<![CDATA[NBC Connecticut - Business News]]> Copyright 2013 http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/business en-us Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:34:25 -0400 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:34:25 -0400 NBC Owned Television Stations <![CDATA[3D Scanner Turns Woman From Model to Video Game Character]]> Wed, 05 Jun 2013 07:46:42 -0400 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/186*120/981943_10151642958841259_168679708_o.jpg
A Palo Alto company is using 3D technology to design video game characters. Scott Budman reports. Read the full story here.

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<![CDATA[Jersey Shore Towns to Vacationers: We’re Still Here]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 17:18:12 -0400 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/213*120/sandy_thumb_jmc_P2.jpg
More than six months after Sandy, many repeat summer renters have not yet booked homes on Long Beach Island, N.J. over fears of damage from the storm. Realtors and homeowners, who typically have the bulk...]]>
<![CDATA[Shopping Outlets Coming to Cheshire]]> Tue, 14 May 2013 15:53:36 -0400 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/213*120/shopping-generic-sepia.jpg
The Outlets at Cheshire, a 585-square-foot open air shopping center is planned for Cheshire, along Interstate 691.

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<![CDATA[Protest Over XL Pipeline Ads at Facebook HQ]]> Wed, 01 May 2013 20:32:51 -0400 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/160*120/FB13.JPG
Mark Zuckerberg has clicked "Like" on the Keystone XL Pipeline — and now his timeline is going to be chock-full of angry. The Facebook founder and CEO recently started a political advocacy group called FWD.us —...

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<![CDATA[State-of-the-Art Green Workplace Provides Lunch, Games and Slides]]> Wed, 01 May 2013 15:13:33 -0400 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/213*120/Slide_aweber.jpg
AWeber Communications headquarters in Chalfont, Bucks County, Pa. isn't your average workplace as it features video games, a pool table and even slides. NBC10's Jesse Gary reports ahead of the...

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<![CDATA[LivingSocial Says Customer Accounts Hacked]]> Fri, 26 Apr 2013 17:43:49 -0400 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/213*120/livingsocial.jpg
LivingSocial, the D.C.-based daily deals site, says more than 50 million customer accounts may have been compromised by a cyberattack. Customers' names, email addresses, dates of birth and encrypted...]]>
<![CDATA[Natura Pet Products Dog Food, Cat Food Recalled]]> Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:17:34 -0400 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/213*120/dogfoodrecall.jpg
Natura Pet Products is expanding a recall of dry pet foods over a possible salmonella risk to animals and people. Read the full story here.]]>
<![CDATA[Baxter Brewing Company Goes Green]]> Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:49:39 -0400 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/213*120/baxter-brewing.jpg
Luke Livingston, president and founder of Baxter Brewing Company, talks about ways in which he is expanding his business sustainably, with the help of John Rooks, president of The SOAP Group.]]>
<![CDATA[Flags Fly Off Shelves at Boston Shops]]> Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:09:33 -0400 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/213*120/Boston_flags.jpg
The owner of Charles Street Supply Co. in Boston had to make a difficult decision on whether to reopen the day after the bombings. He did, and people who want to show patriotism are buying all of...

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<![CDATA[Journalism Suffers Amid Newsroom Cutbacks: Report]]> Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:15:00 -0400 http://media.nbcconnecticut.com/images/213*120/148442805.jpg
Newspaper newsrooms and local TV stations across the country are seeing shrinking reporting power amid diminishing resources, according to a new report by the Pew Research

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