HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 3 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Dec. 2, 2022: Attorney General William Tong today announced a $1 million multistate settlement with CarMax Auto Superstores, Inc. and 35 attorneys general that will require CarMax to disclose open, unrepaired recalls related to the safety of its used vehicles. Connecticut will receive a payment of $20,589.46 through the settlement to support consumer protection enforcement. A multist more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Nov. 29 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: Attorney General William Tong released the following statement today calling on Eversource and United Illuminating to contribute a greater share of their profits to ratepayer relief to lessen the crushing burden of the extraordinary spike in winter energy costs. Attorney General Tong had been participating in rate relief negotiations with the two utilities and state leaders over the p more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 2 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release: Attorney General William Tong today joined a coalition of`18 attorneys general in filing a brief in support of a substitute teacher at a North Carolina Catholic high school who was terminated after announcing plans to marry his same-sex partner, arguing that the First Amendment does not give an employer the right to illegally discriminate against an employee because of their sex. "Empl more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 3 (TNSper) -- The Connecticut Department of Education issued the following news release on Dec. 1, 2022: This afternoon, Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) Commissioner Charlene M. Russell-Tucker announced the addition of two leaders within the agency to oversee two new legislatively mandated offices, the Center for Literacy Research and Reading Success and the Office of Dyslexia and Reading Disabilities. "We are pleased to announce the promotion of Dr more PR

FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, Dec. 1 -- https://www.ge.com/news/press-releases/ge-expands-field-execution-best-practice-live-outage-in-europe-and-in-the-middle, a manufacturer of appliances, lighting, power systems and other products, issued the following news release: Following last year's implementation of a new lean approach to outages, called "Live Outage," which was developed with input from experts from the field and experts in lean methodology to improve the field execution experience, GE (NYS more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Nov. 30 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Nov. 29, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he has signed into law House Bill 6001, a comprehensive bill that was approved by both chambers of the Connecticut General Assembly in special session yesterday and extends several cost-saving measures first approved this spring that will provide financial benefits and savings to state residents in the coming months. "I thank the legisla more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 2 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Dec. 1, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont released the following statement regarding the informational forum on healthcare cost drivers that was held today at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford and co-hosted by the Connecticut Insurance Department, the Office of the Healthcare Advocate, and the Office of Health Strategy: "Healthcare is a human right that too many Connecticut residents struggl more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Nov. 30 (TNStalk) -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on Nov. 29, 2022: * * * Governor Ned Lamont released the following statement regarding the announcement made today by Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin that he will not seek re-election. "Luke Bronin has been one of Hartford's most vocal advocates and a dedicated supporter of the revitalization of the city and its growth. "He has been an important collaborator with our administration, includin more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Dec. 1 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Nov. 30, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont and the Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) today announced a new partnership with Connecticut's recognized tribal nations to create a new Native American studies model curriculum. This partnership and model curriculum stems from recently enacted legislation requiring school districts to include Native American studies as part of the social studi more PR

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Nov. 28 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Nov. 28, 2022: Governor Ned Lamont today announced that in response to calls from his administration and other Connecticut state officials - including the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) and the Office of Consumer Counsel - to do more for customers in the state amid historically high electric prices, utility companies Eversource and United Illuminating (UI) have agreed more PR

STAMFORD, Connecticut, Nov. 30 -- Greenwich Associates, a provider of global market intelligence and advisory services, issued the following news release: A combination of extreme volatility, a hawkish Fed and an active SEC is driving up surveillance spending by financial services firms, which is expected to hit approximately $1.8 billion this year. Financial firms are required to monitor communications to ward off improper or illegal conduct. The majority of spending on these surveillance fu more PR

STAMFORD, Connecticut, Nov. 30 -- Greenwich Associates, a provider of global market intelligence and advisory services, issued the following news release: Institutional investors are planning to shake-up their asset manager lineups based on environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards. Over the past five years, institutions around the world have increasingly adopted ESG approaches into their investment processes and portfolios. In Europe, ESG is virtually ubiquitous, with more than 90% more PR

GREENWICH, Connecticut, Dec. 2 (TNSres) -- Interactive Brokers Group, an automated global electronic broker, issued the following news release: Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: IBKR) an automated global electronic broker, today reported its Electronic Brokerage monthly performance metrics for November. Brokerage highlights for the month included: * 1.952 million Daily Average Revenue Trades (DARTs)/1, 30% lower than prior year and 1% lower than prior month. * Ending client equity of $ more PR

GREENWICH, Connecticut, Nov. 29 (TNSconf) -- Interactive Brokers Group, an automated global electronic broker, issued the following news release: Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: IBKR) announces that its Chairman Thomas Peterffy will speak at the Goldman Sachs US Financial Services Conference on Wednesday, December 7th at 10:00 a.m. ET. Mr. Peterffy's presentation can be heard live via webcast on the Internet accessible from the company's website, www.interactivebrokers.com/ir-events.  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Nov. 29 (TNSawa) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: The American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) will award Kristen J. Brennand, PhD, its 2022 Daniel H. Efron Research Award for outstanding basic research contributions to neuropsychopharmacology. The award will be presented at ACNP's 61st Annual Meeting December 4-7 in Phoenix. It recognizes outstanding basic research contributions to neuropsychopharmacology. The selection of the awardee is  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Dec. 2 (TNSfund) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: The Yale Center for Clinical Investigation (YCCI) has awarded a research pilot award to an interdisciplinary team of Yale researchers for a project titled, "Utilizing Machine Learning to Model the Volumetric Growth of Vestibular Schwannomas." The two-year $50,000 grant, funded through the 2022 YCCI Translational and Interdisciplinary Research Pilot Program, was awarded to Daniel Wiznia, MD, assistant more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Nov. 30 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: In the last few decades, the medical field has been abuzz with excitement about the promise of immunotherapy to treat cancer. In 2018, the Nobel Prize recognized James P. Allison and Tasuku for their groundbreaking discovery of cancer therapy by inhibiting negative immune regulation. In 2022, CAR T cell therapy, the process of reengineering a patient's own immune cells to attack cancer, was approved b more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Dec. 1 (TNStalk)(TNSper)-- Yale School of Medicine issued the following agency statement on Nov. 29, 2022: * * * We are pleased to announce that Vicente Diaz, MD, MBA, has been promoted to Chief of Ophthalmology at Bridgeport Hospital effective January 1, 2023. Dr. Vicente Diaz is an ophthalmologist with specialized training in ocular immunology and infectious diseases. In addition to treating cataracts, dry eye, and glaucoma, he treats all forms of autoimmune disease  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Nov. 29 (TNSres) -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * Yale-led study links higher weight in children with structural and functional brain impairments, which could contribute to reduced academic performance. * * * The relationship between weight and brain health in children is less clear than that of obesity in adults, which has consistently been linked to reduced brain health. But a new Yale study indicates that higher weight and higher body mass index  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Nov. 30 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: Yale researchers have identified the oldest-known, definitive members of the lizard crown group that includes all living lizards and their closest extinct relatives. The two new species, Eoscincus ornatus and Microteras borealis, fill important gaps in the fossil record and offer tantalizing clues about the complexity and geographic distribution of lizard evolution. The new lizard "kings" are described in a  more PR