March 31, 2008 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

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• Mark Sullivan, senior consultant at Sullivan & LeShane Public Relations Inc. in Hartford, received a Lyman...

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Businesses Slam Brakes On Pension Bill | Conflict builds over proposal for groundbreaking state-run retirement program

A potentially groundbreaking bill backed by state Comptroller Nancy Wyman and the state’s top Senate Democrats to...

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Being High Tech Without Being Offensive

All I wanted to do was to see a film in a quiet movie theatre. The lights...

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FUELING SOUTH WINDSOR

Hartford Federal Credit Union in South Windsor presented a check for $500 to the South Windsor Food...

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Dumb And Dumber

The mayors of four of Connecticut’s largest cities testified last week that they want to raise sales...

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WELCOME TO HARTFORD

The Greater Hartford Convention & Visitors Bureau welcomed members of the Financial & Insurance Conference Planners to...

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Mar. 31, 2008 — Movers and Shakers

David Director, president of Connecticut Lighting Centers and Restoration Lighting Gallery, was elected to the board of...

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Unsustainable Home-Loan Bailouts

When former Gov. John Rowland announced at one point during his reign that Waterbury was the “center...

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ACCOUNTANTS MAKE WISHES COME TRUE

Haggett Longobardi in Glastonbury donated $10,000 to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Connecticut. Pictured, from left, are: Tim...

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GATEWAY TO SAINT FRANCIS

Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center opened a new medical office facility in East Hartford. The building,...

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Cannibalistic Butterflies In The Job Market

‘The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old ones.’ —...

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Chasing Hot Air Balloons Lifted Durham’s Career

Jeff Durham was only 7 years old when he sold light bulbs door-to-door to raise money for...

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March 31, 2008 — State Contracts

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

Manufacturing

Factory Orders Decline For Second Month | Drop in orders further signals economic woes, start of a recession

Orders to factories for big-ticket manufactured goods fell for a second straight month in February, a worse-than-expected...

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Accusations Of Ineffectiveness Ax Reading Program

A battle is shaping up at the state Capitol over a decade-old early childhood reading program that...

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Agency Criticized For Lack Of Computerized Record Keeping

The state Department of Agriculture has not yet entered the technology age. Thousands of files from tests...

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NU Boss Rakes In $22M Despite Customer Complaints

Northeast Utilities observed ruefully in its recent 10-K filing that “customers have responded to higher energy prices...

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Keep Your Customers Loyal

Without customers, you don’t have a business. But it’s difficult and costly to land a customer. So...

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Four-Week Run To Fatten Local Wallets

Cirque du Soleil isn’t your grandmother’s circus. Its four-week run of Kooza, a performance that blends acrobats...

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STEPPING UP ENERGY EFFICIENCY

Stew Leonard’s in Newington received a check for $1,001,584 from Connecticut Light & Power Co. and the...

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Huge Premium Tax Cut Sailing In Legislature | No opposition to $145M reduction for insurers

The state legislature is poised to enact two tax measures that would help Connecticut protect its 68,000...

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Young Engineers In Short Supply

Despite a steady growth in engineering graduates produced in Connecticut, local companies are struggling to fill vacancies....

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Treasury Referred Fraud To Law Enforcement

To The Editor: I write to clarify aspects of Mary Johnson’s March 17th article about a recent...

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There For The Long Haul

If you polled 100 people on the street, how many do you think would have stayed on...

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Fruits Of Their Labor | Wallingford-based Edible Arrangements is expanding into the Middle East

Flowers, move over for fruit. Wallingford-based Edible Arrangements is on the move and is expanding its reach...

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Clear Channel’s Plan To Go Private Stumbles

The credit crunch claimed another victim as Clear Channel’s long-planned, $19.5 billion offer to take itself private...

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Lobbyists Not The Problem

First of all, they should be called advocates, not lobbyists. The long-suffering lobbyist is once again the...

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State Truckers Feeling Crunch

The hefty increases in gasoline prices are shocking family budgets for most Americans, but truckers’ families are...

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Tantrums On The Sound

Smack in the middle of Long Island Sound does not seem to be the best place for...

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