Hartford Courant – Economic and demographic changes sweeping across the U.S. and internationally are beyond Connecticut’s control and limit what the state can do to power up growth, a UConn economist told lawmakers Tuesday.
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The Best of the Valley Shore 4-29-2019 – CCEA
CCEA’s Fred Castensen was interviewed on the Best of the Valley Shore on WLIS/WMRD
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Hartford MedTech Accelerator partners lay out their vision
Hartford Business Journal – A newly announced medical technology and digital health accelerator in Hartford’s Constitution Plaza promises to find plenty of synergies with the city’s two-year-old insurance technology accelerator, Mayor Luke Bronin said Wednesday.
The Best of the Valley Shore 4-19-2019 – CCEA
CCEA’s Fred Castensen was interviewed on the Best of the Valley Shore on WLIS/WMRD
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Hartford HealthCare, Trinity, UConn to launch Hartford medtech accelerator
Hartford Business Journal – Hartford HealthCare, Trinity College and the UConn School of Business on Wednesday are expected to announce the launch a medical technology and digital health accelerator, which would join insurance and manufacturing startup programs that have launched in the Capital City in the past few years.
Stop & Shop Strike Bearing Little Resemblance to Walkout 31 years ago
My Record Journal – The last time Stop & Shop workers went on strike, more than three decades ago, they were expressing concern over a merger aimed at preventing a hostile corporate takeover.
Student fund managers fuel colleges’ clean energy investments
Energy News Network – As colleges and universities divest from fossil fuels, investments in clean energy have not been as quick to catch on, in part because of unpredictable changes in government policy.
CT made $2.13 million on Alexion despite headquarters leaving New Haven
Report: Minimum wage hikes could lead to increased property crimes and $2.4 billion in associated costs
Wealth a factor to cancer survival, study shows
LMT Online – Advances in early detection and cancer treatments have resulted in a 27 percent decline in cancer deaths in the U.S. in the last 25 years, but those benefits are slow to trickle down to those who are lower on the socioeconomic scale, according to a report by the American Cancer Society.