The finance arm of Fairfield-based General Electric Co. won regulatory approval Wednesday to resume returning some of its profit to the parent company. The move came earlier than some analysts had expected and could clear the way for GE to speed up stock buybacks and raise its shareholder dividend.

Rhode Island-based RBS Citizens Financial Group, which operates an extensive Citizens Bank branch network throughout New England, is expanding its nationwide student loan efforts in responsive to rising higher education costs.

More than 150 people crowded into a room in the City Hall Annex Monday night to weigh in on Bridgeport Harbor Station's request to renew its five-year operating permit, which expired earlier this year.

Fitch Ratings has assigned an ‘A' rating to Bridgeport Hospital's (BH) expected revenue bond issuance through the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority for $38 million, known as series D, according to a statement.