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Investment in three companies will help create several manufacturing jobs in Connecticut.

Gov. M. Jodi Rell recently announced that the Connecticut Development Authority will offer $1.18 million in loans to help three Hartford area companies create and retain jobs through expanded business operations.

According to an article by the Hartford Business Journal Online, the three companies are:

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A new effort is underway to help create more jobs in Connecticut.

The Connecticut state Senate is planning to act this week on a proposal to create a special economic development zone in four towns bordering Bradley International Airport. According to an article by CNBC, the legislation would affect parts of Windsor Locks, Suffield, East Granby and Windsor.

If passed, the legislation would help create local and state tax-relief incentives for businesses to open or expand within the zone. The amount of the incentives would vary depending on the number of new jobs created. Proponents of the proposal say the enterprise zone could bring businesses ranging from light industrial companies to hotels, regional distribution warehouses and aerospace firms.

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A staggering number of Connecticut jobs could still be lost during the next two years.

The Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis recently released a report that found the State of Connecticut could lose 40,000 more jobs through 2011. That would bring the total number of jobs lost during the recession to at least 110,000, depending on whether or not the federal economic stimulus package is able to slow the losing trend.

The state has faced two consecutive quarters of job losses totaling 39,000. So far, the state has lost 70,000 jobs since employment topped out two years ago, meaning its only two-thirds of the way to its projected low point.

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New Connecticut media jobs will be created when the NBC show Deal or No Deal begins shooting a daytime version of the game show in Connecticut instead of Los Angeles.

Howie Mandel, who hosts the Friday night version of the show, also will appear in the shorter daytime episodes. According to an article by the Hartford Courant, the second season of the show will begin taping at Sonalysts studios in Waterford this fall. Endemol USA, the show’s producer, has leased 15,000-square-feet of space for an undisclosed amount of time.

Gov. M. Jodi Rell said, ” (the show will bring) dozens of new, high-end production jobs and bring millions of dollars in added revenue to the state’s economy,” although NBC and Endemol have not provided specific numbers. According to an estimate by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Connecticut will spend $90 million on credits for the show this fiscal year.

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