Connecticut named least affordable state for retirees
Kiplinger.com named Connecticut the No. 1 least tax-friendly state for retirees in a comprehensive guide to taxes on retirement income, which the Washington, D.C.-based publisher released this week....
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BLT buys Bridgewater site in Westport
Bridgewater Associates’ headquarters complex on Glendinning Place. Days after announcing that mega hedge fund Bridgewater will not be moving to a property owned by Building & Land Technology in...
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CNBC’s The Profit coming to Greenwich Ave.
Stephanie Menkin in COURAGE b, the shop she owns with her brother, Nicolas, on Greenwich Avenue. Greenwich Time File Photo The hit CNBC show The Profit is on Greenwich Avenue this week for its season...
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Norwalk Community College offering free tax prep
Norwalk Community College on Thursday, January 15, 2015. Starting on Saturday, Jan. 24, Norwalk Community College will offer free tax preparation and filing services for taxpayers with incomes below...
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Uber Connecticut calls off its cars for storm
Cars leaving the Whole Foods Market parking lot create tire lines as the first flakes of snow fall in Greenwich, Conn. Monday, Jan. 26, 2015. Snowfall began Monday morning and is expected to last into...
View ArticleConnecticut BBB warns of phishing scam
This just in from Connecticut’s Better Business Bureau: Better Business Bureau is warning businesses not to click on an email that claims to be a “BBB SBQ” (Standard Business Questionnaire). The email...
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Bridgeport getting not one, but two Starbucks?
It’s been a long, uphill battle for the city of Bridgeport when it comes to attracting Starbucks. But now, it appears Bridgeport is expecting not just one, but two of the Seattle-based coffee shops to...
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SCORE, Greenwich Library hosting workshop tonight
Exterior of Greenwich Library as seen looking east across Dearfield Drive, Wednesday afternoon, July 7, 2010. SCORE Fairfield County and Co-Sponsor the Greenwich Library will present a free SCORE Legal...
View ArticleGreenwich banker sentenced to 5 years in insider trading case
A Greenwich banker as well as his stockbroker friend and others were sentenced to prison after using insider information to pocket $11 million, according to the Associated Press. The men and women...
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Houlihan Lawrence acquires Shore & Country
Joanne Mancuso, and Barbara Wells, both sales associate, at Houlihan Lawrence, real estate brokerage firm, in Greenwich, Conn., Thursday, August 29, 2013, has opened its first Connecticut office in...
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Connecticut Realtors report drop in single-family sales
Infographic provided by the Connecticut Association of Realtors Condo sales are up across the state of Connecticut, in both volume and price, when comparing January 2014 to January 2015, according to...
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Withers Bergman hosting pub quiz in Greenwich
File Photo Withers Bergman will bring wealth advisory teams from across Fairfield County together on Thursday for the international law firm’s fourth annual trivia night. The “Adviser’s Pub Quiz” event...
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Report: Fairfield County is world’s 19th strongest economy
World's strongest economies A new report released this week by the Martin Prosperity Institute looks into the strongest economies across the globe, assessing six factors to determine which...
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Greenwich’s SPLURGE collecting Easter baskets for kids in need
SPLURGE, a home décor and jewelry shop at 39 Lewis Street is partnering with Kids in Crisis and the Food Bank of Lower Fairfield County to collect Easter baskets for children in need. Cellophane...
View ArticleSCORE hosting start-up program in Stamford
SCORE Fairfield County and co-sponsor the Ferguson Library will present a free small business workshop series. The five-workshop series, “Five Workshops to Lead to Start-Up Success,” will begin on...
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Longchamp calling it quits on Greenwich Ave
See that bag to the left? That’s a Longchamp le pliage (French for “to fold”), and it’s likely you’ve seen it plenty more places than here on Financial Mines, since the nylon tote has become ubiquitous...
View ArticleGreenwich marketing firm closes charity campaign
Morstad, a Greenwich-based full-service marketing and branding firm dedicated to the financial services industry, closed its 2014 “Morstad Gives Back” campaign with Danbury Grassroots Academy. The...
View ArticleSymbiomix advances oral treatment for women’s infections
Symbiomix Therapeutics, a late-stage, privately held biopharmaceutical company developing medicines for serious women’s health infections, with an office in Old Greenwich announced last week the...
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CT Realtors: Home sales up in February
The Connecticut Association of Realtors reported today that single-family home sales rose 9.1 percent in February, when compared to the same month last year. While the number of homes increased to...
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Hey preppy people, Vineyard Vines sample sale is on
Hey Preppy People! For those of you who have officially recovered from the Pink Sunday bloodbath that was the Lilly Pulitzer for Target launch, there’s another chance to throw some elbows in an effort...
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