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The CBIA holds a seminar on its exports survey
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May 23, 2013
  The great recession drove many companies to look for sales overseas. A new survey of Connecticut companies shows that half of those responding said exports helped them weather the downturn. Now, domestic markets are looking up, but those firms still want to diversify across the world. WNPR'... read more
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May 23, 2013
Read more in the Connecticut Mirror at ctmirror.org. Last Friday’s train crash showed the need for more investment in mass transit in Connecticut. In addition, new data reveals that Americans’ driving habits are changing, especially among younger people. Transportation advocates say it’s time for planners and governments to change their priorities. As bad as the traffic may be on your way to work, Abe Scarr has some news for you. “The driving boom is over.” Scarr is director o... read more
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May 23, 2013
Metro-North railroad has announced it will restore full service to the New Haven line on Wednesday. While many commuters heeded pleas to avoid rush hour travel on Monday, some didn’t have a choice or decided to brave it anyway -- including me.  After biking to New Haven’s Union Station at 7 a... read more
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May 23, 2013
  According to the newly revised DSM V -- often called the Bible of psychiatry -- there are no hypochondriacs.   Hypochondriasis has be... read more
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May 22, 2013
The fortunes of the Connecticut Office of Tourism have turned around since 2009, when then-governor Jodi Rell infamously cut state funding for tour... read more
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May 20, 2013
Commercial insurers are very close to revealing the rates they’ll charge for healthcare plans under the new Connecticut healthcare exchange. As WNPR’s Harriet Jones reports, it’s been a long, uncertain road to get here.   Connecticut was one of the first states in the country to get its e... read more
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May 20, 2013
For many commuters, Friday evening's ride on Metro-North was uneventful at first. “The train was moving along, I guess there was no reason to s... read more
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May 15, 2013
  Got an email today from a farmer we know down in Gales Ferry.   He writes: "We use new technologies on a daily basis, from our UCONN... read more
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May 15, 2013
Why is it that Americans are so fiercely individualistic...so protective of their rights to be “different," but yet we all shop at the same few sto... read more
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May 14, 2013
Vegetables that are genetically modified to resist pests have become a part of our daily diet, whether we like it or not. Several states have been... read more
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May 13, 2013
  Connecticut based fast food giant Subway is cooperating with regulators in an effort to end labor law violations among its thousands of franc... read more
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May 13, 2013
  Listen to this quote: "I have just ... paid a depressing visit to an electronic computer which can write sonnets if fed with the right materi... read more
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May 13, 2013
President Obama said in his second inaugural address that he believes America’s growth rests “upon the broad shoulders of a rising middle class” -... read more
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May 13, 2013
 The recent growth in farmer's markets in Connecticut speaks to the increasing popularity of locally grown food. Now the state's Department of Agri... read more
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May 13, 2013
No matter the industry, small companies are more dependent than ever on their computer networks. And it turns out those networks are more at risk t... read more
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May 10, 2013
Seventeen days after a garment factory collapsed in Bangladesh, a woman was pulled alive from the rubble. But more than 1,000 people have been conf... read more
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May 9, 2013
  A few weeks ago, the Greater New Haven Branch of the NAACP released a report showing significant health, economic, and educational dispar... read more
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May 7, 2013
Last week, the Connecticut Mirror ran a three part series by Keith Phaneuf on “Connecticut’s budget deficit, and why you should be worried.”  It pa... read more
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May 7, 2013
Businessman Chris Runyan isn't one to follow a trend. In an online, downloadable world, he's built a successful brick and mortar business. And, in... read more
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May 6, 2013
Today, Governor Dannel Malloy joins us once again for his monthly visit, and we will, as always, give you a chance to ask questions. We’ll be f... read more
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