June 16, 2008 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

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Homes Sales, Prices Dip In April; Fairfield Hit Hard

April was a bad month for residential real estate in Connecticut, as home sales and prices tumbled....

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We Are All To Blame

The 90 seconds of videotape of the hit-and-run accident of 78-year-old Angel Arce Torres on Park Street...

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Fed Moves Up Closing Of Windsor Locks Center

The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston plans to hasten the closing of its check processing office in...

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Hartford’s Black Eye | Revitalization jeopardized by violent incidents

Hartford’s reputation nosedived this month as the national news media played — and replayed — a 90-second...

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SSNs Posted On State Web Sites | State auditors found DAS violated state law in not protecting personal information

For more than three years, the state Department of Administrative Services posted the Social Security numbers of...

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DARING SPEECHES

The Hartford Club hosted the Women Who Dare: Women and Business Ethics event with speakers Denise Nappier...

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Connecticut May Buck Trend As Public Sector Jobs Surge

Federal, state and local governments are adding jobs by the thousands nationwide, while many companies in the...

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CFA Exams Draw Record Numbers Worldwide

Theodore Mancini always wanted a career in finance. That’s why the 37-year-old construction worker from West Hartford...

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The Hartford Named To ‘Most Ethical’ Listing

The Hartford Financial Services Group has been named one of the “World’s Most Ethical Companies” by Ethisphere...

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Economists Say State Could Dodge Deep Recession

While economic indicators paint a dreary picture, Connecticut could dodge a deep recession if history is a...

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Fear Of Failure Scares Off Many Successes

Of all the fears that come with being in business, I think the fear of failure is...

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SUCCESS FOR SMALL BUSINESS

Harland Henry received the Micro Enterprise Advocate of the Year Award at the Micro Enterprise Resource Group...

Manufacturing

Telecommuting Hits The Fast Lane | Companies look for ways to offset skyrocketing prices at the pump

Record-breaking prices at the pump are pushing interest in telecommuting in the state. Jean Taylor Stimolo, program...

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Teachers Remain Clueless

One of the most comical of the labor law idiosyncrasies that occasionally staggers into a courtroom or...

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Paper Cuts

Daily newspapers have been in decline for years, but abundant signs suggest that a tipping point is...

Manufacturing

Three New Electric Plants To Help With Peak Demand

State officials have tentatively selected three projects to provide peaking electric generation in Bridgeport, Devon and New...

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Winstanley Plans W. Hartford Shopping Center

Massachusetts-based Winstanley Enterprises plans to build a shopping center on Newington Road in West Hartford, where it...

Manufacturing

Deregulation Juiced State’s Electric Rates

The competitive marketplace has not been kind to the states that jumped on the energy deregulation bandwagon...

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A Transatlantic Traveler

A freighter brought Digby Smith from Southampton, England to New York when he was 18 back in...

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When Is It Time To Throw In The Towel?

No matter which way you lean politically, watching Hillary Rodham Clinton’s almost endless battle to become the...

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June 16, 2008 — State Contracts

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

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Obese Have Heftier Medical Bills, Despite Shorter Lives

Obese twentysomethings — those 30 or more pounds overweight — will have lifetime medical bills that are...

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AWESOME APRIL ASSOCIATE

Clover Cross was recognized as Associate of the Month for April at Marriott Hartford Downtown. Cross was...

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June 16, 2008 — Of Note

• Middlesex Hospital in Middletown opened its new Whelen Emergency Pavilion that includes three zones: the acute...

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Getting A Start At A Malt Shop

As president and CEO of the Connecticut Better Business Bureau, Paulette Hotton heads the organization charged with...

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Hasty Posturing

For 40 years Connecticut’s political, academic, and business leaders have been holding conferences about the decline of...

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DINNER FOR TWO

Rockville Bank in Vernon served a gourmet dinner to the winners of the Community Health Resources’ Volley...

Manufacturing

Funding Power Outage | Money drying up for popular energy efficiency programs

Surging public demand for energy efficiency programs has overwhelmed utility company budgets and prompted the Department of...

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June 16, 2008 — Movers & Shakers

Michael K. Voisine was named president of the Capewell division at Capewell Components Co. in South Windsor....

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