Luther Turmelle

Connecticut

Business Reporter at New Haven Register

An award-winning multi-media journalist at the New Haven Register, Hearst CT Media and former Society of Professional Journalists national board member.

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New Haven biotech firm Arvinas to lay off 131 workers, including 92 in Connecticut

1 week ago | ctinsider.com | Luther Turmelle

Officials with Arvinas, a New Haven-based biotechnology firm, announced Thursday that the company is laying off 131 workers at the end of June, including 92 in Connecticut. The company announced its layoff plans in a letter dated Wednesday April 30, 2025 to Connecticut Department of Labor officials. Arvinas officials gave no reason for the layoffs in the letter, a notification required by the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act in advance of mass layoffs.
Trump order enforces English proficiency for truck drivers. Here's why.

2 weeks ago | ctinsider.com | Luther Turmelle

Monday's executive order is designed to strengthen existing rules in places requiring that truck drivers must be proficient in reading English. Article continues below this adHere's what you need to know about Trump's order and how it impact the trucking industry:Aren't truck drivers already required to show proficiency in English? Yes, existing federal law requires truck drivers to understand English in order to get their commercial drivers licenses. Why is this executive order necessary?
J. Crew Factory continues its expansion in Connecticut with new Farmington Valley store

2 weeks ago | ctinsider.com | Luther Turmelle

Casual clothing retail J.Crew Factory is continuing its expansion in Connecticut and will be adding another store in The Shops at Farmington Valley in Canton. Officials with J. Crew Factory confirmed the new store opening on Friday. No specific date was given for the opening on the Canton store, which will be located next to another clothing store, Chicos, in the retail center located at the intersection of Route 44 and Secret Lake Road. J. Crew Factory is the outlet version of the full-priced J.
Popular Connecticut doughnut maker facing eviction in two towns after closing others

2 weeks ago | ctinsider.com | Luther Turmelle

A chain doughnut shop named one of Connecticut's best doughnuts of 2022 by Connecticut Magazine appears to be having a problem paying its rent and staff at some locations, according to court documents. Landlords of commercial properties in both Westport and Stratford have gone to court to evict the popular chain known as Donut Crazy from their storefronts in those towns.
Trump's tariff changes to raise prices for CT consumers on Shein and Temu purchases

3 weeks ago | ctinsider.com | Luther Turmelle

The Trump administration's latest tariff machinations will make it more costly to use a pair of popular e-commerce sites in the coming days. Online retailers Shein and Temu, which have exploded in popularity thanks to their inexpensive items, have of incoming price increases. But now President Donald Trump has proposed revisions that will close exemptions in what are known as de minimis tariff exemptions, which cover items with a value of under $800 that are sent through the mail.
Cingari Family Markets renovates two more Shop Rite stores in Connecticut

3 weeks ago | ctinsider.com | Luther Turmelle

Nearly four full months into the year and 2025 has already turned out to be a busy time for Cingari Family Markets, which operates 10 Shop Rite locations around the state and a pair of Grade A Markets in Stamford. The family-owned business is in the midst of two store renovations at its supermarkets in Derby and Danbury.
Waterbury-based utility contractor Feeney Bros. announces layoffs

3 weeks ago | ctinsider.com | Luther Turmelle

WATERBURY - Eversource Energy's cancelation of a contract will result in the layoff of 37 workers in Waterbury, according to a notice filed with the Connecticut Department of Labor. Feeney Bros. Excavation, which has a facility in Waterbury at 137 East Aurora St., notified the workers on Tuesday, according to a letter sent to the labor commissioner Dante Bartolomeo from Bryan Grassing, a human resource official with Artera Services, the Atlanta-based corporate parent of Feeney Bros.
On the two-week anniversary of 'Liberation Day,' here's what you need to know about Trump's tariffs

4 weeks ago | ctinsider.com | Luther Turmelle

Two weeks after President Donald Trump declared a "Liberation Day" where broad tariffs were implemented in an effort to balance American trade with foreign countries, the administration's policy continues to change and many of the duties he announced on April 2 are on hold.
Connecticut supermarkets brace for impact of changing tariff policies

1 month ago | ctinsider.com | Luther Turmelle

Connecticut supermarket managers are closely watching the almost-daily changes in tariff policies coming from the White House as they struggle to retain their customers while continuing to make an adequate profit at the same time. While a 10% baseline increase in tariffs on all imports remains in place, President Donald Trump has put a 90-day pause on the reciprocal tariffs imposed on April 2 that vary from nation to nation.
Trump just paused most of the new tariffs. Here's what we know.

1 month ago | ctinsider.com | Luther Turmelle

The move comes as U.S. financial markets began the week where they left off Friday - in dramatic decline. After the pause on reciprocal tariffs was announced, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which had fallen more than 100 points to 37,275.69 in early afternoon trading, rebounded to finish at 40,608.45, a gain of 2,962.86 or 7.87%. Here's what we know about Trump's decision so far:Why did he do it?