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State Tipoffs Involving Connecticut Newsletter for 2023-02-12 ( 24 items )  
AG Campbell Announces $6.5 Million Settlement With Home Security Company for Improperly Charging Consumers on Auto Renewal Contracts (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 10 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2023: Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell today announced that her office has reached a $6.5 million settlement, including $4.7 million in debt relief, with a Connecticut-based home security services company and its CEO to resolve allegations that they violated state consumer protection laws by deceptively trapping Massachusetts consumers in long-term auto renewal c more PR

ASCI Elects Three New Members From Yale School Of Medicine (10)
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 7 (TNSper) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news on Feb. 6, 2023: The American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) has elected three Yale School of Medicine (YSM) physician-scientists as new members. The ASCI is dedicated to the advancement of research that extends our understanding and improves the treatment of diseases of all people, and members are committed to mentoring future generations of physician-scientists of diverse backgrounds and bi more PR

Attorney General Tong Announces Crackdown on Illegal Sale of Delta-8 THC (10)
HARTFORD, Connecticut, Feb. 10 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2023: Attorney General William Tong today sued five Connecticut retailers for alleged violations of the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act over the sale of illegal delta-8 THC products mimicking popular youth-oriented snacks and candies. Attorney General Tong is additionally in the process of sending warning letters to all Connecticut licensed retailers of electronic vap more PR

Attorney General Tong Joins Multistate Coalition to Defend and Protect Access to Medication Abortion (10)
HARTFORD, Connecticut, Feb. 11 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Feb. 10, 2023: Attorney General William Tong today joined a multistate coalition to defend and protect safe access to medication abortion nationwide. In an amicus brief filed in Alliance of Hippocratic Medicine v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a case pending in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, the coalition of 22 attorneys general ask the court t more PR

Crypto Traders Adjust Practices As Market Structure Evolves Post FTX (10)
STAMFORD, Connecticut, Feb. 8 -- Greenwich Associates, a provider of global market intelligence and advisory services, posted the following news release: The evolution of market structure in the wake of the FTX collapse and evolving trading practices demonstrate that buy- and sell-side institutions have not abandoned crypto trading, which is even attracting several of the world's biggest hedge funds. The market structure for digital assets was built with retail, high net worth, venture capital more PR

Eastern Connecticut State University: Fabrizi's Book Offers Tips For A 'Watertight' Thesis (10)
WILLIMANTIC, Connecticut, Feb. 10 (TNSbook) -- Eastern Connecticut State University issued the following news: Mark Fabrizi, associate professor of education at Eastern Connecticut State University, has published "Writing a Watertight Thesis, 2nd edition," with Bloomsbury Publishing. The first edition, which was completed by Fabrizi's co-authors, Mike Bottery and Nigel Wright, also includes input from Fabrizi. The book, which recommends that writers attend to the structure of main arguments ea more PR

GAMCO Investors Reports Results for the Fourth Quarter and Year Ended December 31, 2022 (10)
GREENWICH, Connecticut, Feb. 8 (TNSres) -- GAMCO Investors, a financial services company, issued the following news release: GAMCO Investors, Inc. ("GAMI") (OTCQX: GAMI) today reported its operating results for the year ended December 31, 2022. Giving Back to Society Since the inception of GAMI's shareholder designated charitable contribution program in 2013, shareholders have designated charitable gifts of $48 million to approximately 350 charitable organizations, including $11.3 million in  more PR

Gartner Survey Reveals Almost A Third Of Marketing Budgets Are Spent In Pursuit Of Operational Excellence, Yet Yield Inconsistent ROI (10)
STAMFORD, Connecticut, Feb. 8 (TNSres) -- Gartner, an information technology research and advisory company, issued the following news release: * * * With marketing dollars under scrutiny, a Gartner, Inc. survey revealed that 31% of marketing budgets are spent on the pursuit of operational excellence, despite having inconsistent impact on overall organizational performance. * * * With marketing dollars under scrutiny, a Gartner, Inc. survey revealed that 31% of marketing budgets are spent on  more PR

Gartner Survey Reveals Almost a Third of Marketing Budgets Are Spent in Pursuit of Operational Excellence, Yet Yield Inconsistent ROI (10)
STAMFORD, Connecticut, Feb. 9 (TNSres) -- Gartner, an information technology research and advisory company, issued the following news release: * * * Marketers Achieve Limited Success with MarOps Investments, Putting Enterprise Growth at Risk in Uncertain Climate * * * With marketing dollars under scrutiny, a Gartner, Inc. survey revealed that 31% of marketing budgets are spent on the pursuit of operational excellence, despite having inconsistent impact on overall organizational performance.  more PR

Gartner Survey Shows Customer Enablement Is Only Being Emphasized by 23% of Supply Chain Organizations (10)
STAMFORD, Connecticut, Feb. 8 (TNSres) -- Gartner, an information technology research and advisory company, issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2023: * * * Innovative Customer Experience Strategy Is Twice as Likely to Drive Repurchase Orders * * * Supply chain organizations that enable customers to get their own jobs done are twice as likely to receive repurchase orders compared with peers that focus merely on customer satisfaction or ease, according to a survey by Gartner, Inc. The more PR

Governor Hochul Announces Vermont Joins Multi-State Effort to Create a Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub (10)
ALBANY, New York, Feb. 10 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2023: Governor Kathy Hochul today announced Vermont has signed on to a multi-state agreement, joining with New York, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Rhode Island, to develop a proposal to become one of up to 10 regional clean hydrogen hubs designated through the federal Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs program included in the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. T more PR

Governor Lamont Announces 2023 Legislative Proposal: Cut Income Tax Rates for the Middle Class (10)
HARTFORD, Connecticut, Feb. 7 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2023: Governor Ned Lamont today held a news conference in East Hartford to announce that the fiscal years 2024 and 2025 biennial state budget proposal that he will present to the General Assembly later this week calls for a broad-based reduction in income tax rates for middle-class workers in Connecticut. Currently, single (joint) filers pay a 3% state personal income tax on their firs more PR

Governor Lamont Statement on President Biden's State of the Union Address (10)
HARTFORD, Connecticut, Feb. 9 -- Gov. Ned Lamont, D-Connecticut, issued the following statement on Feb. 8, 2023: * * * Governor Ned Lamont released the following statement in response to the State of the Union address delivered tonight by President Joe Biden. "The progress we've made as a nation since President Biden reported on the state of our union last year could not be clearer. Through bipartisan cooperation led by the President, we're rebuilding our economy, rebuilding our infrastructur more PR

Holland & Knight Advises Kaho Partners In Acquisition Of Missouri Tooling & Automation (10)
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Feb. 7 -- Holland and Knight, a law firm, issued the following news release: Holland & Knight represented Kaho Partners and its portfolio company Addtronics in the acquisition of Missouri Tooling & Automation, LLC (MTA), a leading custom robotic automation systems provider based in Lebanon, Missouri. Terms of the deal, announced on Jan. 31, 2023, were not disclosed. MTA is the second addition to the Addtronics family of companies after the company acquired Dynamic De more PR

Penn State: Researchers Center The Experiences Of Black Women In Counseling (10)
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Feb. 8 (TNSjou) -- Penn State's College of Education issued the following news: Black women who face increased risk of death at the hands of intimate partners struggle to access counseling services, according to researchers at Penn State and the University of Connecticut. Their new research proposes a paradigm shift in intimate partner violence (IPV) counseling that considers how the use of trauma-informed and culturally relevant counseling can help counselors pro more PR

SDSU Robotics Club Receives $10K Grant (10)
BROOKINGS, South Dakota, Feb. 10 (TNSfund) -- South Dakota State University issued the following news: The robotics club at South Dakota State University is better equipped to enter a collegiate combat robotics contest this spring after receiving a $10,000 grant. The SDSU Robotics Club received notice Jan. 27 that it was among 100 college robotics organizations receiving a $10,000 award from the Norwalk Havoc Robot League in Norwalk, Connecticut. The grants are designed "to help inspire innova more PR

Trinity College: Study - Time to Treat Underlying Causes of Missed Doctor Visits (10)
HARTFORD, Connecticut, Feb. 7 (TNSjou) -- Trinity College issued the following news: For patients with chronic conditions, regular medical appointments are integral to treatment. So, a research team including a Trinity College professor and an alumna is trying to pinpoint the reasons some patients with multiple sclerosis miss them. How persons with multiple sclerosis missed a visit and why they missed it were linked in the new study led by Elizabeth S. Gromisch '09, Trinity Health of New Engla more PR

Yale Environment School: Study Finds Public Opinion On Ivory In China Shifts Over Two Decades (10)
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 8 (TNSjou) -- Yale School of Environment issued the following news: * * * YSE researchers studied media coverage of ivory in China, discovering surprising changes in public sentiment as regulations shifted. * * * When the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, or CITES, allowed a one-off chance for China to bid on a 108-ton stockpile of ivory amassed from natural African elephant deaths and culling in 2008, many conservat more PR

Yale Expands Efforts to Protect Scholars at Risk (10)
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 8 (TNSpro) -- Yale University issued the following news: Yale is expanding its Scholars at Risk program, which welcomes scholars facing dangerous conditions worldwide to campus so they can continue their work. In a demonstration of its commitment to academic freedom, Yale will enhance and expand its Scholars at Risk (SAR) program, which provides temporary professional appointments and a welcoming community for scholars, writers, artists, and activists worldwide who more PR

Yale Medicine School: "The Last Of Us" Apocalypse Is Not Realistic, But Rising Threat Of Fungal Pathogens Is (10)
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 7 (TNSres) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: In the post-apocalyptic world of "The Last of Us," a rapidly spreading pandemic--in which a mutated Cordyceps fungus morphs people into zombie-like "infected"-- besieges humanity. As the world contends in real life with a pandemic of its own, viewers may be left wondering if the HBO series' grim portrayal of a different kind of outbreak could become an off-screen reality. Cordyceps, or Ophiocordyceps  more PR

Yale Medicine School: Michael Girardi, MD Elected To The Association Of American Physicians (10)
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 11 (TNSper) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: Michael Girardi, MD, the Evans Professor of Dermatology and Co-Director of the Dermatology Research Fellowship Program, has been elected to the Association of American Physicians (AAP). With his election, Dr. Girardi joins a highly selective medical society and is honored for his exceptional contributions as a physician-scientist. Founded in 1885, the AAP is a storied and prestigious society, and the more PR

Yale Medicine School: Santiago Clocchiatti-Tuozzo, MD Honored With Bernard J. Tyson Career Development Award And Stroke Underrepresented Racial And Ethnic Groups Travel Grant (10)
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 10 (TNSfund) -- Yale School of Medicine issued the following news: The American Heart Association has honored postdoctoral research fellow Santiago Clocchiatti-Tuozzo, MD with both the Bernard J. Tyson Career Development Award and the Stroke Underrepresented Racial and Ethnic Groups Travel Grant for excellence in neurology and cerebrovascular disease research. Together with other leading scientists from around the world, Dr. Clocchiatti-Tuozzo will be formally recog more PR

Yale Tests Treatment for Skin Diseases That Often Target Children (10)
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 10 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: Yale dermatologists are playing a key role in testing a new treatment for an often-disfiguring group of skin diseases that develop in children. Peyton Fleagle was just a toddler when his parents first noticed itchy scales appear on his skin. Eventually, the scales covered 95% of Peyton's body. Fleagle, who is now 12, has a condition called X-linked ichthyosis, one of an often-disfiguring group of skin disea more PR

Yale: New Lancet Series Highlights Continuing Struggle That Breastfeeding Women Face Across the Globe (10)
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 10 (TNSjou) -- Yale University School of Public Health issued the following news on Feb. 8, 2023: * * * YSPH Professor Rafael Perez-Escamilla, a leading authority on breastfeeding, was one of three scholars leading the project * * * A Lancet Series published on Feb. 8, 2023, highlights the continuing struggle that women across the globe face to meet their breastfeeding goals. Yale School of Public Health Professor Rafael Perez-Escamilla, a leading authority on br more PR