Monthly Archives: December 2011

Best Buy Reeling From Internet Snafu That Cancelled Black Friday Orders Right Before Christmas

December 24, 2011
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Best Buy Reeling From Internet Snafu That Cancelled Black Friday Orders Right Before Christmas

Leave it to Best Buy to shoot itself in the foot again, this time accidentally cancelling Black Friday orders that were supposed to have been delivered this week. Scott Mitchell of Ridgefield, Ct., a formerly loyal customer, got on the Internet and complained about we he learned on Thursday that his order was cancelled....

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Comcast Needed Pressure To Provide Full Credit To Simsbury Storm Victim

December 24, 2011
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Comcast Needed Pressure To Provide Full Credit To Simsbury Storm Victim

Comcast has been playing cute over the issue of whether it would credit customers who did not receive service as the result of the October storm that knocked out power to 800,000 of Connecticut homes. While most other cable and telephone companies quickly understood the idea that if you don’t provide service, you can’t...

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Links To The 20-Part OUTSTANDING Series By Ted Mann On Gov. Dannel Malloy

December 24, 2011
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Links To The 20-Part OUTSTANDING Series By Ted Mann On Gov. Dannel Malloy

The final installment: Mann’s examination of Malloy comes to a close Ted Mann‘s 20-part series on Gov. Dannel Malloy wraps up today, and there were, perhaps not surprisingly, some interesting revelations throughout the series. There were the rivalries and not-so-cordial relationships with governors in neighboring states, the fact that a fellow Democrat, Chris Donovan,...

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Jepsen Renews Effort To Pressure Regulatory Review Of NU Merger

December 23, 2011
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Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen renewed his efforts today to persuade state utility regulators to recognize their authority and open a state review of the proposed merger of Northeast Utilities and NSTAR, a Boston-based utility holding company. The Attorney General filed comments with the state Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, urging them to issue a...

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