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Housing panic grips half of US cities as record price cuts send home values tumbling
Daily Mail
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August 25, 2025
Home prices are falling in half of the nation's largest markets, a new report reveals —sparking fears that a housing crash is looming. Sellers are slashing prices at record rates to to lure hesitant buyers put off by soaring mortgage rates and...
Democrats ask Trump to resume offshore wind project near Rhode Island
The Detroit News - Michigan
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A nearly complete wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island and Connecticut faces an uncertain future as the states' Democratic governors, members of Congress and union workers are calling Monday for the Trump administration to let construction...
Democrats demand Trump resume major offshore wind project near Rhode Island
Pittsburgh Tribune Review - Pennsylvania
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August 25, 2025
NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. — A nearly complete wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island and Connecticut faces an uncertain future after the Trump administration abruptly halted construction, and the states’ Democratic governors, lawmakers and union...
Businesses shut down and an arrest made after smoke shop inspection
Western Mass News - Massachusetts
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August 20, 2025
ENFIELD, Conn. (WGGB/WSHM) - Six businesses temporarily shut down, and four arrests were made, including an Agawam woman, after a multi-agency inspection of smoke shops across Enfield, Connecticut. Enfield police and state officials inspected 16...
Connecticut is not among the most fun states in the U.S., report says
WFSB 3 - Connecticut
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August 19, 2025
HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) - Despite self-proclaimed pizza and basketball prowess, Connecticut failed to rank among the most fun states in the country. At least, that’s according to the “Most Fun States in America (2025)” list from the personal finance...
Wipro acquires HARMAN’s Digital Transformation Solutions business unit for $375 million
The Hindu Business Line
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August 21, 2025
Wipro, a leading AI-powered technology services and consulting company, has entered into an agreement to acquire the Digital Transformation Solutions (DTS) business of HARMAN, a Samsung company, in an all-cash transaction of $375 million,...
‘Life Is Full of Surprises’: Turkish Immigrant Keeps Growing Pizza Business With Truck No. 3
PQM Pizza
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August 21, 2025
Osman Tunali came to the U.S. from his native Turkey to learn English, not to get into the pizza business. He ended up doing both. As he recently told the New Haven Register, “Life is full of surprises. You never know where you’ll end up.” After...
Iowa AG joins 44 states urging AI firms to protect children
KIMT News 3 - Minnesota
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DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird has joined a bipartisan group of 44 state attorneys general in urging major AI companies to protect children from harm. The letter, sent to Anthropic, Apple, Chai AI, Google, Luka Inc., Meta,...
Connecticut Sun ownership to present sale options to WNBA amid stalemate, per report
CBS Sports - Florida
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August 19, 2025
The WNBA pushed back on a proposed sale of the Connecticut Sun to a group led by Boston Celtics minority owner Steve Pagliuca, but team ownership continues to work toward a deal. ESPN's Alexa Philippou and Romona Shelburne report that the Mohegan...
Avangrid Utility Subsidiaries in Connecticut Celebrate New Line Worker Graduates of Trade Internship Program
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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ORANGE, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug 21, 2025-- Avangrid, Inc., a leading energy company and member of the Iberdrola Group, today announced the graduation celebration of eleven students from the UI (United Illuminating) and SCG (Southern...
Six companies from Greater Fairfield County named to Inc. 5000 list
Fairfield County Business Journal - Connecticut
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August 21, 2025
Thirty-four Connecticut companies, including six from the Fairfield County area, are featured on the 2025 Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. The Connecticut-based companies on this year’s Inc. 5000 cumulatively have...
I-Team: ‘Ghost student’ scammers target Connecticut colleges
WFSB 3 - Connecticut
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August 21, 2025
(WFSB) - “Ghost students” are becoming a problem for colleges across the country. These aren’t the paranormal kind of ghosts. A “ghost student” is a type of scammer that goes after real money. CT State community colleges are getting students ready...
Wipro to acquire HARMAN’s Digital Transformation Solutions business for $375 million, over 5,600 employees to join
Business Upturn
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August 21, 2025
Wipro Limited has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Digital Transformation Solutions (DTS) business unit of HARMAN, a Samsung company, in a deal valued at up to USD 375 million (including earn-outs). The acquisition, announced on August...
Hedge fund Walleye closed its credit team and Bank of America benefitted
eFinancialCareers
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August 21, 2025
Walleye Capital closed its credit and commodities teams in May. Three months later, one of those affected has resurfaced at Bank of America. Click here to register your interest in entering the bubble by eFinancialCareers, our new anonymous...
CT officials, workers decry Trump administration's halt to nearly completed offshore wind project
WSHU Public Radio - Connecticut
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August 25, 2025
Wind turbine pieces stood hundreds of feet tall above dozens of trade workers and Connecticut officials Monday, as they spoke out against the Trump administration’s sudden pause of Revolution Wind, an offshore wind farm project. It was poised to...
Class of 2029 Embraced by ‘Welcoming, Helpful, Happy’ Campus
University of Scranton - Pennsylvania
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While most incoming first-year students moved in Saturday, a handful, like Nicco Diana ’29, an economics and philosophy major from Dallas, got a head start. Diana moved in early as a member of the University’s cross country team. “The campus was a...
Wipro To Acquire HARMAN's DTS Business Unit For $375 Million; Details Here
News18
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August 21, 2025
Last Updated:August 21, 2025, 17:53 IST Under the agreement, more than 5,600 DTS employees, including senior leadership, across the Americas, Europe, and Asia, will move to Wipro. The transaction is expected to be completed by December 31, 2025,...
Washington Trust CEO to ring the Nasdaq stock market opening bell
The Westerly Sun - Rhode Island
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WESTERLY — Washington Trust will mark its 225th birthday Friday with its CEO ringing the opening bell of the Nasdaq stock exchange. Edward O. “Ned” Handy, chairman and chief executive officer, will ring the opening bell alongside approximately 50...
Certares acquires majority interest in Connecticut Hyatt Regency
Hotel Dive
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August 21, 2025
Dive Brief: Trinity Investments sold its majority interest in Hyatt Regency Greenwich, located in the namesake Connecticut town, to an affiliate of global investment firm Certares Real Estate Management, Trinity announced Wednesday. The private...
Healthcare & Life Sciences Private Equity Deal Tracker: Rallyday Invests in Elder Care Homecare
JD Supra - California
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August 25, 2025
Rallyday Partners has announced a strategic investment in Elder Care Homecare. Elder Care, founded in 2008 and based in Scarsdale, New York, is a senior home care agency serving New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts. Rallyday,...