-net-income-of-51-7m/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 20:49:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[People's Bank]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[People&#8217;s reported after the bell Wednesday. It&#8217;s shared gained 10 cents to close at $12.84 in trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market. Bridgeport-based People’s United Financial Inc. said Wednesday net income increased to $51.7 million, or 15 cents per share, for the first quarter of 2011, compared to $13.6 million, or 4 cents per share, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UTC reports Sikorsky sales of $1.5B</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/20/utc-reports-sikorsky-sales-of-1-5b/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/20/utc-reports-sikorsky-sales-of-1-5b/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[UTC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sikorsky delivered 51 military helicopters and 7 commercial in the first quarter to post an operating profit of $141 million. Last year Sikorsky delivered 53 aircraft in the first quarte. Despite the solid numbers, CFO Greg Hayes thinks Japan troubles and other economic issues could pressure Sikorsky&#8217;s second quarter. Sikorsky will have to a recovery [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UTC  reports net income of $1B</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/20/utc-reports-net-income-of-1b/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/20/utc-reports-net-income-of-1b/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 12:07:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[UTC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[9:39 am uring analyst conference executives say there remains demand for engineers even as the company cuts jobs and restructures. This is the offiial press release from UTC. For details on the earnings, visit the company&#8217;s website at www.utc.com. A conference call with analysts is scheduled for 9 a.m. HARTFORD, Conn. – United Technologies Corp. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Army scout contest heats up</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/19/army-scout-contest-heats-up/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/19/army-scout-contest-heats-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 10:21:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Both EADS and Bell reported progress on their aircraft this week for the $6 billion scout contract. Skorsky has offered up a version of it&#8217;s X2. But US fiscal issues do put a cloud over every program. We might get more info when Sikorsky&#8217;s parent company UTC reports earnings this week.]]></description>
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		<title>GE draws protest on tax day</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/18/ge-draws-protest-on-tax-day/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/18/ge-draws-protest-on-tax-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:52:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[GE tax day protest On the last day Americans have to file their taxes, which coincidentally fell on the same day Paul Revere started his ride warning the colonies of a British invasion, GE got an earfull from about 45 protestors about its tax bill. See the above link to the bad video I shot. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aquarion to buy 20 systems from Rural</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/13/aquarion-to-buy-20-systems-from-rural/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/13/aquarion-to-buy-20-systems-from-rural/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bridgeport-based Aquarion announced today, Wednesday, it is buying 20 water companies from Bethel-based Rural Water Co. Inc. The price was not disclosed. The systems serve residents in Brookfield, Danbury, New Fairfield and Ridgefield. This is the third Aquarion acquisition in the Greater Danbury area in the last year. Auarion is among the nation&#8217;s largest investor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former SPM trader takes post that sparked $74M suit</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/13/former-spm-trader-takes-post-that-sparked-74m-suit/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/13/former-spm-trader-takes-post-that-sparked-74m-suit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:26:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brownstein]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SPM]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Passport Capital of San Francisco announced that it has hired former Structured Portfolio Management trader Jeffrey Kong, a Norwalk resident, as a portfolio manager. Earlier this year, Kong was embroiled in a lawsuit with his former boss, Don Browstein, the founder of SPM in Stamford. After more than a decade of collaboration and building SPM into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Economy burning like a last cigarette</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/12/economy-burning-like-a-last-cigarette/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/12/economy-burning-like-a-last-cigarette/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:17:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Hey, can I buy a cig?&#8221; the man in the striped hoodie, wearing a bandana or ski mask over his face, shouts from the corner of State and West Tuesday morning. He&#8217;s yelling at another young man in a grey hoodie on the opposite corner. &#8220;My last one!&#8221; the grey hooded kid shouts back holding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Atlas Shrugging in Connecticut</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/11/atlas-shrugging-in-connecticut/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/11/atlas-shrugging-in-connecticut/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:23:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So far, Atlas Shrugged Part 1 will open in  two movie theaters in Connecticut on April 15, it&#8217;s official release date. Fairfield Cinemas at Bullard Square, 41 Blackrock Turnpike and in Plainville at AMC Loews. For a movie based on a revered book that graces many an MBA&#8217;s desk, it&#8217;s been getting decent reviews indicating  co-writer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IRS not so subtle threat</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/11/irs-not-so-subtle-threat/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/11/irs-not-so-subtle-threat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:57:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The IRS issued a press release this weekend advising people to stay away from its dirty dozen &#8220;tax scams.&#8221; They include hiding income in off shore accounts. Then the IRS reminds taxpayers that it works closely with federal prosecutors. You&#8217;ve been warned. The Feds want, heck they need money. Here are some of the other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Labor offering web classes</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/08/labor-offering-web-classes/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/08/labor-offering-web-classes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 15:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Connecticut Department of Labor said it cut a deal with a private company to provide up to 1,000 people free access to classes that can carry college credit or allow someone to earn a technical certification. The program is being run by through CTWorks Centers and is open to unemployed residents already registered with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brown or green field for GE solar</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/08/brown-or-green-field-for-ge-solar/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/08/brown-or-green-field-for-ge-solar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 11:58:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[GE announced it will build a solar panel manufacturing plant in the U.S. raising some interesting questions and a dilemma for the company. First, will the Fairfield company recycle an old industrial site, or defile a pristine piece of land? It&#8217;s a hard choice for the Ecomagination company. The green field would probably be cheaper and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Niagara gets State approval to buy NewAlliance</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/06/first-niagara-gets-state-approval-to-buy-newalliance/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/06/first-niagara-gets-state-approval-to-buy-newalliance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 18:43:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[First Niagara]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAL]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Buffalo Bank is cleared to takeover New Haven&#8217;s New Alliance. The state Banking Department issued the final approval needed to go ahead with the merger on Wednesday. The banks also received an approval from the Office of Comptroller of the Currency earlier in the day. Here&#8217;s the release from the department. STATE BANKING COMMISSIONER APPROVES [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RBS&#8217; Citizens Bank upgraded</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/06/rbs-citizens-bank-upgraded/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/06/rbs-citizens-bank-upgraded/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 18:34:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[S&P upgrades Citizens]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Standard and Poor&#8217;s Ratings Services upgraded its outlook for Citizens Financial Group subsidiaries RBS Citizens N.A., and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania, to stable from negative. S&#38;P also affirmed the &#8220;A–&#8221; long-term counterparty credit ratings of these CFG subsidiaries. “We are pleased with Standard &#38; Poor’s acknowledgment of the progress we have made over the last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ruger bought back $2 million in shares in 1Q</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/06/ruger-bought-back-2-million-in-shares-in-1q/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/06/ruger-bought-back-2-million-in-shares-in-1q/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 18:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sturm Ruger]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Southport-based Sturm, Ruger &#038; Company Inc. said it repurchased 133,400 shares of its common stock for $2 million in the first quarter of this year. The average price per share repurchased was $14.94. These repurchases were funded with cash on hand. At the end of the first quarter of 2011, $8 million remains authorized and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Norwalk&#8217;s Northrop gets piece of $30M DoD contract</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/06/norwalks-northrop-gets-piece-of-30m-dod-contract/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/06/norwalks-northrop-gets-piece-of-30m-dod-contract/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 10:57:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Northrop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Norwalk]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Pentagon said Monday it is modifying Northrop Grumman Systems Corp.&#8217;s AN/SPQ-9 Radar contract for the Navy to the tune of $30 million. Most of the work is being done in Maryland, but Northrop&#8217;s Norwalk group is also contributing. Contracts can be modified as the design or functions of the system are changed, so it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>People&#8217;s $435 million Danvers acquisition moving forward</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/05/peoples-435-million-danvers-acquisition-moving-forward/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/05/peoples-435-million-danvers-acquisition-moving-forward/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:13:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[People's Bank]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[People&#8217;s United filed an amended prospectus on Friday on its deal to buy Mass.-based Danvers Bancorp. Danvers shareholders are being asked to vote on the deal on May 13. The filing projects the share value to be paid to Danvers&#8217; stockholders. If succesful, this will mark the third bank acquisition in Mass. by Peoples. While the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China&#8217;s skies calling to copters</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/04/chinas-skies-calling-to-copters/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/04/chinas-skies-calling-to-copters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:29:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Eurocopter is tweeting Sikorsky rival Eurocopter is predicting is predicting strong growth in China. The government there is planning to open up more airspace. Sikorsky also has its foot in the door.]]></description>
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		<title>Schiff gets von NotHaus</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/01/schiff-gets-von-nothaus/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/04/01/schiff-gets-von-nothaus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 14:03:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberty Dollar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Schiff]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today at 10 a.m. financial advisor and former U.S. Senate candidate Peter Schiff will interview Bernard von NotHaus, a man convicted by a jury on March 18, in essence for making a competing coinage to U.S. currency. von NotHaus, calls himself a monetary architect, and was issuing gold and silver coins as well as notes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conn. added 5,400 jobs in February</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/03/24/conn-added-5400-jobs-in-february/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/03/24/conn-added-5400-jobs-in-february/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CT employment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[State Labor Department reported today that Connecticut gained 5,400 jobs in February. Here&#8217;s an excerpt from the department&#8217;s report. Read the rest of the findings tonight and in the morning in the business section. February&#8217;s gain brings the state’s nonfarm employment to 1,623,200. On a seasonally adjusted basis, this represents an increase of 28,900 jobs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Malloy finds Eldorado of tax policy?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/03/23/malloy-finds-eldorado-of-tax-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/03/23/malloy-finds-eldorado-of-tax-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 16:08:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Connecticut]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy prices]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Malloy might have found the mythical Eldorado of tax policy &#8212; a way to raise taxes on a business without actually raising costs to consumers. Malloy wants to tax coal, nuclear and oil-fueled power plants. Immediately, the thought is that these generators will just pass on the cost to consumers, therby driving up rates. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Phishers use survey as bait for scam</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/03/21/phishers-use-survey-as-bait-for-scam/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/03/21/phishers-use-survey-as-bait-for-scam/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 13:50:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[phishing scam]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Berlin-based Achieve Financial Credit Union confirmed on Monday an email blast that went out this morning offering $50 to take survey is a phishing scam. The email asks credit union members to click a link, and if the link does not work, to paste a url address into your browser. Generally, the thief behind this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wells Fargo Wagon is now in town</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/03/18/wells-fargo-wagon-is-now-in-town/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/03/18/wells-fargo-wagon-is-now-in-town/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:03:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Wells Fargo has finally erased the Wachovia name from the state cutting into the hegemony over Connecticut banking held by North Carolina. Wells Fargo, the California-based bank, officially changed the name of Wachovia branches in Connecticut this week. Wells Fargo got to Connecticut by taking Wachovia in the financial collapse of 2008. At the time, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another holiday skipped</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/02/21/another-holiday-skipped/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/02/21/another-holiday-skipped/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 15:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Webster Bank has joined TD Bank in remaining open on Presidents Day. Workers at Webster will get a floating holiday to be used later. It&#8217;s a growing trend in the workplace. What&#8217;s becoming of our shared national identity as holidays vanish to be replaced with personal, isolated time off?]]></description>
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		<title>Gov. Malloy expect jobless numbers to stagnate in state</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/02/18/gov-malloy-expect-jobless-numbers-to-stagnate-in-state/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/02/18/gov-malloy-expect-jobless-numbers-to-stagnate-in-state/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 18:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gov. Malloy and unemployment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On Friday, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy lauded a Rell administration project to create a paperless unemployment insurance payment system for saving the state $300,000 a month. “This is absolutely the type of move the state needs to shift towards across all realms of governmental services – doing more with less,” Gov. Malloy said in a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Niagara to cut 219 Connecticut jobs</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/02/15/first-niagara-to-cut-219-connecticut-jobs/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/02/15/first-niagara-to-cut-219-connecticut-jobs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 15:40:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NewAlliance First Niagara]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[New York-basedi First Niagara told the State Labor Department it will cut 219 jobs when it completes the acquisition of NewAlliance. Layoffs are expected at NewAlliance&#8217;s New Haven and Manchester operations beginning in mid April, First Niagara said. Shareholders of the two banks approved the $1.5 billion deal in December, but Connecticut officials are probing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New twist on the jobless&#8217; new plastic payments</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/02/08/new-twist-on-the-jobless-new-plastic-payments/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/02/08/new-twist-on-the-jobless-new-plastic-payments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 15:59:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobless benefits]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[About 1,000 people in Connecticut had their unemployment benefits delayed after they signed up to get debit cards issued through a check cashing company. This week, the Labor Department started to only issue unemployment payments through direct deposit to bank accounts or onto debit cards issued by Chase Bank with the approval of the department. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Super Bowl an economic win?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/02/07/super-bowl-and-economic-win/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/02/07/super-bowl-and-economic-win/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 15:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chrysler]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[InBev]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Super Bowl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volkswagon]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not sure what this says, but last week, we pried Super Bowl predictions from aerospace, financial experts and a lone economist. Only the economist, Don Klepper-Smith took Green Bay. Klepper-Smith even gave us the score, GB 30 and Pitt. 24. &#8220;I was pretty close!&#8230; only 2 points off,&#8221; was his delighted reaction to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fewer shots fired from Connecticut for new rifle contract</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/02/03/fewer-shots-fired-from-connecticut-for-new-rifle-contract/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/02/03/fewer-shots-fired-from-connecticut-for-new-rifle-contract/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 17:05:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal has a good piece today, Feb. 03, on the U.S. Army&#8217;s hunt for the next rifle. But it got me thinking about the state of gun making here in Connecticut. There was a time when it would have been a lock for a U.S. gun maker, and likely a Connecticut one, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Super Bowl XLV</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/02/01/super-bowl-xlv/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/02/01/super-bowl-xlv/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 19:39:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Super Bowl]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Super Bowl will be in the Black—and Gold that is according to aerospace analysts and financial advisors. But a lone economist, looking at some of the intangibles, says Green Bay is due. This Sunday, the Packers and Steelers square off in the big game in Dallas. Beer, chicken wings and chili sales should jump [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sikorsky&#8217;s S-92 heads to Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/01/31/sikorskys-s-92-heads-to-afghanistan/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/01/31/sikorskys-s-92-heads-to-afghanistan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 19:14:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sikorsky, whose S-92 line has largely been confined to oil rigs and VIP transport, is going to get a work out in Afghanistan. On Monday, Sikorsky delivered the second of two S-92s to AAR Corp., which has a $450 million contract to provide transportation services for up to five years in Afghanistan. “Deployment to Afghanistan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Earnings this week good proxy for factory, pharma and finance</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/01/31/earnings-this-week-good-proxy-for-factory-pharma-and-finance/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/01/31/earnings-this-week-good-proxy-for-factory-pharma-and-finance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:29:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Energizer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harman]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earnings this week should provide a glimpse of what kind of year 2010 was for insurance, manufacturing and pharma both nationally and locally here Fairfield and New Haven counties. Reports should also provide indications of executive expectations, which could foretell what kind of job opportunities will be available in these key sectors. Beginning Tuesday, Energizer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UTC earnings up 14 percent</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/01/26/utc-earnings-up-14-percent/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/01/26/utc-earnings-up-14-percent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 13:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Big questions facing the company include concerns over raw material access and prices, threats to the stability of markets due to growing international trade disputes and how serious Congress and President Obama are about cutting federal spending. A conference call with analysts is scheduled for later this morning. UTC reported the following on their website, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State drops 4,300 jobs in December</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/01/24/state-drops-4300-jobs-in-december/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/01/24/state-drops-4300-jobs-in-december/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:42:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The State Labor Department said Connecticut lost 4,300 jobs in December, bringing the state’s nonfarm employment to 1,613,400. On a seasonally adjusted basis, this represents an increase of 5,300 jobs from a year earlier, when nonfarm employment totaled 1,608,100. The state’s unemployment rate remained the same at 9 percent. The national rate is 9.4 percent. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Malloy taps former Assistant AG for Consumer Protection</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/01/24/malloy-taps-former-assistant-ag-for-consumer-protection/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/01/24/malloy-taps-former-assistant-ag-for-consumer-protection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 15:56:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has selected Attorney William M. Rubenstein, a former assistant attorney general and lawyer at the Federal Trade Commission, to head the state&#8217;s Consumer Protection Department. Consumer Protection in the state has suffered an identity crisis and often taking a back seat to the AGs office on matters affecting consumers. The department [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Himes back on Finance</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/01/14/himes-back-on-finance/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/01/14/himes-back-on-finance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 16:25:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., will continue to work on financial regulations under the Republican-controlled House. Himes, a veteran of Goldman Sachs and Greenwich resident, was reappointed by Democratic leadership to the House Committee on Financial Services on Thursday. Financial regulatory reform, passed under Demcorats in the last Congress, appears ripe for review by Republicans, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Goldman to pay CT $1M for auction rate security issues</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/01/05/goldman-to-pay-ct-1m-for-auction-rate-security-issues/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/01/05/goldman-to-pay-ct-1m-for-auction-rate-security-issues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 15:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Goldman Sachs fine]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Connecticut Banking Department concluded its investigation into Goldman Sachs&#8217; handling of its auction rate securities business last month getting the Wall Street firm to agree to pay a $1 million fine. This was part of a multi-state investigation into Goldman&#8217;s marketing of auction rate securities, which are are long-term bonds issued by municipalities, corporations, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Got a revaluation story?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/01/04/got-a-revaluation-story/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/financialmines/2011/01/04/got-a-revaluation-story/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 22:50:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Varnon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Revaluations taxes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Did you get an equity line of credit cut, lose a mortgage refinance deal because your home lost value in the last couple years? If that happened and then you were told the same property gained in value for tax purposes during a revaluation, we want to talk to you. Contact reporter Rob Varnon at [...]]]></description>
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