Lohud.com – Gasoline prices normally drop in autumn, but this September they’re falling even further thanks to the oil produced in the United States — some of it by hydraulic fracturing, one analyst said.
Author: Claire Hall
Ballpark development could sustain 380 Hartford jobs
Hartford Business – A baseball stadium and related office buildings, retail and housing in Downtown North could create 592 Hartford jobs during construction, and ultimately sustain 380 jobs, UConn economists hired by Hartford city councilors said in a draft study released this week.
UConn’s Value to Connecticut: $3.4 Billion a Year
UConn Retains No. 19 Spot in U.S. News & World Report Rankings
UConn 31st Best Place to Get an Accounting Degree
Hartford Business Journal – A trade publication of the accounting industry has ranked UConn’s School of Business as the 31st best program in the nation.
UConn, Main Street Waterbury Host Workshop for Local Businesses
Republican American – The UConn-Waterbury School of Business and Main Street Waterbury will hold a workshop for the business community on Sept. 15. The session, titled Exploring Pivot Points: Creating Space for Opportunity, will be from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in the school’s multipurpose room at 99 East Main Street.
Report Shows Slow Recovery from Recession
From Contest to Success: Following iQ Startups
Blue Edge Labs – The UCONN program is run by Dr. Richard Dino, a professor from the School of Business with an endless amount of enthusiasm and encouragement. Keith Fox, an alumnus of UCONN, provides iQ support from the national program level. In addition to Rich and Keith, there are twenty or more individuals both inside and outside the University who provide mentoring and other program support.
Job Recovery Has Been Steady, But Slow, Under Malloy
New Haven Register – Malloy’s Republican opponent, Tom Foley, has suggested elimination of the business entity tax, a cut to sales tax and the creation of enterprise zones in the city’s hardest hit by the recession could resuscitate Connecticut’s economy and labor market. But Fred Carstensen, University of Connecticut finance and economics professor and the director of the Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis, isn’t sold on Foley’s ideas.
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How to Build a 21st-Century Business Plan
Hartford Business Journal – Q&A talks about the evolution of business plans with Timothy B. Folta, a UConn professor and Thomas John and Bette Wolff Family chair in strategic entrepreneurship.