July 9, 2007 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

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Surgeries In Rio San Juan

Dr. Ibrahim Daud and his 30-member crew traveled to Rio San Juan in the Dominican Republic where...

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Groups Seeks To Block Tribune Sale

A group opposed to media consolidation sought to block the sale of Tribune Co., saying the $8.2...

Manufacturing

Xerox Rolls Out New Document Search Engine | Product would greatly improve reliability of Internet information searches

Stamford-based Xerox Corp. has introduced a “smart” search engine that it says will help users perform more...

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Law Puts Onus On Makers | Manufacturers, not retailers, pivot point for electronic goods disposal

When buying a new high-definition television or the latest laptop, the last thing on someone’s mind is...

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Housing Slowdown Smacks Realtors Hard

Chris Beach often works through lunch and seldom leaves the office before 9 p.m. So far this...

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Your Reputation Is Much Easier Kept Than Recovered

Jay Leno, comedian and host of the Tonight Show, says that when he was eight years old...

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With Law Change, Vets Finally Get Their Professional Due

Thanks to a state law passed in 1955, accounting graduates who served their country in World War...

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The North Way

There has got to be a better way to set priorities. We have just completed another legislative...

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Bob’s Helping Bros

Big Brothers Big Sisters received $15,000 at Nutmeg’s 15th Annual Invitational Golf Classic fund-raiser from Bob’s Discount...

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Grants To Artists

The New Boston Fund Individual Artist Fellowship awarded 10 local artists each with a $1,000 grant intended...

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Eastward Drift | Why a Glastonbury design firm is expanding in China

It’s a two-day trip from Glastonbury to the manufacturing districts in southern China. It involves a 17-hour...

Manufacturing

Echoes Of Paris Airshow In Bristol’s 229 Tech Park

Most of the news from the Paris Air Show last month was of deals for major aerospace...

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After School Arts

A $5,000 grant was awarded to the Green Street Arts Center in Middletown from Bank of America....

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Movers & Shakers — July 9, 2007

BL Companies in Meriden promoted Bradley Parsons to project manager in the transportation department. Previously, Parsons was...

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‘New Way Of Thinking’ Marries West Hartford With Hartford | Business groups seek ways to market Park Road and Parkville

Hartford is a city of neighborhoods. But if the business-owners in one of those neighborhoods get their...

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Keeping Connecticut Green

The GreenCircle award was presented to Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic from the Connecticut Department of...

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Connecticut’ll Pay It

When any government needs money, they assume, “Connecticut’ll pay it,” and we don’t even protest anymore. Why...

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A Wealth Of Knowledge, Sans Degree

For a guy who now works in a library, a younger Richard Freider spent a surprising amount...

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Non-Compete Bill Found Itself Anchored Down

ESPN would have preferred to stay about as far from the issue as Barry Bonds has from...

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The Culture Of Free

What happens to businesses when people expect to get things free? Especially small businesses? Surprisingly, an increasing...

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MetroHartford Picks 310 Ltd. For Marketing | Chamber groups choose Virginia firm to lead advertising effort

Greater Hartford is brimming with talk of revitalization plans, but it takes more than enthusiastic urban planners...

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Pending Friendly Sale Means Company Founder Can Relax

S. Prestley Blake has spent more than six years fighting with the managers of Friendly Ice Cream,...

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Leaving A Bad Taste

There were cynics who asked why $270 million needed to be spent on a convention center in...

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Of Note — July 9, 2007

Of Note… The following high school seniors were awarded scholarships by the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Hartford:...

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Gamesmanship Of A Gamer Group | How a University of Hartford student created a 4,000-strong gaming convention

Before the Connecticut Convention Center even existed, Matthew Daigle was telling his friends that he’d be there...

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Bank On It

Democracy, free speech, even fast food. Sometimes we can take these national staples for granted, but to...

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