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Vermont Business Magazine GreenScale Technologies, of South Burlington, a research and development company with ties to UVM focused on the small satellite market, was honored Tuesday in Washington, DC, by the National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer as one of the nation’s top 36 university-spawned sta

by Timothy McQuiston Vermont Business Magazine To know University of Vermont President Tom Sullivan is to appreciate what a cool customer he is. But even he got emotional in announcing the university's largest ever gift and the largest single gift to any public university in New England.

Vermont Business Magazine The Vermont congressional delegation announced Friday a $2 million grant to Housing Vermont to help provide affordable housing to low-income families in the state.

Vermont Business Magazine Attorney General Bill Sorrell on Thursday joined 35 other state attorneys general in a lawsuit filed in federal court in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against Indivior — the maker of Suboxone, a brand name prescription drug used to treat opioid addiction — and MonoSol Rx.The attorneys general alleged that the companies engaged in a scheme to blo

Vermont Business Magazine Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) and Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) spoke back-to-back on the Senate Floor Thursday morning, as the EB-5 reform issue goes down to the wire.  The program’s authorization expires on September 30.  Some in Congress are pushing for a simple extension of the program.

Vermont Business Magazine The GMCB announced their hospital budget decisions today for Vermont’s 14 community hospitals. The FY 2017 budgets are effective October 1. The Hospitals initially requested a 5 percent or roughly $114-million-dollar increase to health care costs within the state.

Vermont Business Magazine US Department of Agriculture officials from across the country visited the Center for an Agricultural Economy in Hardwick Thursday to announce grant funding to two farms connected with the Center: Snug Valley Farm of Hardwick and Sweet Rowen Farmstead of Glover.

Vermont Business Magazine Vermont Technical College kicked off its sesquicentennial celebrations today with anniversary events throughout the state at its various campus locations. Alumni and community members will be welcome to attend receptions and events in Williston, Randolph Center, Bennington and Brattleboro.

Vermont Business Magazine University of Vermont alumnus Stephen Ifshin ’58 has pledged $1.75 million to support a proposed expansion to Kalkin Hall, home of the Grossman School of Business on the UVM campus.  Ifshin’s commitment brings total support for the anticipated $11 million project to over $7 million. Stephen Ifshin is chairman of DLC Management Corp, whic

Vermont Business Magazine Thursday afternoon brought together scores of interested onlookers as two local nonprofit housing organizations marked the completion of construction of 23 new apartments in the center of Hinesburg’s village.

Vermont Business Magazine Governor Peter Shumlin today announced the allocation of $2.25 million in state tax incentives for 21 projects, supporting over $47 million in downtown and village center construction and rehabilitation projects. Two municipalities will receive sales tax reallocation dollars.