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A Native Son Of Hartford Returns With A Big Charge

Dan Haar — Thu, 17 May 2012 03:43:00 GMT

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There are two types of CEOs: The ones who clearly enjoy the banter that comes with the job, and the rest. John Lundgren at Stanley Black & Decker is in that first group, along with Mark Bertolini at Aetna.

A Misinformed Senate Fears A Minimal Minimum Wage Hike

Dan Haar — Thu, 03 May 2012 01:14:39 GMT

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A rise in the minimum wage might hurt Sara Tewolde, a New Haven mother from Ethiopia who spent years in refugee camps after her husband was killed in 1999, the year her younger son was born.

Buying A $50 Million Beer For Small Business

Dan Haar — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 20:13:02 GMT

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Curt Cameron chuckled when he read a press release this week announcing a state grant of $81,672 for a craft beer-maker in Bloomfield.

NU, State Officials Preparing To Announce A Deal For Giant NSTAR Merger

Dan Haar — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:26:00 GMT

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The last hurdle of the last hurdle in Northeast Utilities' expansion dream is about to be cleared, perhaps as soon as today.

A Mob Mentality Gets To TicketNetwork

Dan Haar — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:29:00 GMT

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In Tom Wolfe's "The Bonfire of the Vanities," a mob goes after Sherman McCoy, the rich, white, Wall Street trader, when it looks like he's going to get away with a hit-and-run that happened in the Bronx.

An Auctioneer's Mailing Saves Grote & Weigel

Dan Haar — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 04:38:00 GMT

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Adam Kramer and his colleagues at Rachael's Food Corp. nearly leaped out of their seats on Valentine's Day last week when a mailer from an auction house arrived at their office in Chicopee, Mass., announcing the Feb. 28 liquidation sale at Grote & Weigel.

Guida Family Sells Dairy Company But Says Nothing Else Will Change

Dan Haar — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 02:48:00 GMT

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Guida's Milk has prided itself on local family ownership for decades, as its competitors consolidate into national and regional powerhouses.

Guida Family Sells Dairy Company But Says Nothing Else Will Change

Dan Haar — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 02:48:00 GMT

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Guida's Milk has prided itself on local family ownership for decades, as its competitors consolidate into national and regional powerhouses.

A Way Forward In The NU-NSTAR Deal

Dan Haar — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:31:32 GMT

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It seems almost anticlimactic now that Connecticut regulators have finally started holding hearings this week on the Northeast Utilities-NSTAR merger.

A High-Finance Guru Takes On a High-Risk Job For Malloy

Dan Haar — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:05:00 GMT

Claire Leonardi To Massively Ramp Up State's Tech Investment Get Business Mobile Text Alerts

It looks like just another political appointment, a well-connected person heading a high-profile state agency in a newly created job.

CL&P Makes Good With Bethany Man Arrested For Threatening

Dan Haar — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:24:00 GMT

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John Schurman, still smarting from the ordeal he endured when power crews sent 220 volts through his house after the Halloween blackout, received a surprise visitor at his Bethany house, and the man brought a gift.

A Power Outage Nightmare

Dan Haar — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:49:00 GMT

After Botched Restoration, Bethany Man Charged With Threatening Get Business Mobile Text Alerts

Ask John Schurman what he learned in the wake of the Halloween nor'easter and he just might offer some recommendations that weren't in the storm preparation plan the governor rolled out with fanfare last week.

Fear Rises Among Workers As Colt Expands In Florida, Warns of Layoffs At Home

Dan Haar — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:52:00 GMT

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December has brought an explosive mix of news for workers at the Colt firearms plant in West Hartford, who had a good year but are suddenly feeling less secure with contract talks coming up.

Making Sense Of The Busway's Huge Cost

Dan Haar — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:43:14 GMT

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The federal government upped its support for the 9.4-mile New Britain-to-Hartford busway to $455 million on Monday, at almost the same moment when members of the congressional deficit supercommittee said they couldn't reach a deal to cut the federal debt.

Ending Its Brief Foray Into Wireless Phone, Cox Shows Class

Dan Haar — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:30:15 GMT

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It seemed like a natural fit when Cox Communications Inc. jumped into the wireless business this past spring. The cable companies were already selling Internet access and home phone in addition to TV, so why not wireless as well? That's what AT&T is pushing toward — all four telecom services under one roof.

New CL&P Customers Waiting In The Dark Too, Perhaps Another Week

Dan Haar — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:46:03 GMT

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Cordia Murphy picked a fine day to sign a lease for part of a house in Stamford, the Saturday before Halloween. She moved in two days later with her 2-year-old daughter and is still waiting for Connecticut Light & Power to turn on her power.

A Bakery's Journey From Darkness To Light

Dan Haar — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 04:00:00 GMT

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It was lunchtime at Nardi Breads Inc., but no one was thinking about eating in the dark, cold cavernous commercial bakery — not on the seventh day without power, the seventh day of wondering how the 103-year old business would survive.

Saving Jobs With The Kitchen Sink

Dan Haar — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:01:05 GMT

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What a week for jobs in Connecticut. On Tuesday, we spent $20 million to grab the world headquarters of NBC Sports Group to Stamford, a bargain by any measure, with a gleaming studio and at least 500 new positions, perhaps many more.

Occupy Wall Street With Yale Economists

Dan Haar — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 02:45:00 GMT

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Occupy New Haven has its big launch today on the Elm City's green, but six Yale economists occupied Wall Street late Thursday, spurred by the protests across the nation.

Occupy Wall Street With Yale Economists

Dan Haar — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 02:42:00 GMT

In Hartford, A Protest And A Movement

Dan Haar — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 16:24:00 GMT

Social Enterprise Trust Looks To Build A New Corporate Way Get Business Mobile Text Alerts

I was pleased to see that Hartford has finally joined the Occupy Wall Street movement, with a gathering scheduled for this Wednesday morning in Bushnell Park.

Sham Death Penalty Is A Costly Luxury For State

Dan Haar — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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Three years after his heinous crime, Steven Hayes received the death penalty sentence.