March 1, 2007 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

Manufacturing

Future Of Net Phone Firm Vonage Hangs In Balance

Verizon and Vonage last week presented opening statements in a patent-infringement case that could have a big...

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Energy Fund Needs Our Backing

To The Editor: Regarding your Feb. 12 editorial, “A Clean Dirty Fund,” it must be a particularly slow...

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Hospitals Operators Outline Insurance Plan | Say proposal will create insurance coverage for everyone

The largest hospital operators in the country say providing health insurance for all Americans can be achieved...

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Homebuying Gets Harder In Faltering Subprime Market

Homeowners with troubled credit histories are finding it harder to get mortgages or refinance homes because softening...

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Workers Could Have Easier Time Unionizing

Forklift driver Bill Lawhorn, who was fired after he was on the losing side of a bitterly...

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Fed’s Scrutiny Sparks Firm’s Fast Growth | Nine-month old company managing $6 billion

When the government starts scrutinizing an industry more closely, the affected businesses usually complain they’re being smothered.But...

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And On This Floor, A Comeback | Shoppers want department store convenience, not niche expertise

When Federated Department Stores CEO Terry Lundgren graduated from college in 1975, he had 13 job offers,...

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The $23 Million Man | United Technologies gives big paycheck to top leader

United Technologies Corp. Chief Executive George David, who led the company through a six-week strike at subsidiary...

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CRRA To Set Aside $70 Million

A Superior Court judge has told the state’s trash agency to set aside $70 million in case...

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CBIA Leader Had Politics On His Mind

Growing up and working summer jobs in the middle-class manufacturing community of New Britain shaped the future...

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Hartford Housing Authority Settles Harassment Claim | Cash settlement, but no admission of wrongdoing

The Hartford Housing Authority has agreed to pay $50,000 to a former employee who had claimed she...

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News Cos. See Local Web Growth | As revenue declines, on-line ads are lifeline

For all the sturm und drang about whether people are still reading newspapers, there’s one thing that...

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Of Note | March 5, 2007

OF NOTE • The University of Connecticut recently opened its Graduate Business Learning Center in Hartford. The facility...

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Questions To Ask Yourself

One prerequisite for growth entails understanding yourself. The questions below may help in this area. Following the...

Manufacturing

Tech Firms In A Fever About Health Market | Tech companies see growth in medical field, stagnation elsewhere

IBM, Intel, Microsoft and other tech companies are increasingly betting that the health care industry will help...

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Blumenthal Investigating Insurer, Agent Commissions | Connecticut firms say they did nothing wrong

State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal said he has issued subpoenas as he investigates insurance broker commissions and...

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The Job I Long For, With Vim And Zest, Is Corporate Poetry At Its Best

Writing for the Hartford Business Journal is a good gig. Add up the money, the backdated options,...

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National Economists Worry As Biz Spending Tightens

Businesses are showing little appetite for investment in items such as heavy machinery and computers, a trend...

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Denial Management Gets Doctors Paid

For years, Debbie DeCarlo, the billing manager of a Hartford cardiology group, battled health care insurers over...

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Historic Error | Consultant’s report predicted wildly inflated attendance at Old State House

When Connecticut Historical Society officials announced last week that the Old State House was in financial...

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Under Pressure, Payday Lenders Craft User Protections | National campaign planned to educate public, idea panned by consumer advocates

Under siege by state regulators, payday lenders unveiled voluntary consumer protections last week, including giving some borrowers...

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