Category: Business
Angie’s List: How Reliable Is It? Worth The Money?
Folks, I am writing a column about Angie’s List and would love feedback on your experience. Is it worth the money? Is it reliable? How does it compare to the Better Business Bureau site. Please include your state and town and I would only use your first name. Thanks George
Blumenthal: AG And Senate Candidate Questioning NewAlliance Bank Takeover
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal — AND Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate – today wrote First Niagara and NewAlliance banks asking them to provide information on and justification for their proposed merger. Under Connecticut law, the state Department of Banking may only approve bank mergers that benefit Connecticut’s economy and the public, Blumenthal said in releasing [...]
West Hartford: One Of 10 Best Places In US To Raise A Family
Those of us who live or have lived in West Hartford, Ct know its one of the best places in the country to live and to raise a family. Kiplinger Magazine agrees and for the second time this year named West Hartford to its best 10 list: this time one of the great cities for [...]
“Magnetic Maze” Wooden Game Boards are Recalled Due to Choking, Intestinal and Aspiration Hazards
HARTFORD, August 30 – “Magnets are dangerous for young children, not only because they could lodge in a child’s throat or nasal passages, but if two or more magnets are swallowed, they can attract each other and cause intestinal perforations or blockages which can be fatal,” Consumer Protection Commissioner Jerry Farrell Jr. said today in [...]
DPUC To Investigate Connecticut Water Co.
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal announced that the Department of Public Utility Control (DPUC) — less than a week after his request — has agreed to investigate the Connecticut Water Company’s (CWC) possible plans to reduce its workforce mere weeks after it was permitted to raise rates to fund higher staffing levels. “I commend the DPUC [...]
Do NOT Respond To Survey Calls Or To Dogs Barking On The Phone
Hundreds of people, including one of our readers, reported getting stranger phone calls from 208-758-0218 This is the email I received from Elaine this morning: I enjoy reading your newsletter every Monday morning. I have a question that you may or may not want to address. Recently, I have been receiving recorded phone calls on [...]
Cargill Recalling Beef Sold By BJ’s in Connecticut and Seven Other States
About 8,500 pounds of beef sold by BJ’s in eight states in mid-June have been recalled by Cargill after three became sick from a strain of E.coli. None were hospitalized. Two people in Maine and in in New York were ill, but none seriously, government officials said today. “It was a relief it wasn’t more [...]
“Jailed Grandson” Calls Grandma From Montreal and Fleeces Her Out Of $935
The call from Tyler was scary. He had been in a car accident in a rental car in Montreal and needed money to pay an attorney and fly home. Dorothy Cheo, 81, of Niantic, was so upset on hearing her grandson was in trouble that she couldn’t think straight. She quickly went to a local [...]
Blumenthal Asks Pratt To Avoid Layoff Of 129 At Cheshire Plant
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today called on Pratt & Whitney to avoid the projected layoff of 129 workers at its Cheshire plant by reducing overtime, instituting furloughs or taking other steps short of letting go workers. Pratt & Whitney currently has many Cheshire plant employees working overtime and on weekends. In a letter to Pratt [...]
Conn Water To Lay Off Employees After Getting Rate Increase To Hire More
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is urging an investigation into the Connecticut Water Company’s (CWC) possible plans to reduce its workforce mere weeks after the Department of Public Utility Control (DPUC) approved a rate increase to fund higher staffing levels. Blumenthal’s office learned about the layoffs through an anonymous employee, and later confirmed with the company [...]
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