The two faces of Muslim life in the US Al Jazeera | The long procession snaked around an open, hash-marked field, while an amateurish band blared and tweeted into a darkening sky. Moments before, I had sat shivering forlornly in the stands, having been importuned by friends, somewhat against my will, to attend a high-school football game on a cold ...
Sensex in narrow range; RIL, L&T slip Zeenews Mumbai: The BSE Sensex traded in a narrow range early on Monday, as Reliance Industries' first quarterly profit drop in two years soured sentiment and capped gains in the main index, amid weak trading ahead of derivatives expiry later this week. | Reliance, which has the highest weightage in the mai...
Slow food swap: trade your best for their best The Examiner | The Week Ahead | Woodland Coffee and Tea | 1044 Chapel Street | New Haven, CT | 4pm-6pm | The Slow Food movement | Among the many movements, concerning food production and preparation is the Slow Food movement. Slow Food is the term used to d...
Ener1, Obama-backed electric car battery company, files for bankruptcy The Examiner | Ener1, the electric car battery company that the Obama administration gave a $118 million stimulus grant to, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Thursday. | Ener1 becomes the third green energy company to go under since the Obama administ...
Gov. pitching Conn. to business leaders in Davos Kansas City Star | HARTFORD, Conn. -- Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says he's pitching Connecticut as a good place to do business at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. | Malloy told reporters during a conference call Thursday that he's spoken wi...
At 2012 Hartford Boat Show, Optimistic Signs For State's Marine Industry Hartford Courant | A year ago, the state's marine industry was battling a proposed luxury tax that boat sellers, marina owners and sailmakers believed would further depress an already hard-hit industry. From 2007 to 2010, the state's recreational boating industry had...
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State's Tourism Effort Stuck In First Gear Hartford Courant | The marketing of Connecticut has suffered for decades from disinvestment and misalignment of resources. Today, Connecticut is competing for tourism in a global economy and in a c...
New York Ad Agency To Promote Connecticut Tourism Hartford Courant | The ad agency tasked with promoting Connecticut as a great place to play, work and live may not come up with something as iconic as "Virginia Is For Lovers" or "I (Heart) New Yor...
US stocks post fourth day of gains Sydney Morning Herald | The S&P 500 has closed at a five-month high for the third day but had difficulty extending gains in the face of lackluster economic data and another European bond market test...
ABA chief: Feds' new watchdog agency is hurting community banks The Business Review Boston Business Journal by Sarah Coffey, Financial Reporter Date: Friday, January 27, 2012, 4:32pm EST Related: , Related News Sarah Coffey Financial Reporter - Boston Business Journal | During his career, has served as an Latest from T...
Alkermes diabetes drug wins FDA approval The Business Review Boston Business Journal by Rodney H. Brown, Masshightech.com Date: Friday, January 27, 2012, 3:07pm EST - Last Modified: Friday, January 27, 2012, 3:19pm EST Related: , Related News | Latest from The Business Journals (Nasdaq: ALKS) and...
Report: Facebook IPO filing next week CNN By Dan Primack January 27, 2012: 1:27 PM ET | Facebook may finally be ready to go public. | Facebook is planning to file IPO registration papers next Wednesday, according to the The Wall Street Journal. Few additional details so far, except that Morg...
Pet Tales: New Humane Society director brings enthusiasm to tough job Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | There's a new executive director at the Western Pennsylvania Humane Society, and he's just brimming with enthusiasm. | "I have the best job in the world!" said David Janusek, 46, of Baldwin Borough. | Granted, he's only been on the job since Jan. 1. | I wasn't trying to rain on his parade when I pointed out that the society founded in 1874 operat...
How the Dow Jones industrial average and other major stock indexes fared on Thursday The Washington Post | A brief morning rally pushed the Dow Jones industrial average above its highest closing price since the financial crisis Thursday, but stocks closed lower after mixed economic data tempered traders’ optimism. | Solid news on factory orders and strong earnings from U.S. manufacturers highlighted one of the economy’s bright spots before...
