http://www.hbjtoday.com Your Hartford Area business news source. Fospher RSS by ForeSite Technologies, Inc. Fri, 16 May 2008 11:57:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news5527.html New Britain-based The Stanley Works has agreed to purchase Xmark Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ottowa, Canada-based VeriChip Corp., for $45 million cash. Xmark develops, markets and sells RFID-based systems used to identify, locate and protect people and assets. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news5527.html Fri, 16 May 2008 11:57:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news5526.html The Urban Strategy America Fund, a New Boston real estate investment fund, has purchased a 389,876-square-foot, seven-building industrial portfolio from BKM Enterprises in East Hartford. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news5526.html Fri, 16 May 2008 11:55:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news5525.html Berlin-based Northeast Utilities has appointed Leon J. Olivier executive vice president and chief operating officer. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news5525.html Thu, 15 May 2008 11:45:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news5491.html A proposed $10 million to fund a share of a parking garage that will serve the Storrs town center at the edge of the University of Connecticut campus is expected to gain approval when the state Bond Commission meets May 30. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news5491.html Thu, 15 May 2008 11:44:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news5490.html Danbury-based Electro Energy Inc., a provider of battery technologies, was awarded a contract from the U.S. Army to continue development of thermal batteries used in military applications. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news5490.html Thu, 15 May 2008 11:43:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news5489.html If your work clothes are feeling a little tight lately, it might not be just the remnants of winter weight you're fighting. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news5489.html Wed, 14 May 2008 11:38:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news5484.html Mutual of Omaha Insurance Co. has agreed to pay $1.7 million and adopt new business reforms to resolve allegations that it illegally paid more than $1 million in concealed compensation to brokers in exchange for access to lucrative pension plan business, according to the Connecticut attorney general's office. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news5484.html Wed, 14 May 2008 11:37:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news5483.html With the average price for a gallon of gas in Connecticut climbing to $3.95, Gov. M. Jodi Rell urged the U.S. House of Representatives to pass a measure that would suspend oil deliveries to the country's Strategic Petroleum Reserve until crude prices fall below $75 a barrel.  http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news5483.html Wed, 14 May 2008 11:33:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news5482.html The U.S. Import Price Index increased 1.8 percent in April, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news5482.html Wed, 14 May 2008 11:31:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news5481.html CFOs are looking to ease their way into retirement, with 75 percent looking to consulting as an attractive transition. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news5481.html