NEW YORK (AP) — Oil rose above $126 a barrel for the first time Friday, bringing its advance this week to nearly $10, as investors questioned whether a possible confrontation between the U.   Read More »

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street retreated Friday as investors contended with wider-than-expected losses at insurer American International Group Inc.   Read More »

Growing unemployment and rising costs for food, energy and medical care add up to greater need, and more stress on the region's nonprofit sector. "This is the time when you need to step up, if you   Read More »

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve has auctioned $28.77 billion in safe Treasury securities to big investment firms, part of an ongoing effort to ease credit problems.   Read More »

NEW YORK (AP) — Cable TV provider Cablevision Systems Corp. disclosed plans Thursday to offer high-speed wireless Internet service across its coverage area, which is   Read More »

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street advanced moderately Thursday as investors reacted to a pullback in oil prices and sifted through sales figures from retailers that were generally   Read More »

HARTFORD — A state economic development agency says that new housing starts in Connecticut dropped 16 percent last year, but the figures were better than those in the region and the nation.   Read More »

NEW HAVEN — The lure of Twinkies, coffee and cigarettes — once the lifeblood of gas station owners and franchisees — has diminished, which means it's even more   Read More »

GREENWICH — Charles B. Tisdale, longtime executive director of Bridgeport's leading anti-poverty agency, was honored recently by the Harvard Business School Club of Connecticut Community   Read More »

BRIDGEPORT — Economy schmonomy, people got to eat. At least that's what the owners of a new Jamaican restaurant and a French bistro are betting on.   Read More »