October 22, 2007 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

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GE To Spend $25 Million On Bridgeport Development Plans

General Electric Co. is promising to spend $25 million to help refurbish several Bridgeport neighborhoods. The Connecticut...

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DARING TO SPEAK

The Hartford Club sponsored the September Women Who Dare lecture series forum that included former U.S. Congresswomen...

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How Much Is A Billion?

Stories about billion-dollar corporate deals are in the headlines daily. Carl Sagan used to regale us with...

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ONE LAST PICNIC

Smith Barney in West Hartford presented a $5,000 check to Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters to defray...

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DISEASE AWARENESS

The National Kidney Foundation of Connecticut received a $100,000 check from the Speaker of the House to...

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Stock Answers

Business books are full of little homilies and axioms. Here’s one that some managers — and many...

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Nation’s Housing Slump Will Drag Economy

A deepening housing slump probably will be a “significant drag” on U.S. economic growth into next year...

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Time To Take On A Tyrant

Will someone please debate Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. That’s a statement, not a question. The Iranian president apparently loves...

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How School Bosses Make The Grade

And how is it, you might wonder, that Cohen the columnist descended from Heaven to write such...

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OF NOTE

• The Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting’s Hartford area chapter in Farmington raised $900...

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Borden’s Bigger Legacy; And Gore Is No Martyr

David M. Borden, honored the other night at a testimonial dinner marking his retirement after 30 years...

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Finally Time To ‘Just Start?’

Stuck at work? Daydreaming about starting your own business? You’re not alone. More than two-thirds of all...

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RACING FOR THE RIVER

Team Dragon Docs, comprised of Hartford-area medical professionals, competed in the 7th Annual Asian Festival and Riverfront...

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Marketing is Your Ignition Switch

Marketing has one function – to convince people to buy your product or service. Marketing is not...

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AT&T Ruling Could Hinder National U-Verse | Company heads to court to thwart disastrous DPUC ruling

For AT&T, the future isn’t just in phones. The company is making a massive bet that it...

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Movers & Shakers — Oct. 19, 2007

Robert E. Swain was named principal at Amenta/Emma Architects in Hartford. Swain was previously project manager and...

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Towns Are Wild West Of Lobbying Ethics

It’s a short walk from Hartford City Hall to the state capitol but in terms of lobbying,...

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Economic Growth Slows In Q3

The economy grew more slowly from late August through early October, as the plummeting housing market, tighter...

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Tossing The Apple Aside

The pace of the city, the twinkling of the skyline after dark, the rush of the subway...

Manufacturing

An Ami-Cable Quarter Century

They may call it a silver anniversary, but copper was the real key ingredient in keeping this...

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State Contracts — Oct. 22, 2007

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

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Economic Academics | Hedge funds, remote to many, lure business school professors

The growing and lightly regulated hedge fund industry is attracting new players -- business school professors eager...

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The Three-Word Guideline To Business Relationships

Nothing makes me want to be impolite like seeing a book of etiquette. I’ve been perusing one...

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SAVING STROKE VICTIMS

Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford opened its Stroke Center with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Pictured,...

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Retailers Want Less Data Liability | Connecticut stores say rules need to be changed on credit card info

Two serious security breaches within the state government that led to thousands of residents having their personal...

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To Earn Her Early Jack, Jill Went Up To The Hill

Jill Adams’ first job in communications had her hobnobbing with U.S. congressmen and women, receiving visiting dignitaries,...

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Trying To Invent Sales | Dreamers, tinkerers hope for business success at Yankee Invention Expo

“You like to tailgate?” His Louisiana accent cuts through a dull roar in the Waterbury Armory. He’s...

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Fate Of Family-Owned Papers May Lie In Expansion | When national companies aggregate media, it’s bad; when locals do it, it’s self-preservation

In the southwest corner of Connecticut, the fate of two newspapers — the Advocate of Stamford and...

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International Business Assignments Getting Shorter

Insurance executive Irene Dec moved to Warsaw in February for an exciting year-long assignment launching Prudential’s operations...

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