March 24, 2008 - Worcester Business Journal

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Million-Dollar Real Estate Still Strong | Although sales of high-end Hartford County homes have fallen, prices remain stable

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Dailies In Danger | JRC, parent company of New Haven Register, Connecticut Magazine, in financial crisis

The finances of the Pennsylvania parent company of 75 Connecticut publications, including the New Haven Register and...

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Opportunities Created By Chums And Chance

For one summer in high school, ESPN SportsCenter Anchor Scott Van Pelt stepped into the sweaty, steel-toed...

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GIVING TO GRIEVING CENTER

The Wireless Zone Foundation for Giving donated $18,000 to Mary’s Place in Windsor. The funds will support...

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Comcast To Compete With AT&T’s Small Biz Bundles

Comcast is the latest communications giant to compete with telecom giant AT&T for services geared to small-...

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CBRE Preps For Proxy Showdown | Credit crisis, loan losses expose REIT to upheaval

Stung by loan losses to Manhattan real estate investor Harry Macklowe and by dangerously illiquid credit markets,...

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COAT COLLECTION

Marriott Hartford Downtown in Hartford collected 53 coats in its coat drive and donated them to the...

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Otis Lands Trump Building Deal In Toronto

Farmington-based Otis Elevator Co. has won a contract valued at more than $10 million to provide elevators...

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Fourth Estate Flight

As newspaper advertising revenues and circulations continue to decline, veteran reporters are being asked to leave the...

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SUPPORT FOR YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS

The Allstate Foundation presented EntrepreneursNOW with a $30,000 check to support its after school entrepreneurial course for...

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When Stress Turns To Distress

Aren’t vacations wonderful? But returning to work following a vacation can be stressful. Fighting traffic in the...

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March 24, 2008 — OF NOTE

• Andy Fulmer won a 2007 Jaguar X Type from the South Windsor Chamber of Commerce car...

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Citibank To Close 10 Branches In Northern Connecticut | Parent company hurt by subprime losses

Citigroup has confirmed that it will be closing 10 Citibank branches in northern Connecticut, and it has...

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RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY

Avant Business Services celebrated the grand opening of its new facility in Hartford with a ribbon-cutting ceremony....

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A Partner In Abuse Prevention

Whether she believes it or not, Kate Antonucci is a teacher. As much as she thought she...

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Plan Could Help Spur Home Refinancings

The government’s action last week to reduce the level of capital that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac...

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Home Work In Harwinton

People speak often of cottage industries, but it’s not usually a machine shop inside of a house...

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AT&T Swats Away Proposals

AT&T filed its 2007 proxy this month and, in what’s becoming an annual ritual, swatted away several...

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Index Suggests Economy Is Slipping Into Recession

A gauge of future economic activity dropped for the fifth consecutive month in February, suggesting that the...

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March 24, 2008 — State Contracts

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

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Why Customers Buy From You

When a customer is ready to make a buying decision, you, naturally, want to be the one...

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March 24, 2008 — Movers & Shakers

Christine Finck was named associate director for academic affairs in the department of pediatric surgical sub-specialties at...

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Marketing The God Business

So, if the publisher wants to double the circulation of the Hartford Business Journal, she buys huge...

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Signs Of Spring: The Marriage Debate

It’s become another rite of spring — the annual debate in the legislature about same-sex marriage. Since...

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MICRO MEETING

The Community Economic Development Fund has signed on as a presenting sponsor for the upcoming Micro Enterprise...

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