http://www.hartfordbusiness.com Your Hartford Area business news source. Fospher RSS by ForeSite Technologies, Inc. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 9:44:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news5993.html A Bridgeport federal grand jury has indicted five people, including the operators of Danbury and Bridgeport businesses on money laundering charges involving millions of dollars. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news5993.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 9:39:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news5992.html Unable to strike a deal on its own, Microsoft Corp. reportedly is hoping to snap up Yahoo's online search operations with the help of News Corp. and Time Warner Inc. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news5992.html Michael Liedtke Thu, 03 Jul 2008 9:37:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news5991.html Employers cut payrolls by 62,000 in June, the sixth straight month of nationwide job losses, underscoring the economy's fragile state. The unemployment rate held steady at 5.5 percent. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news5991.html Jeannine Aversa Thu, 03 Jul 2008 9:32:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news5990.html Higher electric rates for customers of Connecticut's two utilities went into effect, raising issues familiar to consumers pressed by rising energy costs. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news5990.html Stephen Singer Wed, 02 Jul 2008 8:34:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news5962.html A last-minute no-interest financing offer and strong sales of some cars helped General Motors Corp. keep its U.S. sales over Toyota Motor Corp. last month, but it was still the worst June for the industry in 17 years and a harbinger of more misery ahead. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news5962.html Tom Krisher and Dee-Ann Durbin Wed, 02 Jul 2008 8:25:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news5961.html Blockbuster Inc. said it is withdrawing its proposal to buy Circuit City Stores Inc., the big-box electronics retailer whose sales have tumbled this year. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news5961.html David Koenig Wed, 02 Jul 2008 8:24:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news5960.html For a decade it appeared there was no such thing as too many Starbucks for U.S. coffee drinkers, whose willingness to buy its $4 lattes and dark drip brews rationalized a second green-and-white mermaid awning just down the street -- and sometimes even a third. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news5960.html Jessica Mintz Wed, 02 Jul 2008 8:22:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news5959.html Health insurer UnitedHealth Group Inc. lowered its 2008 profit outlook today, citing reduced commercial business and higher-than-expected Medicare-related costs. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news5959.html Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:11:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news5955.html The executive editor of Utah's largest newspaper will be the new editor of the Connecticut Post. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news5955.html Tue, 01 Jul 2008 9:03:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news5954.html Hurt by a record-setting run for crude oil and renewed concerns about the health of the banking sector, Wall Street ended a dismal second quarter Monday with blue-chip stocks on the cusp of their first bear market in almost six years. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news5954.html Adam Shell