April 28, 2008 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

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GE Leads 11 Connecticut Companies In Fortune 500

General Electric Corp. led 11 Connecticut companies on the latest Fortune 500 list, which was published this...

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FLOWER FUN

The Connecticut Flower & Garden show at the Connecticut Convention Center opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony of...

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As Gas Prices Hit Record, Drivers Are Cutting Back

The average price for regular gasoline across the nation was a record $3.508 a gallon April 21,...

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Day Pitney Puts T&E Department Into Blue Back

Day Pitney plans to consolidate its Individual Clients Department for central Connecticut in new offices at Blue...

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Sweatheart Of A Deal | Big Y piloting new technology to snare employee scanning scams

As the groceries glide along the conveyor belt, the cashier grabs a package of meat and tries...

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Chalkboard Dreams

Some people know what they want to be when they grow up — much to the dismay...

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Venturing Forward | Uncertainty Greets Startups, Investors At Connecticut’s Largest Venture Capital Conference

Since early last year, from the basement of an inconspicuous Manchester office building, Ernst Renner has plotted...

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Tall Order For Otis In China

Farmington-based Otis Elevator Co. has won a $23 million contract to provide high-speed elevators at China’s Guangzhou...

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Puzzling Payout

The Hartford Financial Services Group’s majestic stag is, as we speak, adorning the jerseys of a Tokyo...

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Competing In Connecticut

When lawmakers returned to the Connecticut Capitol in February to open the 2008 legislative session, it was...

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Proposed Bill Strengthens Regional Planning Groups

Lawmakers are currently considering a bill that would strengthen the state’s 15 regional planning organizations (RPOs). The...

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THE DOWNTOWN DIAMOND

Marriott Hartford Downtown in Hartford received the Four-Diamond Award from AAA, the second time it’s been distinguished...

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The Pay Checker

Many top executives receive multimillion pay packages and earn every penny of it — at least from...

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Turning Boomers Into Pinch Hitters

For 10 years we’ve been hearing about this impending shortage of workers, about this looming leadership gap...

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April 28, 2008 — OF NOTE

• The Jewish Community Foundation in West Hartford awarded $200,000 to the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford...

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April 28, 2008 — State Contracts

Here are the latest bids for products and services received by the Connecticut Department of Administrative Services...

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NEW LOCATION FOR NUTMEG

Executives from the Nutmeg State Federal Credit Union gathered at the site of their fourth branch in...

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Are We Nicking Ourselves In The Throat?

My bride Carol Ann and I recently visited Burma, as the United States government knows it, or...

Manufacturing

Record Territory For Praxair

Praxair Inc., which operates a major distribution center in Suffield, has posted a nearly 16 percent gain...

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Hartford Sweet Hartford

Far be it for me to question the marketing decisions of a business colossus as successful as...

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Spring Clean Your Finances

You’ve filed your taxes, right? Or at least you’ve filed for an extension and somehow came up...

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April 28, 2008 — Movers & Shakers

Mary P. Guerrera was named medical director of the integrative medicine program at Saint Francis Hospital and...

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Aetna Outperforms Its Larger Rivals, WellPoint And UNH In 1st Quarter

While its larger competitors, WellPoint Inc. and United Health Group, were battered in the first quarter by...

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ALL HYPED UP

Blum Shapiro in Hartford presented a check of $5,000 to the MetroHartford Alliance to support the HYPE...

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Home Sales, Prices Tumbling As Spring Buying Season Starts

The spring home-buying season got off to a feeble start last month, with sales sliding, prices sinking...

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Books, Blackboards And Bonds

She traded students for clients and the classroom for the office. Holly Lynch would still be teaching,...

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Deliver Us

Connecticut’s big cities need new sources of revenue to cope with soaring expenses. It’s encouraging that they...

Manufacturing

GE Expects To Cut $3 Billion In Costs

Less than two weeks after General Electric Co. shocked investors by reporting a 6 percent loss in...

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PREMIER DONATION

Re/Max Premier in West Hartford donated $4,000 to the Children’s Medical Network and the Connecticut Children’s Medical...

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The Punishers

We live in a society focused on punishment. It seems we can never get enough. Three times...

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Hampshire Cos. Expands Its Connecticut Portfolio

New Jersey-based Hampshire Cos. continued to expand its Connecticut portfolio with the acquisition of an industrial warehouse...

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Connecticut’s Home Sales Slide 30% In Quarter

While Connecticut home sales figures continue to paint a bleak picture, Barry Rosa, vice president and director...

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State Weighs Tax Credit For Investors | Neighboring states offer lures for funding startups

Connecticut lawmakers could vote as early as this week to create a 25 percent tax credit for...

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Nappier Targets Big Banks Over CEO Pay

Fresh from her successful campaign to convince four major corporations to disclose details on how they set...

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