Fairfield County Business Journal articles from April 2003

Fairfield County Business Journal archives from April 2003

Emcor Group moves from bust to boom.(Emcor Group Inc. has been profitable since its restructuring)(Company Profile)
April 7, 2003... If a company's performance could be measured like a baseball player's, Emcor Group Inc. would be the Derek Jeter of its industry. Emcor has hit 30 consecutive quarters of profits since it was restructured in 1994. The Norwalk company,...

Danbury chooses Floyd Hall for baseball team.(Northeast League)
April 7, 2003... A proposal to bring minor-league baseball to Danbury appears to be on the fast track as city officials announced March 31 that they had chosen an ownership group with plans to throw out the first pitch in the summer of 2004. Floyd Hall,...

Lawmakers consider creating energy planning board.(Connecticut Energy Advisory Board)
April 7, 2003... The legislature's Energy and Technology Committee passed a bill last, month that would set up a new energy planning agency called the Connecticut Energy Advisory Board (CEAB). State Rep. Bob Duff, D-Norwalk, said the committee took up the...

Electric companies seek boost summer supply.
April 7, 2003... Studies done by the independent operator of Connecticut's power grid warn that electricity could be in short supply this summer, so local power companies are gearing up to find ways to ensure the lights stay on. The Connecticut Light and...

Federal law causes problems for state. (Issues@Work).(Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)
April 7, 2003... Companies in Fairfield County might very well view this coming April 15 as Taxing Day, when a new federal regulation on workers' compensation goes into effect, the Connecticut Business & Industry Association (CBIA) warns. The day when...

Best practices for online recruiting success. (Issues@Work).(Column)
April 7, 2003... Having been intimately involved with running an Internet job board for the past three years, I've seen the good, the bad and the ugly when it comes to employers' recruiting methods. From misspelled e-mail addresses to ads with no contact...

Oil prices could affect Connecticut's recovery.
April 7, 2003... Oil prices, which have jumped since the invasion of Iraq but are still lower than recent highs, could be a key factor in the future of Connecticut's fragile economy, according to the Connecticut Business & Industry Association's (CBIA)...

Hair care firm moves to Stamford.(John Frieda Professional Hair Care, Connecticut)
April 7, 2003... Andrew Jergens Co. has leased a 14,945-square-foot office in Stamford Harbor Park to relocate its newly acquired subsidiary, John Frieda Professional Hair Care Co., from Wilton, according to brokers. John Frieda Professional Hair Care,...

Winners and losers of the next boom.
April 7, 2003... Who will be the winners and who will be the losers when the economy brightens? "When the recovery begins to build momentum, overcoming economic uncertainty currently being demonstrated by some companies will give them an advantage over...

Employee illness adds up to big bucks.(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... Medical bills aren't the only drains faced by large businesses that self-insure their employees' health care. According to a study by Medstat and Cornell University's Institute for Health and Productivity Studies, almost one-third of these...

Fraud detectives add teeth to whistleblower hotlines. (News in Brief).
April 7, 2003... Westport-based TeleSentry a supplier of Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower hotlines, announced that the forensic accountants and certified fraud examiners of RosenfarbWinters L.L.C. would provide TeleSentry direct access to their experts for all of...

Protegrity to offer encryption software. (News in Brief).(from RSA Security INc. (US))(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... Stamford-based Protegrity Inc. said it has a strategic partnership with RSA Security Inc. to sell new releases of Protegrity's Secure.Data database security solutions that use an RSA BSAFE encryption module. RSA BSAFE encryption software...

Competitive Technologies to help develop UCONN's Secure Ultra-fast. (Local Deals in Brief).(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... Fairfield-based Competitive Technologies Inc. (CIT), licensing agent for the University of Connecticut's (UCONN) Secure Ultra-fast, a patented encryption and authentication technology for optical network security, announced signing a deal with...

Business Wire and EDGAR Online sign deal. (Local Deals in Brief).(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... Business Wire and EDGAR Online Inc. of Norwalk have entered into a cross-marketing agreement that provides Business Wire members with the opportunity to receive a one-year subscription to EDGARpro. Targeted specifically to the investor...

Fuel-Tech N.V. awarded orders for $2.2 million. (Local Deals in Brief).(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... Stamford-based Fuel-Tech N.V., which offers air pollution control technology and advanced engineering solutions for energy systems, recently announced orders for air pollution control projects totaling $2.2 million. Two of the orders,...

MemberWorks announces marketing deal with AOL. (Local Deals in Brief).(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... Stamford-based MemberWorks Inc., a leading provider of consumer and membership services through affinity marketing and online channels, recently announced a marketing agreement with America Online, the world's leading interactive services...

Venture fair to match companies with capital. (Tech Cetera).(Connecticut Venture Group's Crossroads Venture Fair)
April 7, 2003... Getting a business idea through the starting gate is always a challenge for up-and-coming companies, especially when a relative amount of capital support is needed. In an ongoing effort to help businesses with these ideas to meet venture...

Software attracts bigger share of venture capital. (Tech Cetera).
April 7, 2003... In the New York metropolitan area, 13 biotechnology companies obtained the largest share of venture capital funds for the fourth quarter with $48 million, or 24 percent of the total amount; invested, according to the latest Money Tree Survey....

County commercial real estate business still sluggis. (Focus: Real Estate and Construction).(Fairfield County, Connecticut)
April 7, 2003... As a result of the soft economy and uncertainty about the war, the commercial real estate business has taken a hit, or at least sputtered in different parts of Fairfield County -- just as it has throughout the world, real estate agents report....

Office properly market dips sharply. (Focus: Real Estate and Construction).(Fairfield County, Connecticut, 2002)
April 7, 2003... During 2002, the much discussed "disconnect" between a fast-deteriorating leasing market and a robust sales market was very much in evidence in Fairfield County's office market. The key fundamentals in any office market analysis -...

Home builders' confidence declines in march. (Focus: Real Estate and Construction).(Housing Market Index)
April 7, 2003... War jitters, weakness in the national economy and job market, and worse than normal weather conditions took a toll on home builders' confidence in early March, the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) reported. NAHB's Housing Market...

Bad weather and consumer jitters slow new home sales. (Focus: Real Estate and Construction).(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... New home sales declined 8.1 percent in February to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 854,000, the U.S. Commerce Department reported. Although that was the slowest pace since August 2000, sales of new single-family homes in 2003 are still...

New guidelines for public-sector customers. (Focus: Real Estate and Construction).
April 7, 2003... The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) and the National Association of State Facilities Administrators (NASFA) have released a joint 'publication to provide guidance on the use of CM/GC (also known in the industry as CM At-Risk) in...

Housing prospects good despite war concerns. (Focus: Real Estate and Construction).(US)
April 7, 2003... Even with the likelihood of war on the horizon, Conditions for an historically strong housing market are expected to prevail during 2003 despite the war in Iraq, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). David Lereah, NAR's...

Four office leases in Greenwich. (Focus: Real Estate and Construction).(Connecticut)(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... Allied Property Group announced four lease transactions in Greenwich. They are:. Mead Counseling leased 916 square feet of office space at 200 Railroad Ave. Thomas Torch represented both the tenant and the landlord, 200 Railroad Avenue....

Kevin Carroll: combines natural talent, passion and skills into a communications consulting business. (Profits & Passions).(Westport, Connecticut)
April 7, 2003... "If the fan on the projector is more interesting than the presentation itself, then you know something is very wrong," says Kevin Carroll of Westport-based Carroll Communications, www.kevincarroll.com. This former advertising executive...

Tying electronics together creates a smart house. (First Class Living and Working).(Mark Jaros, Multi-Media Management Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... Standing in a neighborhood of older, modest homes in Fairfield, the house that belongs to Mark Jaros might not seem like an advertisement for technological possibilities of the 21st century, but it is. As the owner of Multi-Media Management...

Cable TV tries to meet satellite competition with interactive service. (First Class Living and Working).(Interactive Optimum, digital television)
April 7, 2003... Not ready to make all the electronic systems in your house interact with one another? Perhaps you can start with your television, set. If you are wondering what more can be done with a TV except to turn it on, Cablevision has news for you. It's...

Financial planners: ranked by number of planners in county. (The List).(Fairfield County, Connecticut)(Illustration)
April 7, 2003... THE LIST Ranked by number of planners in county. Financial Planners Fairfield County Name, address, phone number and website Top local executive Area code: 203 (unless E-mail...

Fleet Bank-Connecticut. (Faces & Places).(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... Fleet Bank-Connecticut sponsored the Inner City 10 Entrepreneurship Awards which honor the 10 fastest-growing, privately held, inner-city companies in the state. Pictured at the awards ceremony in Hartford (from left) are: James F. Abramaitis,...

American Red Cross. (Faces & Places).(Eastern Fairfield County, Connecticut)(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... Diane Auger, director of the American Red Cross of Eastern Fairfield County, is pictured presenting an award to Health Net Northeast president Barry Averill on the occasion of his retirement. Health Net, Shelton, has had a long partnership with...

Datahr Rehabilitation Institute. (Faces & Places).(renamed Ability Beyond Disability, Connecticut)(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... The gala celebrating the 50th anniversary of Ability Beyond Disability (formerly known as Datahr Rehabilitation Institute), Brookfield, raised a record-setting $250,000. Pictured at the event, which was held in the Amber Room Colonnade in...

Brookfield Craft Center. (Faces & Places).(Connecticut)
April 7, 2003... Brookfield Craft Center education director Kristin Muller is pictured with some of the more than 200 bowls for "Bowlfest," the second annual fund-raiser for the center scheduled for June 1. Funds from the sale of the bowls, made by students and...

Professional Women's Group. (Faces & Places).(Doncaster donates to Dress for Success Mid-Fairfield County, Connecticut)(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... Local fashion consultants for Doncaster, a woman's apparel designer brand sold exclusively through its consultants, recently donated items from the Doncaster collection to Dress for Success Mid-Fairfield County. Pictured seated (from left) are:...

Fairfield University. (Credits, Clients and Awards).(presents 2003 awards, US)
April 7, 2003... Fairfield University, Fairfield, presented its 2003 awards to the following individuals. E. Stanley O'Neal, chief executive officer of Merrill Lynch & Company Inc., New York City, received the Distinguished Leadership Award. The Rev....

Fuji Photo Film U.S.A. Inc. (Newsmakers).(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... Paul D'Andrea of Westport was promoted to senior vice president and general manager of the photo imaging group at Fuji Photo Film U.S.A. Inc., Elmsford, N.Y., the U.S. marketing subsidiary of Fuji Photo Film Company Ltd., Tokyo. Since May 2002,...

Diving America Group. (Newsmakers).(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... Betsy Royal of Westport was promoted to vice president diving at Diving America Group, Norwalk, owner of the Mares, Dacor and Sporasub scuba diving brands, and a division of HEAD USA. Since 1996, Royal was vice president of marketing and sales...

Marden Harrison & Kreuter CPAs P.C. (Newsmakers).(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... Edward E. Granelli Jr. of Stamford was appointed a senior tax manager at Marden Harrison & Kreuter CPAs P.C., White Plains, N.Y., a public accounting firm. Granelli has more than 20 years of experience in public accounting, most recently in the...

Family YMCA at Tarrytown (N.Y.). (Newsmakers).(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... David Ramirez of Danbury was appointed program director at the Family YMCA at Tarrytown (N.Y.). Since 1987, Ramirez was a lifeguard for the town of Greenburgh in Westchester County, N.Y. He holds an associate's degree in liberal arts humanities...

American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI). (Newsmakers).(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... Stephen Gladstone of Stamford. owner and president of Stonehollow Inc., Stamford, a home inspection company, was elected president-elect of the American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI), Des Plains, Ill., a professional organization of home...

Mail-Well Inc. (Newsmakers).(Martin Maloney elected to board of directors)(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... Martin Maloney of Greenwich, chairman and co-founder of Broadford & Maloney. Inc., Greenwich, a public relations, advertising and marketing communications firm, was elected to the board of directors of Mail-Well Inc., Englewood, Cob., a...

Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts. (Newsmakers).(William Spears joins board)(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... William Spears of Greenwich, managing partner at Spears Grisanti & Brown L.L.C., News York city, an investment management firm, was appointed to the board of directors of the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Katonah, N.Y. Spears holds a...

Union State Bank. (Newsmakers).(Rori Sagal elected to the board of directors of the Stamford Chapter of the American Red Cross)(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... Rori Sagal of New Haven, assistant vice president and branch manager in the Stamford office of Union State Bank, was elected to the board of directors of the Stamford Chapter of the American Red Cross.

On the Agenda.(Fairfield chapter of Business Network International meeting)
April 7, 2003... Tuesday, April 8 American Marketing Association chapter program, with Mercer Field of Core Value Coaching, 6 p.m., Riverview Manor, 301 Merritt Seven, Norwalk. $25 members; $30 non-members. For reservations, call Arria at 639-2449. ...

COMU Westport Realty L.L.C. (Real Estate Update).(acquired a 6,000-square-foot retail building from 135-141 Post Road East L.L.C. )(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... COMU Westport Realty L.L.C. acquired a 6,000-square-foot retail building at 135-141 Post Road East, Westport, from 135-141 Post Road East L.L.C. for $2.4 million. HK Group, Westport, represented the buyer.

Halstead New England Corp. (Real Estate Update).(expanded its warehouse space to 6,100 square feet)(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... Halstead New England Corp., a distributor of flooring material, expanded its warehouse space to 6,100 square feet at 327 Main Ave., Norwalk, by leasing an additional 2,600 square feet. John D. Hastings Inc., Westport, represented the tenant and...

Gold Coast Tans. (Real Estate Update).(tanning spa location)(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... Gold Coast Tans, a tanning spa, leased 2,000 square feet of retail space at 72 Newtown Road, Danbury. MJB Real Estate Services Corp., Westport, was the sole broker.

Goldschmidt & Associates. (Real Estate Update).(leasing agent for 10,000-square-foot building)(Brief Article)
April 7, 2003... Goldschmidt & Associates, Scarsdale, N.Y., was named the leasing agent for a 10,000-square-foot building at 333 Post Road West, Westport.

The importance of good translations. (Viewpoint).(larger corporations hire professional translators )
April 7, 2003... I recently picked up the Spanish edition of a brochure from a law firm that offers immigration services. I thought it was wonderful that this firm communicated with its prospective clients in their native language. On closer inspection though,...

Letter.(Letter to the Editor)
April 7, 2003... PMI rebuttal well-thought-out I'm a new subscriber to the Westchester County Business Journal and haven't read the Jan. 27 article about Performance Management Inc. (PMI). I have read Mr. Hauck's remarks and a rebuttal by PMI in the March...

Corrections.(Correction Notice)
April 7, 2003... The March 24 list of Insurance Agencies and Companies contained an error. Creative Insurance Planning, 2000 Post Road, Fairfield, has three brokers in-house, not 100, as stated. The firm also employs freelance brokers.

Don't take my rights to protect yours. (Looking Inside).(television coverage of Iraq war)
April 7, 2003... The intense television coverage of the Iraq war has created a new breed of couch warriors with their own strategies on how to win and vocal protesters who ignored the long diplomatic battle to eliminate the weapons of mass destruction. I...

Design consultant strikes gold in niche market.(Brief Article)
April 14, 2003... Sometimes all it takes to succeed in business is a market niche -- and just a little bit of luck. At least, that's been Norwalk-based Silvester+Tafuro Inc.'s experience so far. The design consulting firm, which came into existence during...

Lawyers hit insurers for doctors' woes.(Brief Article)
April 14, 2003... Talk to a doctor, and he'll' tell you a horror story of skyrocketing annual malpractice insurance premiums. of $ 100,000. Talk to a medical malpractice insurance company, and it's likely to talk about plummeting profits. But talk to a trial...

Investor confidence roller-coaster continues.(Brief Article)
April 14, 2003... As the second quarter of 2003 begins, 23 percent of Americans rate the U.S. economy as good or excellent; 44 percent say fair; and 32 percent poor. Among investors, 29 percent offer a good or excellent rating for the nation's economy. ...

Doctors committed to malpractice lobby: strike not in the cards, for now.(Brief Article)
April 14, 2003... Doctors are more committed than ever to a cohesive effort to push state lawmakers towards passing a cap on non-economic damage awards in medical malpractice cases, say local physicians and organizers. "It's probably the most important issue...

Xerox CEO says things have changed. (Issues@work).
April 14, 2003... The new federal rules on securities imposed in the aftermath of corporate scandals and the implosion of employee retirement accounts are well-intentioned but make it hard for corporations to recruit high-performing directors, said Xerox's chief...

Giving employees meaningful, motivating feedback. (Issues@work).(Brief Article)
April 14, 2003... For many managers and executives, the idea of carrying out annual performance appraisals can be so daunting that otherwise solid professionals become professional procrastinators around review time. Some even avoid giving reviews at all, or...

Millward Brown leases new site in Fairfield.(Fischel Properties Inc. leaases space to Millward Brown Inc.)
April 14, 2003... Marking a bright spot on an otherwise gloomy market, Fischel Properties Inc. has leased 36,000 square feet in the only office building built in Fairfield County in recent years without securing a tenant before construction. Millward Brown...

OSHA urges fall-protection safeguards review.(Brief Article)
April 14, 2003... Disturbed by a recent round of worker falls and by numerous fall-protection violations found during its inspections in southwestern Connecticut, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Bridgeport office is urging employers in...

Investment income drops for insurance companies.(Brief Article)
April 14, 2003... Part of the recent increases in medical malpractice insurance premiums can be traced to a reduction in investment income insurance companies experienced when the markets tanked, said Chris Bernard, president of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers...

Local companies not in line for postwar contracts.(Brief Article)
April 14, 2003... As the U.S. government continues a tricky balancing act of waging war in Iraq while planning for reconstruction, some of the biggest, most influential engineering and construction firms are lining up for the multimillion dollar contracts to put...

Turning point: Westchester's office market healthier than Connecticut's, brokers agree.(Brief Article)
April 14, 2003... Cheaper rents, easier travel and economic incentives have placed Westchester County's (N.Y.) office market at a competitive advantage to that of Fairfield County for the first time in a decade, a consensus of real estate professionals agrees....

30 Group and Cannondale Business Solutions join forces.(Brief Article)
April 14, 2003... Wilton-based Cannondale Business Solutions, a leading provider of business-to-business sales improvement, technology staffing. and outsourcing services in Fairfield County, and The 30 Group L.L.C. have joined forces to offer comprehensive sales...

CBIA energy seminar April 24.(the Connecticut Business and Industry Association)(Brief Article)
April 14, 2003... With electric rates expected to increase because of the power industry restructuring, the Connecticut Business & Industry Association will offer a seminar on April 24 on ways to keep a business' energy costs down. Business people can learn...

Questionmark partners with Genesys Software. (Local Deals in Brief).(Brief Article)
April 14, 2003... Stamford-based-Questionmark, a leader in testing and assessment software, and Genesys Software Systems, the developer of PeopleComeFirst Learning, a learning and competency management system, announced an integration and referral partnership....

Emosyn adds North and South American representation. (Local Deals in Brief).(Genese International Inc.)(Brief Article)
April 14, 2003... Danbury-based Emosyn L.L.C., the fabless semiconductor division of ATMI Inc., announced that its microcontroller integrated circuits for smart cards are now represented in the North and South American markets by Genese International Inc. for...

Emosyn signs deal with M-Systems. (Local Deals in Brief).(Brief Article)
April 14, 2003... Danbury-based Emosyn L.L.C., the semiconductor division of ATMI Inc., and M-Systems have signed a cooperation agreement to optimize M-Systems' SuperMAP cryptographic co-processors for use within Emosyn's products. The first Emosyn product...

Pitney Bowes and Neopost reach licensing agreement. (Local Deals in Brief).(Brief Article)
April 14, 2003... Stamford-based Pitney Bowes Inc. and Neopost S.A. announced the companies have settled their existing patent disputes by agreeing to a cross-licensing agreement that will benefit both companies. Under terms of the agreement, each company will...

Monroe Group and AnswerPal to market offshore services. (Local Deals in Brief).(Brief Article)
April 14, 2003... The Monroe Group L.L.C. in Monroe, one of the fastest-growing professional services firms in the Northeast, and AnswerPal Private Ltd. announced a partnership whereby Monroe Group will resell AnswerPal's offshore software development services....

GRT Corp. (Faces & Places).(recognized as one of Connecticut's Inner City 10)(Brief Article)
April 14, 2003... GRT Corp. of Stamford was recently recognized as one of Connecticut's Inner City 10, an entrepreneur competition which honors the 10 fastest-growing, privately held, inner-city. companies in the state. Pictured (from left) at the awards...

The Greenwich Lyme Disease Task Force Inc. (GLDTF). (Faces & Places).(Brief Article)
April 14, 2003... The Greenwich Lyme Disease Task Force Inc. (GLDTF), was named the Outstanding Established Adult Volunteer Group by the Volunteer Center of Southwestern Fairfield County at its recent Greenwich Volunteer Day. Pictured (from left) are: Debbie...

Housatonic Community College. (HCC). (Faces & Places).
April 14, 2003... Housatonic Community College (HCC) recently celebrated its 35th anniversary at The Inn at Longshore in Westport. Some of the planners for the event pictured (from left) are: Dr. Janis M. Hadley, HCC president; Barbara P. Johnson, People's Bank,...

South End Development Corp. (SEDC). (Faces & Places).
April 14, 2003... The efforts of South End Development Corp. (SEDC), an alliance of nonprofit organizations dedicated to neighborhood improvement, economic opportunity and more affordable housing choices for Stamford's south end, received a $30,000 discretionary...

Coldwell Banker. (Faces & Places).(Stratford and Trumbull, Connecticut, offices of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage make donation to The Center for Women and Families in Bridgeport)(Brief Article)
April 14, 2003... The Stratford and Trumbull offices of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage recently presented The Center for Women and Families in Bridgeport with $5,000 donated by the employees of the two offices. Pictured at the presentation (from left)...

Law firms post mixed reports: Litigation work up, corporate cases down. (Focus).
April 14, 2003... One business sector that seems to be recession-proof -- or at least diverse enough to keep afloat in slow economies -- is the business of lawyering, "The economy generally affects us in the mix," said Paul Edelberg of Rucci, Burnham,...

Asbestos litigation threatens Connecticut's small businesses. (Focus Law).
April 14, 2003... The big business of asbestos litigation is encroaching upon the livelihood of Connecticut's small businesses. Small companies with 20 employees or fewer are finding themselves mired in this unending legal morass. The process is so broken...

Designing duo: architecture and graphic design combine to form a unique business. (PowerCouple).(Haverson Architecture & Design PC)(Company Profile)
April 14, 2003... Jay and Carolyn Haverson compliment each other both in their personal and professional lives. Their Greenwich-based architectural and interior design firm, Haverson Architecture & Design PC. combines their skills with a staff of architects,...

Major Employers: ranked by number of employers in country; alphabetical in case of a tie. (The List).(Fairfield County, Connecticut)(Directory)(Illustration)
April 14, 2003... FCBJ THE LIST Next List: April 28 Moving & Storage companies Ranked by number of employers in country; alphabetical in case of a tie Major Employers Fairfield Country Name, address, phone ...

From cows to concrete, Devine Brothers grows with Norwalk: the story of an 85-year-old family-owned company. (Doing Business in Norwalk).(Company Profile)
April 14, 2003... "The business is in our soul. It's part of who we are, and it's something that we've been pretty proud of," says Michael Devine, president of Devine Brothers Inc., a family-owned business rooted in Norwalk for 85 years. Starting out...

Norwalk's economy: a mix of hot and lukewarm. (Doing Business in Norwalk).(Norwalk, Connecticut)
April 14, 2003... The long winter of Fairfield County's discontent appears to be about over as spring gains a firmer foothold and uncertainties that plagued the economy begin to fade. Expectations of a stronger economy "kind of change with the geopolitical...

Norwalk's tourism industry remains healthy. (Doing Business in Norwalk).
April 14, 2003... The economy may be sluggish, but that hasn't caused too much pain to Norwalk's tourist industry. "Norwalk has done a little better than some of the surrounding communities," said Steve Paganelli, executive director of the Coastal. Fairfield...

People's Bank. (Credits, Clients and Awards).(2003 Samuel W. Hawley Public Service Award)(Brief Article)
April 14, 2003... People's Bank, Bridgeport presented its 2003 Samuel W. Hawley Public Service Award to Lisa M. McGuire of South Windsor, a vice president and government and community relations officer at the bank, based in Hartford. Named for a former president...

Metal Manufacturers' Education and Training Alliance (METAL). (Credits, Clients and Awards).(Brief Article)
April 14, 2003... Metal Manufacturers' Education and Training Alliance (METAL), Bridgeport, a business membership organization formed by 11 metal manufacturers, received the 2003 Theodore E. Small Workforce Partnership Award from the National Association of...