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Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:33:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9448.html U.S. employers cut a larger-than-expected 467,000 jobs in June, driving the unemployment rate up to a 26-year high of 9.5 percent, suggesting that the economy's road to recovery will be bumpy. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9448.html HBJ Today Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:18:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9447.html Exelon Corp. today sweetened its hostile takeover bid for rival power generator NRG Energy Inc., which has generating plants in Connecticut, by 12 percent to $8 billion in stock. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9447.html HBJ Today Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:17:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9446.html A federal judge in Indianapolis has approved a settlement once valued at about $900 million for a lawsuit pitting UnitedHealth Group shareholders against company executives over a stock options scandal. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9446.html HBJ Today Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:14:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9445.html A Connecticut partnership has bought six nursing homes in the state that have been operating in receivership because of Marathon Healthcare's bankruptcy filing. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9445.html HBJ Today Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:11:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9444.html South Windsor-based UTC Power will supply two fuel cell systems for electricity and heat for a New York production facility of Coca-Cola Enterprises. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9444.html HBJ Today Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:02:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9443.html The Children's Museum in West Hartford said today that, despite the weak economy, it raised $478,000, or 25 percent more than goal, to fund outreach to schools and youth groups statewide. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9443.html HBJ Today Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:55:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9442.html Black Enterprise magazine has cited three Connecticut corporations -- Aetna Inc. in Hartford, Pitney Bowes Inc.in Stamford and Xerox Corp. in Norwalk - among the 40 best companies for diversity. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9442.html HBJ Today Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:13:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9439.html Bloomfield-based Kaman Corp. said today the U.S. Air Force has exercised an option worth about $53 million for Kaman to continue supplying bomb fuzes. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9439.html HBJ Today Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:08:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9438.html The Connecticut region of the American Red Cross is consolidating seven of its 10 branches into a single region chapter that includes the Charter Oak headquarters office in Farmington and stretches to Stamford, according to a published report. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9438.html HBJ Today Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:06:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9437.html Crabtree & Evelyn Ltd., a Woodstock specialty retailer known for its soaps and other personal care products, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States as the tough economy led to falling sales and rising losses, Reuters reports. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9437.html HBJ Today Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:33:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9353.html Bank of America, Connecticut's biggest out-of-state branch banker, says it has now bolstered its capital position by more than the $33.9 billion required by the government. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9353.html Web Only Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:38:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9346.html The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. announced today that it has completed its acquisition of Florida-based Federal Trust Corporation for $10 million in cash. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9346.html Web Only Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:07:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9274.html Credit ratings agency Standard & Poor's today cut ratings and revised outlooks on 22 banks, including Waterbury-based Webster Financial, amid concern about further weakening in the financial sector. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9274.html Web Only Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:55:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9257.html Standard & Poor's Ratings Services today boosted its outlook on the Hartford Financial Services Group, citing better flexibility for the company as it prepares to receive government aid. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9257.html Web Only Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:47:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9256.html Cable operator Comcast and Attorney General Richard Blumenthal are teaming up to promote online child safety using 30-second public service announcements featuring McGruff the Crime Dog. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9256.html Web Only Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:19:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9200.html Hartford industrial conglomerate United Technologies Corp. declared a regular quarterly dividend today of 38.5 cents per share. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9200.html Web Only Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:40:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9111.html Amphenol Corp., a Wallingford maker of electronic cables and connectors, today declared its second-quarter dividend of 1 ½ cents a share will be paid on or about July 1 to shareholders of record as of June 10. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9111.html Web Only Thu, 28 May 2009 10:26:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9054.html NRG Energy Inc., which has power-generating plants in Connecticut, has declared a $10 per share cash dividend on its 4 percent convertible perpetual preferred stock. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9054.html Web Only Thu, 21 May 2009 12:55:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news8996.html A West Hartford roofing contractor faces $113,200 in federal fines after an employee was seriously injured in a rooftop fall last November. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news8996.html Web Only Wed, 20 May 2009 14:21:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news8991.html Connecticut has received $20 million as part of the federal stimulus package for state and municipal projects that improve drinking water. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news8991.html Web Only Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:07:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9455.html Connecticut Water Service Inc. has replaced lender Webster Bank with three banks that will increase its ability to finance its $26.4 million capital spending program. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9455.html Subscriber Only Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:05:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9454.html Talbots Inc. today said that it has completed the sale of its J. Jill brand - both chains have Connecticut stores -- to an affiliate of a San Francisco based private-equity firm. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9454.html Subscriber Only Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:02:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9453.html The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is proposing rules that it hopes will attract more private equity investors as buyers of failed banks. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9453.html Subscriber Only Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:01:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9452.html The U.S. Marshals Service has taken possession of the $7 million Manhattan penthouse where financier Bernard Madoff and his wife lived. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9452.html Subscriber Only Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:58:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9451.html Rates for 30-year home loans inched downward this week, but still remain above record lows posted during the spring, Freddie Mac said today. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9451.html Subscriber Only Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:57:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9450.html The European Central Bank left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 1 percent, holding steady as it waits to whether a massive infusion of credit into the banking system will help loosen up lending to consumers and businesses in the euro zone's struggling economy. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9450.html Subscriber Only Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:46:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9449.html A Rhode Island man has died while working at the Electric Boat manufacturing plant in North Kingstown, R.I. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9449.html Subscriber Only Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:57:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9441.html The following business starts were recorded in April 2009 by the Connecticut Secretary of the State's Office. When available, the name of a registered member or officer is given. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9441.html Subscriber Only Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:33:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9440.html In today's climate, what proven sourcing strategies can middle-market companies implement to generate value for their shareholders and offset lower or flattened revenues? http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9440.html Subscriber Only Mon, 29 Jun 2009 0:00:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9385.html Frances Miller of North Granby was the winner of a $10,000 grand prize giveaway from American Eagle Federal Credit Union (AEFCU). Miller was selected randomly from approximately 3,000 official entries during the credit union’s “What would you do with $10K?” contest. In her online post, Miller wrote, “I would return to Switzerland where I worked as a physical therapist from 1964 to 1965. I’d like to renew old acquaintances and feast my eyes again on the Matterhorn, in the Alps, a mountain peak that I climbed to the top of when I was younger — much younger! I know my heart would ‘yodel’ at the very opportunity. If anything was left over, I’d paint and paint, a hobby over which I am passionate.” Pictured, from left, are: William Dokas, AEFCU president and CEO ; Frances Miller with her husband, Peter Miller; and the AEFCU mascot, Earnest Eagle. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news9385.html Subscriber Only