August 4, 2008 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

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AWARDING VOLUNTEERISM

The Urban League of Greater Hartford in Hartford recognized Jeff Dornenburg with the Volunteer of the Year...

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UNITED FOR ART IN HARTFORD

United Technologies Corp. donated $375,000 to the 2008 Greater Hartford Arts Council campaign. The funds will help...

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How To Keep Your Business Bank Accounts Safe

With the collapse of a major bank, Americans are, rightfully, concerned about the safety of their money....

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HANDING OUT THE DOUGH

Nine Panera Bread Connecticut locations donated $12,260.48 to the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center Foundation in Hartford. Panera’s...

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Kansas City, Omaha Are Glad They Built, Even Without Pro Teams

Build it and they will come. That’s the advice, borrowed from the movie “Field of Dreams,” offered...

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Renovations Worked For Providence And Springfield

When The Dunk reopens in Providence on Sept. 5, the renovated arena will seat 14,000 for concerts,...

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City Sells 101 Pearl Street Site For $2 Million

A development group led by Carlos Mouta, owner of Hartford-based Westside Property Management, has acquired property at...

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SAFETY AND SERVICE

Frank T. MacInnis, chairman and CEO of Emcor Group Inc., announced the expansion of the company’s Taking...

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A Heart For The Community

Debra Sharkey has dedicated her career to nonprofit service. Even a challenging stint as a co-owner of...

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Resentment

Obama’s greatest asset may be John McCain’s personal resentment of Obama’s success. Based on his success against...

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State Comptroller Doubts Rell’s Surplus Numbers

State Comptroller Nancy Wyman says creative accounting, and not fiscal prudence, was behind the last-minute, 2008 budget...

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Mind Your Manners

It was 100 years ago last month when Amy Vanderbilt, America’s etiquette queen, was born in New...

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Delta Doubles Charge For Checking Second Bag

Delta Air Lines Inc., the nation’s third-largest carrier, will double its charge for checking a second bag...

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Concert Business Goes South | As casinos woo artists, civic center concerts drop in half

Instead of returning to Hartford, where he played to a sold-out civic center in 2006, Billy Joel...

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Governor’s Health Plan Sacrifices Poor Children

To The Editor: In her Other Voices column “Changing Lives for the Better” (July 28), Gov. M....

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Pratt Cancer Report Due Soon | Union irked over meeting

The first phase of a three-part study of brain cancer deaths among Pratt & Whitney workers since...

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Teachers Get Hands-On Training In Engineering

Ray Milo knows most of his students don’t want to go into engineering, even though that’s what...

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Shame On Hartford

The City of Hartford recently lost a court appeal of a 2007 FOI ruling that ordered city...

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August 4, 2008 — State Contracts

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

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August 4, 2008 — Movers & Shakers

Lisa Sapolis was named director of the office of international programs at Trinity College in Hartford. Sapolis...

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A Window Cleaner’s Vision

As head of Hartford’s Riverfront Recapture, Joseph Marfuggi’s goal is to get people outside to enjoy the...

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August 4, 2008 — OF NOTE

• Avid Marketing Group in East Hartford was a first-place winner in the annual 2008 Out-of-Home Advertising/Creative...

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It’s Training Camp For The Music Business

The allure of becoming a songwriter or a music producer has drawn many to chase their dreams...

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Getting To The Heart Of The Matter

What makes a championship athlete? Is it attitude, confidence, courage, desire, determination, discipline, endurance, fitness, mental toughness,...

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