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Connecticut Has Enormous Economic Potential…
But, says CBIA’s new leader, realizing that potential depends on policymakers’ commitment to making Connecticut a top state for business This month marks the beginning of Joe Brennan’s tenure as...
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Legislature Reconvenes: Can Connecticut Move Up?
Experts offer their insights at 2015 Economic Summit & Outlook The 2015 General Assembly session opened Jan. 7, bringing with it renewed hope for policy changes that improve Connecticut’s economic...
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Proposed Tax Increases Hit State’s Economic Drivers
Short-term fixes put long-term competitiveness at risk By Bill DeRosa Tax increases on Connecticut’s key industries don’t solve the state’s fiscal problems and could undermine our economic recovery,”...
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State’s Bioscience Firms Feeling the Heat
Tax increases would have major impact on companies’ ability to compete By Bill DeRosa Connecticut’s biosciences sector is one of the crown jewels of the state’s high-tech, knowledge economy. Over the...
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Top 20 or Bottom Five?
State legislators have a big say in Where Connecticut ends up With a month to go in the 2015 legislative session, state lawmakers have a lot of decisions to make—some that will have a significant...
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An Open Letter to State Legislators
From the CT20x17 Steering Committee Dear Connecticut Legislators: The 2015 General Assembly session will be ending soon. The choices you make in the next few weeks will have an enormous impact on...
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Business Climate and Budget
Gov. Malloy, Brennan, Griebel discuss the issues By Bill DeRosa L-R: Gov. Dannel Malloy, CBIA President and CEO Joe Brennan, and MetroHartford Alliance President and CEO Oz Griebel. (Photo: Brian...
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We Can Do Better
Lawmakers considering dangerous combination of unsustainable spending increases, major tax hikes At the time of this writing, just a few weeks before the end of the 2015 General Assembly session,...
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By Bill DeRosa What should candidates for the state legislature and statewide offices be focusing on this election season? If it’s votes they care about, then the answer is clear: the economy and...
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Connecticut’s Economy Still the No. 1 Business Concern
‘Cost is a real factor’ Steve Blazejewski, global president of Covidien’s General Surgical Products business. Steve Blazejewski oversees a portfolio of $2 billion in surgical product sales for medical...
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A New Era of Innovation
UConn’s Next Generation Connecticut By Bill DeRosa (L-R): Jim Torgerson, Mun Choi, Cato Laurencin, Deborah Dorcemus, Rachel Winsor, Stephen Escedy. On Oct. 30, more than 500 business and government...
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CBIA Establishes Connecticut Bioscience Growth Council
Strengthens support for state’s biotech, biopharma companies As the biotechnology, biopharmaceutical, and related industries in the state continue to grow and innovate, they will now have a greater...
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DRS Commissioner Keynotes CBIA Tax Conference
DRS Commissioner Kevin Sullivan addresses business leaders at the CBIA 2015 Connecticut Tax Conference on June 26. Connecticut’s tax policy needs to project clear guiding principles and be relevant to...
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The Connecticut Economy
By Lesia Winiarskyj Boehringer Ingelheim’s James Baxter delivers the keynote address at CBIA’s fall economic conference. (Photo: Alan Grant/Digital Creations) How did the second-largest tax hike in...
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