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Hartford Business Journal

Business bankruptcy filings reached a 30-year high in Connecticut in 2009, another sign of the economic downturn’s deep impact on the state.

There were 467 Connecticut companies that filed for bankruptcy last year, up nearly 20 percent from 2008 when 392 businesses filed, according to data from the American Bankruptcy Institute. It was the largest number of companies that filed for bankruptcy in Connecticut since 1982.