Luther Turmelle
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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2 days 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.
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3 days 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.
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1 week 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.
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1 week 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.
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1 week 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.
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