April 30, 2007 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

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Employee Snooping Demeans Wal-Mart

Over the years, Wal-Mart has acquired a growing crowd of critics. …So it’s hardly surprising that the...

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E-mail: How Not To Get Burned

It pays to spend a little time thinking about an e-mail before you send it. Paying more...

Manufacturing

Regulators Pick Four Projects To Spark More Power

State regulators selected four projects last week in hopes of boosting the amount of available electricity for...

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Movers & Shakers — April 30, 2007

Robert J. Murphy returned to the law firm of Sullivan, Schoen, Campane & Connon as an attorney...

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Dealing With The Elephant In The Room

Every fall and spring, when America’s top circus company returns to the home state of founder P.T....

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Pratt, GE Seek EPA Reversal | Supreme Court hears case on business’ environmental costs

A majority of the U.S. Supreme Court seems willing to make it easier for many large, industrial...

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We Are Paying Attention Early

Can I imagine him doing the job? Do I like him? Usually, these are the two most...

Manufacturing

New England Bank Associations To Sue TJX Cos. Over Data Theft

Bank associations in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Maine said last week they will sue TJX Cos. over a...

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It’s In The Vault

Jack Papa won a “Dinner in the Vault for Four” prize package, donated by Rockville Bank to...

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Cities Seek A Power Play | Municipalities looking to mini-energy districts to ensure reliable power

Leaders in Stamford — home of corporate giants General Electric Capital Corp., Pitney Bowes Inc., Xerox Corp....

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Aetna Profits Up 8 Percent

Health insurer Aetna Inc.’s first-quarter profits rose 8 percent on increased premiums, membership growth and continued cost-cutting...

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Shoe-Shines To Mayor

At just 10 years old, former Hartford Mayor Mike Peters was shining shoes at the state Armory....

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Aiming To Hit Better Service

For families that fit comfortably within our parameters for the “deserving poor,” we have established a food-stamp...

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Speaking To Rich Latinos, In English | Meriden paper switches tack, and language

Hundreds of foreign-language newspapers have flourished — and died—with immigrant enclaves in the U.S. The languages were...

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Where Credit Is Due

The banks of the Connecticut River are awash in debris, but for Connecticut River Community Bank in...

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CBRE Jettisons Its CEO

In operation less than seven months, Hartford-based CBRE Realty Finance has already parted ways with its CEO....

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Tough Time Restoring Shine For Brass City

Anthony Price is a tall, handsome young man who can’t walk a block in downtown Waterbury without...

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Paralegal Praise

The Connecticut Bar Association’s Pro Bono Committee recognized Sharon Spada Spinelli, a paralegal in Reid and Riege’s...

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What Ails You

This column is a compilation of thoughts, ideas, and courses of action suggested by business owners and...

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Stop Wasting Your Money

As the saying goes, you’ve got to spend money to make money. But no one wants to...

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Circle Of Support

The American Red Cross presented The Hartford with the Circle of Humanitarians award recognizing the company for...

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The Joy Of Not Knowing

Relax, it’ll all work out. The universe is taking care of everything. Let it go. Let it...

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Can Your In-House Lawyer Be Trusted?

Is there some business information so sensitive that your opponent in litigation can prevent your general counsel...

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State Contracts — April 30, 2007

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

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Stock Owners Want New Venue | Goal of North Dakota’s new law could be to soften Delaware law

Those fed up with Delaware’s cozy link to corporate America are fighting back in an unexpected location:...

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A Cynic Burns His Bridges Before He Gets To Them

A friend of mine was a high school teacher at a tough, inner-city school. On the first...

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Comprehensive Caring

The William Raveis Breast Cancer Research Fund presented a $45,000 check to the Carole and Ray Neag...

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College’s Relocation To Brownfield Gets $3M Boost From State

Goodwin College’s relocation to East Hartford’s riverfront got a big cash infusion last week as the state’s...

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Rogers Sworn In As Chief Justice

Chase T. Rogers won unanimous General Assembly approval to become the new chief justice of the state...

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Of Note — April 30, 2007

OF NOTE • U.S. News & World Report named Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s graduate engineering programs among “America’s Best...

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A Bitter Tongue

If one wanted an abject lesson in miscommunication, one could hardly have been better served than by...

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Jones Lang LaSalle Plans Lower Connecticut Expansion | Hartford office unaffected as Stamford quarters grow

A few years after opening their first office in Stamford, real estate company Jones Lang LaSalle needs...

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Job Seekers Show Rather Than Tell

Leveraging one of the Web’s most popular new formats, job hunters and corporate recruiters are adding online...

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Article On Hartford Foundation Gave Misleading Information

To the Editor: Your recent article, “Growth in Wealth Empowers Foundation,” April 12, 2007 gave a misleading impression...

Manufacturing

Milking It For All It’s Worth

Farmers may have founded this country, but dairy farmers in particular have largely disappeared from Connecticut. A...

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Channel Changes | WVIT NBC-30 plans new $20M high-tech studios in West Hartford

It’s been more than a half century since WVIT Ch. 30 opened its New Britain Avenue television...

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Judge Hits Marketing Firm With Contempt

A marketing business that advertised corporate secrecy tactics purportedly capable of shielding assets “from capricious federal judges...

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Museum Momentum

The New England Air Museum (NEAM) will receive a $5,000 AT&T Excelerator grant in support of its...

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Shareholders Pressure Griffin To Buy Back More Stock

A group of major stockholders has filed a letter with the Securities and Exchange Commission and with...

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