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The Barter Economy Chugs Along While Paying Jobs Remain Hard to Come Bynew

Welcome to the bartering economy, a system of no-money trading that experts say is booming in Connecticut and across the globe. It turns out to be one area that the Great Recession has actually helped.

New Haven Advocate | Gregory B. Hladky | 09-27-2012 | Business & Labor

Tags: jobs

New Haven Non-Profit Leaders Saw Big Raises Just Before the Market Crashed in 2008new

Sciulli was the bottom rung on the Advocate's last biennial salary survey, published in 2007. Now, the Solar Youth founder and director has moved up a notch. Nationally and statewide, experts predict there won't be as much good news to report on in fiscal year 2009.

New Haven Advocate | Betsy Yagla | 12-21-2009 | Business & Labor

Tags: Joanne Sciulli, non-profit, salaries, Solar youth, funding, grants, recession

GM Hits the Rocks: Will it be a 'Surgical' Bankruptcy?new

GM will now concentrate on small cars, and it is expending a lot of capital on the Chevrolet Volt, a radical plug-in hybrid still due in late 2010 that can travel 40 miles on its lithium-ion batteries alone.

New Haven Advocate | Jim Motavalli | 06-16-2009 | Business & Labor

Tags: GM, business, bankruptcy, economic issues, auto industry

Bartering Makes a Comebacknew

Bartering is gaining popularity fast, as Connecticut barter service owner Debbie Lombardi will tell you.

New Haven Advocate | Brianna Snyder | 01-27-2009 | Business & Labor

Tags: Connecticut, economic issues, bartering

While You Pay More for Health Care, Insurers Get Richnew

Nationally, the average corporate CEO earned $14.78 million in total compensation in 2006. That same year, the average New Haven resident paid $11,000 in health care premiums.

New Haven Advocate | Betsy Yagla | 12-04-2007 | Business & Labor

Tags: business & labor