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Does GE’s move to Mass. signal a Connecticut exodus?

Does GE’s move to Mass. signal a Connecticut exodus?

The morning after he spent the evening as President Barack Obama's hand-picked guest at Tuesday's State of the Union address, Connecticut's Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy awoke to headlines announcing General Electric's decision to relocate the company from suburban Fairfield, Connecticut to Boston's Seaport district. "We want to be at the center of an ecosystem that shares our aspirations," CEO Jeff Immelt said in a prepared statement.

The morning after he spent the evening as President Barack Obama's hand-picked guest at Tuesday's State of the Union address, Connecticut's Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy awoke to headlines announcing General Electric's decision to relocate the company from suburban Fairfield, Connecticut to Boston's Seaport district. "We want to be at the center of an ecosystem that shares our aspirations," CEO Jeff Immelt said in a prepared statement.…