October 27, 2008 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

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COLLEGE PRESIDENT INAUGURATED

The Saint Joseph College community celebrated the inauguration of Pamela Trotman Reid, Ph.D. on Sept. 26. Reid...

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Now’s A Great Time To Start A Business

OK, you’re going to think I’m nuts, but listen up. Because right now is a terrific time...

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Bingham Advises In Giant Private Placements

Lawyers at Bingham McCutchen in Hartford recently represented investors in a $1.5 billion private placement deal, a...

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NEW FANGLED ‘BUBBLER’ SAVES WATER AT MARATHON

United Technologies’ Research Center engineers constructed a 70-foot-long water fountain at the finish line of the recent...

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Former Heublein Execs Make Spirited Case For Absinthe

Once banned for nearly a century for its purported dangerous hallucinogen effects, absinthe is now making a...

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Rethinking Transportation

It’s hard to remember that transportation was once an engine of American progress. Railroads opened the West,...

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UTC’s Fuel Cell Bus Gets Mixed Reviews | Federal report cites maintenance issues with Star Shuttle transporter

A preliminary federal report on Connecticut Transit’s $2.4 million prototype fuel cell hybrid bus found the bus’...

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Judges Weigh Repayments From CRRA To 70 Towns

The Connecticut Supreme Court is considering whether a state trash authority should have to pay nearly $36...

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Don’t Lower The Bar

On Election Day, Connecticut voters will be asked to vote on whether to hold a convention to...

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Our Piece of the Pie Inc.

Mission: To help Hartford youth, ages 14 to 24, become successful adults. Background: Our Piece of the...

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Konover Builds Walgreens In Windsor Locks

Farmington-based Konover Development Corp. has nearly completed construction of a new Walgreens store in Windsor Locks. The...

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State Contracts

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

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Goldman Sachs Plans To Cut 3,260 jobs

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is cutting about 10 percent of its work force amid the ongoing downturn...

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Political Spending Races Toward Record $5.3 Billion

The campaign to elect a new president and members of Congress is on pace to hit an...

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Silly To Devious Rules Targeted

Write an opinion piece for the Hartford Business Journal. Get yourself published and send a copy to...

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Political Holding Pattern

So you think politics takes a breather after Nov. 4th? It all depends on where you sit....

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Citizens Bank Foundation Donates $25K To Diaper Bank

The Diaper Bank has received a $25,000 grant from the Citizen Bank Foundation. The organization dedicated to...

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PARTNERS IN PREVENTION

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield received an award from The Governor’s Prevention Partnership for its work...

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SWINGING AWAY FOR THE SUNSHINE KIDS

Prudential Connecticut Realty’s Fourth Annual Charity Golf Tournament at Tower Ridge Country Club in Simsbury raised more...

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Don’t Rain On Your Brainstorm

If I give you a dollar and you give me a dollar, we both have one dollar....

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OF NOTE

OF NOTE • The 180 employees of Aetna’s Large Case Pension and Investment Management Group helped raise...

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Breaking Economic News Energizes Finance Classes

Every day now, students in Fairfield University Professor Michael Tucker’s finance class are witnesses to history. From...

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Big Deals Tank | Sales, leases for 200,000 sf or more are evaporating

The sinking economy is claiming another victim: big real estate deals. According to the region’s major brokers,...

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Hedge Fund Shakeout Looms | A $79 billion dip in assets in September spells big trouble

Hedge funds lost a record $210 billion in assets in the third quarter and $79 billion in...

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Movers & Shakers

To submit items for Movers & Shakers, please email text and high-resolution photos to news@hartfordbusiness.com. Jonathan R....

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New Restaurant, Shopping Come To Bradley | Concession revenues fall 5.4 percent

Bradley International Airport is adding some new retail concessions in Terminal A, the newer of the two...

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Biggest Deals Taking More Time

Not only are big real estate deals becoming scarcer, they also are getting tougher to negotiate. Take...

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