Login Subscribe Activate Web Access My Account News • Front Page • Banking & Lending • Commercial &   Industrial • Residential Real   Estate • Profile in   Commerce • Real Estate   Records • Credit Records • Back Issues • Calendar Supplements • Commercial Real   Estate Quarterly • Residential Real   Estate Monthly • Structures Services • Advertising • Subscribing • Article Reprints • Editorial Calendar • About Us • Contact Us • Industry Links • Newsstand   Locations • Policies				March 28, 2008 BREAKING NEWS: Connecticut Businesses Folding At Record Pace By Staff Connecticut had 2,752 business stops in the first-quarter of 2008, the highest number of stops for the first quarter period since at least 2000, according to Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz. BREAKING NEWS: People's United Slashes 420 Jobs By Jeff Haynes Bridgeport-based People's United Financial, parent company of People’s United Bank, announced Thursday that it has cut nearly 10 percent of its workforce. BREAKING NEWS: Vermont Credit Card Breach Hits Connecticut By Staff Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has learned of a credit card breach at a ski resort in Ludlow, Vt., that will have an impact on Connecticut customers. BREAKING NEWS: Leadership Shakeup At The Bank Of Southern Conn. By Staff Michael M. Ciaburri will step down as president and chief executive officer of Southern Connecticut Bancorp, holding company for The Bank of Southern Connecticut, after less than a year on the job. Banks’ Branch Decisions An Open-and-Shut Case By Jeff Haynes One Connecticut community bank is establishing its presence, another is expanding, two regional banks are merging and a mega-bank reportedly is shuttering 10 branches that it had just opened. Troubled Expo Center Placed on the Market By Jeff Haynes Struggling to compete with the 3-year-old Connecticut Convention Center in downtown Hartford, the Connecticut Expo Center, located on the city’s north side, is up for sale. SI Financial Group Schedules April Dividend Willimantic-based SI Financial Group has declared a cash dividend of 4 cents per share on the company’s outstanding shares of common stock. SBA Hopes To Provide More Loans By Jeff Haynes Some see Gerard Fenerty as a good example. His business, and by extension his recent business loan, is making the most of the dollar’s weakness among foreign currencies. Relief Plans Raise Concerns Among Lenders, Investors By Jeff Haynes Wait and see. That’s the approach the lending and investor communities are taking to mortgage relief proposals from Connecticut Democrat Christopher Dodd ... Real Estate Records Credit Records Rhode Island Real Estate Records Click here to go to the Rhode Island real estate transactions download page.