March 23, 2009 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

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GENEROUS GOLFERS DRIVE DONATIONS FOR CAMP

Emcor Services New England Mechanical (NEMSI) in Vernon recently presented a check for $1,458.57 to the Hole...

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OF NOTE

• Fiduciary Investment Advisors LLC has been named as one of five finalists for Plansponsor Magazine’s Retirement Plan...

Manufacturing

Growing Optics Industry | Entrepreneur-engineer Anastasios S. Maurudis

It’s been roughly 18 months since the Connecticut Optics and Photonics Association Inc. (CTOPA) was formed to...

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Redevelopment Of Elmcrest Site Draws Near

The town of Portland has for years waited for someone to come along with a plan to...

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VALENTINE’S DAY GALA BENEFITS FOUNDATION

More than 300 people recently attended the 15th annual St. Valentine’s Day Ball organized by Lea’s Foundation...

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Cancer Society Funds $10 Million In Research

The American Cancer Society, the largest nongovernment, not-for-profit funding source of cancer research in the United States,...

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Movers & Shakers

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Citigroup Memo: We’re Doing Swell

In a bid to shore up confidence in his bank, Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit gave one of...

Economy & Labor

Grow A Garden And Grow Your Business

In mid-March, I typically write a column advising small businesses about how to be more environmentally sustainable...

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Mall wraps up fundraiser

All the proceeds from Westfarms Mall’s holiday gift-wrapping program was donated to two nonprofits in Connecticut. The...

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Hotel Career Provides A Taste Of The World

For Hal Barth, the best part of his job as director of sales at the Cromwell Crowne...

Economy & Labor

Mortgage Collapse Started In Few Areas | Connecticut not part of early cascade of home loan failures

Half of the nation’s foreclosures last year took place in just 35 counties, a sign that the...

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Expand Use of Ignition Devices

The war on drunk driving in Connecticut has stalled and stalemated. In recent years, the number of...

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DUI DEBATE: | Let Punishment Fit Crime

The empty promise of “one size fits all” on trivial items like hats and bathing suits almost...

Economy & Labor

State Contracts

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

Economy & Labor

Rell Budget Threat To Stimulus

Cuts to Medicaid and clean energy programs in Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s budget proposal could jeopardize Connecticut’s...

Manufacturing

Hamilton Stung By Cut In Military Plane Order

A decision by France to reduce the number of Airbus-built military transports will affect Windsor Locks-based Hamilton...

Economy & Labor

A Short Gain | Poor Ticket Sales Keep UConn From Cashing In On Bowl Win

When the University of Connecticut football team beat Buffalo in January’s International Bowl, the school received a...

Economy & Labor

Computer, Engineering Enrollment Up

Relief may be finally on the way for engineering-starved employers. For the first time since the...

News

Church Vs. State: An Unfair Fight

There must actually be a merciful God, because the sloppy, angry, ambiguous religion mess that came out...

Manufacturing

Stormy Forecast

Louis Chenevert, United Technologies Corp. CEO, made waves last week when he said cancellation of the F-22...

Economy & Labor

Israel Pleads

Hedge fund fraudster Samuel Israel III, who was co-founder of Stamford-based Bayou hedge funds, pleaded guilty in...

News

Federal Woes Not Reason For State Financial Crisis

Buried under the pile of wreckage that is the Connecticut state budget is a secret incumbents of...

Manufacturing

Hamilton Space Suits Used In Shuttle Mission

Hamilton Sundstrand’s space suits, formally known as extra-vehicular mobility units, will be used in three space walks...

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Fight Worth Waging

Executives at AIG say they had to pay employees $165 million in bonuses, despite the fact the...

Economy & Labor

Investment Losses Have Hospitals Seeing Red

Connecticut’s hospitals operated with a collective deficit during the last fiscal year as investment income plummeted $330...

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Salisbury Becomes Fifth State Bank To Take Treasury Cash | Others have balked at controversial program

Salisbury Bancorp Inc., the holding company for Salisbury Bank and Trust Co. in Lakeville, has accepted $8.8...

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A GIFT FROM THE HEART

A local man who recently underwent a quadruple bypass surgery to repair his heart gave back in...

Economy & Labor

Obama: $5 Billion In Supplier Aid

The Obama administration announced last week a $5 billion financing plan to aid struggling auto suppliers, the...

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