April 5, 2007 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

Manufacturing

Xerox Plans To Buy Global Imaging Systems For $1.5 Billion

Copy machine maker Xerox Corp. said last week it plans to buy Global Imaging Systems Inc. for...

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City Mag’s Problems Glossed Over | Can Life Publications’ sales force rescue Hartford’s signature magazine?

Hartford-based Marketing Resource Consultants and West Hartford’s Life Publications will be joining forces to publish Hartford Magazine,...

Manufacturing

‘Dust’ Earns Spring-Maker $143K Fine

Safety violations at the Associated Spring factory in Bristol have earned it a $143,000 fine from the...

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Legion Shooting For Tenant To Ease Its Funding Woes

Stuck in a building erected by World War I veterans in the 1920s, members of the American...

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Where’s The Outrage?

This year’s legislative session is being dominated by huge issues of public concern yet there seems to...

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Of Note — April 9, 2007

OF NOTE • Travelers donated three laptop computers to the New England Air Museum to support the operations...

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Lessons In Teamwork Primed Organizer

First jobs teach young people a lot of different things. For Marilyn E. Rossetti, executive director of...

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Staffing Shortage Kinks Plan To Audit Legal Advertisements | Bar Counsel ready and willing. But able?

Staffing shortages at the statewide bar counsel’s office could pose problems for a soon-to-start new program to...

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Home Builders’ Loans Now Under Investigation

The crisis in risky mortgage loans is shedding light on aggressive lending practices by some of the...

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Why Connecticut Needs A Joint Replacement Institute

To The Editor: The number of total joint replacement surgeries performed across the United States is increasing at...

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Mistresses, Condos Alleged In Abuse | Report details former MassMutual CEO’s alleged misconduct

MassMutual Financial Group launched a clandestine probe against its chief executive after his wife complained that he...

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No Stranger To Corporate Politics | Simmons says he won’t be a do-nothing Business Advocate

“I’m not a layer of bureaucracy,” asserts Rob Simmons, the former Congressman who is expected to be...

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Is ‘No New Taxes’ Mantra Fading | Connecticut at forefront of revenue-raising initiatives

If 2006 was the year of surpluses for states, 2007 could be the year of tax hikes....

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An Ethics Melodrama Plays Out In Hartford

Last week was the week of the ethics melodrama in Hartford. Or was it a farce?Or maybe...

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Keep Lower Price Option

A federal civil suit, brought by a retailer and opposed by a number of manufacturers and the...

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Century 21 Chief Worried Over Spring Market | Five questions for Tom Kunz

Home-buying traditionally takes off in April, but soft prices and a market glut could make this year...

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Higher Apps For Higher Ed | Local colleges see surge in enrollment applications

Store owners know that not everyone who crosses their threshold will buy something. Business executives know there’s...

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Banks Branch Out To Lure Family, Friends

Amid fierce competition for deposits, a growing number of banks are relying on customer referrals to expand...

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