Fairfield County Business Journal

Board Offers Recommendations On Sustinet

By July 1, SustiNet's volunteer committees and task forces are scheduled to provide the board with recommendations on how SustiNet should: address health information technology; care coordination; incentives for evidence-based, high-quality care; disease prevention and wellness; the elimination or reduction of ethnic and racial disparities; obesity; tobacco use; and strengthening the health care work force to meet the increased demands for services that will result from a substantial increase...

High Five

Schloss said Tabar began to look at the details and specific needs of the niche sports, like snowboarding, fly fishing and mountain and ice climbing. The company, which has earned yearly best-place-to-work accolades, benefits from ferocious loyalty by its employees, who enjoy retreats, liberal time off for childcare, flex-time options, and comprehensive health care.

Aig Cleared of Cleanup Costs

New York City-based MG cited multiple reasons for denying the claim, including: * the policyholders did not submit a "claim" as defined by the policy during the effective dates of the contract; * the debris did not constitute a "pollution condition" under the policy; * the policy's contractual liability exclusion provision precluded coverage; and * the plaintiffs did not incur cleanup costs as defined by the policy, because they were not required to clean up the site under environmental laws,...

Hopes, Cash Raised for Commercial Real Estate

The companies continue working together on new deals - in Waltham, Mass., Verizon Communications Inc. recently broke ground on a new high-tech research lab at a complex owned by The Davis Cos. and Marcus Partners, along with Prudential Real Estate Investors. Besides 200 Connecticut Ave. in Norwalk where The Davis Cos. and Marcus Partners have their local offices, the companies' holdings in Fairfield County total more than 1.4 million square feet at Wilton Corporate Center in Wilton and addit...

Lending Is Up

Nationally, however, the increase in noncurrent loans was the smallest in three years, the FDIC stated Since January, commercial and industrial loan demand has picked up considerably for JP Morgan Chase & Co., both among small businesses and for larger loans required by middle market companies, according to Nicole Holzapfel, who leads the bank's middle market lending group with offices in Shelton and White Plains, N.Y. Through April, we've gotten 18 new relationships . . .

Mitchells Acquires Long Island Clothier

A core group of the store's sales associates, along with the store's inventory, will move to Marshs, another Mitchells owned store location, in nearby Huntington, N.Y. Thomas Miller joins The Mitchells stores comprised of Mitchells in Westport, Richards in Greenwich, Marshs in Huntington and Wilkes Bashford in San Francisco and Palo Alto, Calif.

Gas Deal Remains in the Other

The industrial gases industry was roiled in February after Air Products and Chemicals Inc. launched a hostile takeover bid for Airgas Inc., prompting Praxair to mull its own potential bid from the sidelines.

Sun Spot

Even as Gov. M. Jodi Rell vetoed an energy bill with significant incentives for solar power, industry advocates remain hopeful that Connecticut will resume its onetime leadership position in spurring homeowners and businesses to install photovoltaic panels.