May 21, 2007 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

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Of Note — May 21, 2007

OF NOTE • This year the Connecticut Broadcaster’s Association will present more than $40,000 in college scholarships. The...

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Financial Investment Products Need Overseer | U.S. Federal Reserve chairman says new financial regulations should not stifle innovation

The best way to regulate a world of increasingly complex financial instruments is to pursue broad principles...

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Finding Junk For The Junk Man

It was a much simpler time during the 1950s when publisher Mike McGarry grew up in a...

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Driving Up Dollars

Fred Klein, a partner at Pullman & Comley in Hartford was recognized for organizing a drive among...

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PR, Ad Firms Add Public Affairs To Arsenal

Time was, if you wanted to get lawmakers to favor your cause or industry, you’d just hire...

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State Contracts — May 21, 2007

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

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Hartford Courant, Fox 61 Parent Co. Sales Slide | Tribune revenue drops in April on softness in publishing segment

Media conglomerate Tribune Co. said last week its revenue slipped in April due to softness in its...

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Gerber Scientific’s Turnaround Artist Bolts | Hot market for finance gurus could cost big bucks to hire replacement

Two years removed from a painful SEC investigation into its accounting practices, the executive credited with restoring...

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Cops, City Tagged On Cruiser Management | Audit finds 100 of city’s police cruisers underutilized

An internal audit of the Hartford Police Department has uncovered that more than 40 percent of the...

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Creating A Monster

Ned Lamont is returning to the campaign trail to help defeat Republican senators some say are blocking...

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Home Prices Fell In 1st Quarter

Home prices extended their decline in the first three months of the year, but the nation’s housing...

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Booking It

Main Street in Hartford isn’t exactly Ventura Highway in the sunshine, but it does have an alluring...

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Small City Shops Facing 62% Tax Hikes | Businesses rallying for legislative relief, large tax bills could drive them out of Hartford

Jose “Pepe” Feijoo, the owner of Costa Del Sol Restaurant on Wethersfield Avenue, is among a group...

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Movers & Shakers — May 21, 2007

Robert W. Santy was appointed president and CEO of the Connecticut Economic Resource Center (CERC) in Rocky...

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The Cashmere Mafia

Despite what God intended, there is a chance that women may take over the business world, if...

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CPAs Get Education Law Fixed | Rell signs bill to ease transition for new accountants

Statistics show that precious few of the accounting students who are settling into summer internships at the...

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The Sunshine Cure

Audacity is sometimes laudable. The bold action that propels a business forward, the unusual tack that takes...

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New Name For Sub Base Floated As Closing Deterrent

Keeping the U.S. Naval Submarine Base may come down to a name change, according to a local...

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Quality Is Not A Thing, It’s A Way Of Business

I recently had the opportunity to speak to members of the Food Processing Suppliers Association. In doing...

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Firm Says State Enables Problem Co. | Haynes Construction gets state work, despite pile of lawsuits

As a young man, Tadeusz Jarosz toiled in a Polish shipyard feeling stuck in a Communist system...

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Marsh 1Q Profit Falls, Share Buyback Announced

Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc., the nation’s largest insurance brokerage, reported its first-quarter profit declined from a...

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Big Honor

Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters recognized six state residents with awards and citations from Gov. M. Jodi...

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Some Characteristics Of Great Leaders

What makes some people great leaders? What do they possess, practice and promote that engenders people to...

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Not Quiet On The Western Front

Blue Back Square. There, I’ve said it. Now let’s talk about something else in West Hartford. How...

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How To Keep Your Ideas From Being Stolen

“Someone stole my idea!” This is a common refrain among authors, inventors, artists and others in business....

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Travelers: High-End Hotels Make Them Happier

Widespread upgrades and new amenities didn’t stop the hotel industry from slipping from a year ago in...

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Healthy Donation

The Connecticut Children’s Medical Center (CCMC) Foundation received $1,000 from the Public Health Foundation (PHF) of Connecticut...

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Fonfara’s Lobbyist Choice Gives Nod To Sullivan & LeShane

Any lobbyist will attest to the fact that the business is all about relationships. That’s what lobbying...

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Lost Guns In Hartford Could Mean Lawsuits

Hartford officials have given city lawyers the authority to sue state residents who fail to report their...

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Find An Angel

A large and growing source of capital for entrepreneurs is individuals who invest their own money in...

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Investigators: Medicare Money Probably Stayed With Insurers

Some of the aid intended for the poorest of Medicare’s participants — tens of millions of dollars...

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East By Best

Vincent Diana of RE/MAX East of the River, was recognized as the 2006 Top Sales Associate in...

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Court Hears Arguments In Suit Over Federal Gal Mileage Rules

Lawyers for 11 states, including Connecticut, and several environmental groups told a federal appeals court Monday that...

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School’s Out

The Connecticut Conference of Independent Colleges (CCIC) celebrated its 75th anniversary at the Connecticut Convention Center, discussing...

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Reuters Agrees To $17.2B Thomson Takeover | Move would create nation’s largest financial information company

Reuters agreed last week to a $17.2 billion takeover by Stamford-based Thomson that would vault the combined...

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