Greg Bordonaro

1 week ago | hartfordbusiness.com | Greg Bordonaro

To launch its new season and in partnership with the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, The Connecticut Forum announced Tuesday that former U.S. President Barack Obama will be the featured speaker at the nonprofit’s event next month. The former Democratic president will take the stage in Hartford for “An Evening with President Barack Obama,” on Tuesday, June 17, at 7:30 p.m., at The Bushnell Performing Arts Center.

1 week ago | hartfordbusiness.com | Greg Bordonaro

Submarine builder Electric Boat has purchased two commercial properties near its Groton shipyard for $3.6 million, land records show. The properties are at 359 and 415 Thames St. The property at 415 Thames is a 34,700-square-foot warehouse built in 2002; 359 Thames is a 12,737-square-foot vacant restaurant property. A spokesperson for Electric Boat said the company will use the properties immediately for employee parking.

1 week ago | hartfordbusiness.com | Greg Bordonaro

Fresh off his team’s 12 national championship victory, UConn women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma on Tuesday morning rang the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange. Auriemma was joined at the podium by UConn President Radenka Maric and other local dignitaries. The Huskies in April won their 12th national championship by defeating the South Carolina Gamecocks 82-59 at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida. It was the UConn women’s first NCAA championship since 2016.

1 week ago | hartfordbusiness.com | Greg Bordonaro

In a rare out-of-state deal, a credit union with a sizable presence on the West Coast has entered the Connecticut market following a merger with Northeast Family Federal Credit Union (NFFCU) in Manchester. Self-Help Federal Credit Union announced that its merger with NFFCU was completed on May 1. Self-Help says it has over $2 billion in assets, 129,000 members and 38 branches, including 22 in California, nine in Illinois, five in Washington and two in Wisconsin.

1 week ago | hartfordbusiness.com | Greg Bordonaro

East Hartford-based jet-engine maker Pratt & Whitney on Friday made a final contract offer to unionized machinists that included higher pay, more retirement savings and additional days off. On Sunday morning, the majority of more than 3,000 members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) Locals 700 and 1746 rejected the offer and went on strike at midnight. It’s the first machinist work stoppage at Pratt & Whitney since 2001, according to the unions.