November 5, 2007 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

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How To Get Set Up

My friend is about to retire, but he’s much too young to stop working. So he turned...

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FCC Bans Exclusive Cable Deals At Apartment Complexes

Trying to promote pay-TV competition and keep prices in check, the Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously last...

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UConn Gets Research Center Nod | Hartford Hospital, UConn pharmacy and business schools will net $5M

The University of Connecticut’s role in the future of the nation’s health care will expand as it...

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Of Note

OF NOTE • The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy honored Connecticut Light and Power Company and...

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Making Mall Trip Worthwhile | Online service lets mall shoppers check on available inventory

Americans spend billions of dollars online — a figure that grows by double digits every year. Now,...

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Surprising, Isn’t It?

A joke consists of just two parts — the set-up and the punch. You send the mind...

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Starting Up The Moving Van

Relocation can come with a hefty price tag. And it can get even pricier emotionally when a...

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Cigna Agrees To Share How It Ranks Doctors | Aetna, UnitedHealth also in the crosshairs

Efforts by health insurers to rank doctors may become less controversial and more understandable to consumers under...

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Top Educator Got Start Washing Dishes

The sleep-away camps of the 1950s and ‘60s sound like the stuff of fond nostalgia – a...

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Mortgage Foreclosures Hitting Connecticut Cities Hard

Mortgage defaults and foreclosures in Connecticut’s cities have skyrocketed over the past year as homeowners buckle under...

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Finding The Solution For Every Problem

In one of my favorite “Peanuts” comic strips, Linus says to Charlie Brown, “There’s no problem too...

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Reese To Helm UNCF

Early Reese will be leaving his post as treasurer and chief financial officer of Trinity College to...

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HARTFORD HOCKEY WITH HEART

The Ryan Gordon/Hartford Wolf Pack Community Scholars Fund at Trinity College was announced at a recent Hartford...

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Another Helping Hand

Sometimes, it’s hard to figure out whether a political stand is based on heartlessness or common sense....

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Readers Want To Know: What Do You Digg?

People in the know are really digging Digg. Digg leads the pack among the new and increasingly...

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Staffing Needs Top List Of AICPA Members

Finding qualified staff at all levels is the most critical concern for the majority of accounting firms...

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Quartet Clamoring For Pearl Street Tower

Several prominent city developers want to develop a prime piece of city-owned real estate in the heart...

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SQUASHING PUMPKINS

Miss Porter’s School in Farmington welcomed 50 members of the Farmington Chamber of Commerce to its new...

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THE GREATER GIFT

Prudential Financial Inc. presented $250,000 to the YMCA of Greater Hartford for the construction of the new...

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Tax Credit Fails To Woo Video Gamers | Movie makers flocking here, but game developers are staying offline

Could the Super Mario Brothers bring the same financial windfall to the state as Indiana Jones? While...

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‘Gray Googlers’ Strike Gold | How one Hartford man watches the checks pour in

Jerry Alonzy figured he’d be working into his 70s at least. As an independent handyman at the...

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Home Phone Line Repairs Slowing

As phone companies spend billions on souped-up broadband and wireless services, they’re struggling with basic home phone...

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Florida Battle With Insurers Has A National Effect

Coastal residents across the nation have a stake in Florida’s ferocious property insurance war, wher e regulators...

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A Time For Judging

State. Sen. Lou DeLuca testified somewhat effectively in his appearance before the special Senate committee empanelled to...

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Thriving In A Big-Box Shadow | Customer Service Grows Sid Miller’s Appliance

Sid Miller’s Appliance and Bedding is an anomaly in the business world. In a time when family-owned...

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CAMP IN CONNECTICUT

The Channel 3 Kids Camp Celebrity Golf Tournament raised more than $75,000 at its 10th anniversary event....

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Nov. 2, 2007 — STATE CONTRACTS

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

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Nov. 5, 2007 — Movers & Shakers

Reid and Riege in Hartford hired Thomas V. Daily as stockholder in the litigation practice group. Daily...

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Judge Sides With AT&T In Effort To Offer Cable TV In Connecticut

A Hartford Superior Court judge backed AT&T in its struggle to persuade state regulators to let it...

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Nelson Brown Called State Capitol ‘Home’ For Five Decades

There are arguably few people better qualified to discuss the evolution of the Connecticut General Assembly than...

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Let Bake Sales Finance The Raises For A While

Car bumpers all over Connecticut carry a sticker that declares, “It will be a great day when...

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FIRE AND WATER

The Reid and Riege Fire Breathers Dragon Boat racing team took a silver medal in the 8-boat...

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Any ‘Best Of Lists’ With Pepperoni?

The coming of a New Haven pizza joint to Manchester has been greeted with awe and celebration,...

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Tangled Up In Blue | Five Design Secrets of Blue Back Square

The diners at The Cheesecake Factory will never notice. Neither will the movie buffs, nor bookworms one...

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Innovative Companies: How Do They Do It?

Companies are always looking for that edge – that uniqueness that no one else offers, and that...

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