WETHERSFIELD — Connecticut lost 400 jobs in April, largely due to cuts in the trade, transportation and utility sector, the state Labor Department said Thursday.   Read More »

Fairfield-based General Electric Co. could shed its appliance division, a move that's probably been in the works for years, according to one business school professor.   Read More »

HARTFORD (AP) — The possible sale by General Electric Co. of its 101-year-old appliance business makes sense as consumer sales fall and financing continues to be   Read More »

NEW YORK (AP) — Cable companies attracted more Internet subscribers than phone companies did in the first quarter, reversing a 3-year trend, according to a research report Thursday.   Read More »

Buying up some Middlebury homes is among the suggestions the state Department of Transportation unveiled in its draft report on how to address increasing noise problems at Waterbury-Oxford Airport.   Read More »

Two more companies joined the hunt for a piece of a $25 million General Electric Co. fund being used to develop downtown Bridgeport. The Connecticut Housing Finance Authority said Wednesday it is   Read More »

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Bush administration is disputing the International Monetary Fund's claim that increased production of biofuels is the biggest factor in rising food   Read More »

NEW YORK (AP) — Gas prices roared above $3.75 a gallon Wednesday, while oil prices fell as an Energy Department report painted a mixed picture of the nation's petroleum   Read More »

NEW YORK (AP) — Verizon Wireless is backing a free operating system that competes with programs from Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.   Read More »

DRS Fermont in Bridgeport is continuing its decades-long relationship with the U.S. Armed Forces, winning a $55 million contract to supply more than 2,300 of its tactical quiet generators between   Read More »