CORPORATE ENERGY Q&A
Talking About Our Generation
Connecticut Energy
Connecticut is home to a world of business connected to the global economy. Business runs on energy of people and relies on a spectrum of fuels to get work done. David Bogan, a partner at Robinson & Cole LLP, heads the firm’s Utilities Group. The law firm is a major commercial practice that serves clients needs in regional, national and global arenas from offices in the Northeast and Florida. From Bogan's Stamford office, he shared insight on energy issues in Connecticut. "The top concern is the same for Connecticut and throughout the Northeast," he says ...
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The Business of Energy
Building Balanced Generation Dominion Resources
Electricity cannot be stored—that means every time a light switch comes on a generating unit is ready to operate or is online someplace. Millstone Power Station (Waterford, Conn.) is the largest single ...
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CEO Conversation
Energy, Efficiency, Expertise
ConEdison Solutions
ConEdison Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of Consolidated Edison, Inc., currently serving more than 200,000 customers in 10 states and the District of Columbia. The company has a front row seat to what is happening ...
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Energy Innovation: Chart Green Energy, Path for Business
Although going green may not be such a novel idea anymore, businesses and public entities small and large are realizing there’s more to it than just the feel good reward and pat on the back from environmentalists. Unlike trends which ...
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CEO Conversations: Legend Re-born, Narragansett Brewing Company
New England beer drinkers of a certain age will recall that catchy jingle, a combination greeting/invitation, given life by Curt Gowdy as the voice of the Boston Red Sox. And Narragansett lager was the beer ...
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Firm Profile: Ahead, 'Fast Growing Animal', What's Next for The Industry
“Schulte Roth & Zabel has 80 lawyers involved on the hedge fund work, plus a very, very large number in addition to that who do M&A work, finance work, and litigation for the hedge fund community,” says ...
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Markets: Energy Sector, Energy Provides Power Up, Direct Energy to Expand
It doesn’t matter if it’s on the athletic field or in the marketplace, competition benefits everyone. In the cutthroat business world, so often it is the company delivering the best quality product and service for the price that will ultimately...
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Firm Profile: Steering Strategies, Why Innovation and Creativity Matter
With an asset base just under $5 billion and some 125 employees, Graham Capital Management (Rowayton, Conn.), is a multistrategy hedge fund. Chairman Kenneth G. Tropin describes Graham’s ...
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CEO Conversations, Resilient Industry: Hedge Funds Meshing Business with Markets
Casey Quirk & Associates, a management consulting firm, is located in Darien, Connecticut, part of ...
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Corporate Q&A: Hedge Investment Strategies Innovation Applied
Hans Hufschmid, chairman and CEO of GlobeOp Financial Services, looks
at the global trends shaping hedge fund administration and derivatives
trading. GlobeOp is a leading independent financial services company ...
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Markets: Energy Sector, Hedging Electricity Costs Solutions to Manage Power Volatility
The concept of hedging financial investments receives a lot of attention, but hedging can be a useful strategy for approaching ...
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Arenas of Work: Life with Heart
... Entrepreneur Pens Possibilities
Start with a passion for horses. Mix in a dollop of story telling. Stir with a knack for listening to what is not said and a flair for teaching. The result? Meet Paul "Buck" Kalinowski of Hillside Equestrian Meadows ...
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Hedge Fund: Management, Regulate Hedge Funds? What the Industry
Needs to Do
Harvey Pitt, CEO of global business consulting firm Kalorama Partners, LLC, is former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)...
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Hedge Fund: Investment, NYSE, Buy-side Trading Tools Fuel Investments
Keeping current with the pulse of markets means diligence, information and applying new technology. Clients demand excellence and constant improvements to respond to markets. “The buy-side community is operating...
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Hedge Fund: Corporate Counsel, Discipline, Factors, Performance, "Fraud Skews the Risk Curve"
A properly managed hedge fund takes measured risk, and does so by endeavoring to balance both sides of the same coin...
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Hedge Fund: OpHedge, Solve Problems,
Get It Done
Optimum Service, After Trades
Deliver solutions with consistent quality and intergrity and the world of business will find a way to your door ...
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Hedge Fund, Horsepower Centers on Connecticut
Bruce McGuire says he was greatly influenced by a 2004 report by Casey, Quirk & Associates of Darien, which “estimated that institutional capital in hedge funds would increase from $60 billion to $300 billion...
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Colt Legacy
Lives On, Connecticut Creatives Seed Landscape
Colt Park is the Hartford land walked on and loved by Samuel and Elizabeth Colt, the world famous gun maker and his wife. Sam Colt died prematurely at 47. Elizabeth Hart Jarvis Colt was a quietly determined force of nature, a philanthropist ...
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Meanwhile, Across
the Globe Economic Development Means People
Thrust somewhat reluctantly into the vanguard of globalization, India must now seize the opportunity to strengthen the... Read More...
Mission: To Solve “Cold Cases” A National Center in Connecticut Violent criminals beware.Dr. Henry Lee wants to detect, track and provide solid evidence to aid law enforcement officials to capture violent criminals with science. And with the establishment of a new national “cold case” center in Connecticut, he’s going ...
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Above It All: To Fly is Freedom: Imagine this: It’s about an hour after sunrise. There’s a strange “whooshing” noise outside. “Hey kids! Get up! There’s a hot air balloon landing in our yard. Look at its colors glowing in the sun!” This is a common scene when balloonists land in Connecticut after a morning flight. Not only do people...
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Bird Toy Makers—Why, How, Where: Twin Leather in Brockton, Mass., was founded by Richmond and Raymond Castano, twin brothers, in 1949. The company made leather soles.Brockton was known throughout the world as the epicenter for shoe making (and leather). (Historical note: The U.S. government ordered more...
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Crab Blood is Gold
(Or why a living fossil may save your life): Horseshoe crabs aren’t bugs. They aren't really crabs, either. The prehistoric-looking creatures known properly as Limulus polyphemus are more closely related to spiders and scorpions than true crabs. The innocuous sea creatures are living fossils and have been scuttling...
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Access: Minutes to Wall Street,
Versatile Workhorse: Helicopters are unlike any other form of aviation in their versatility. Nimble, able to fly in any direction, the aircraft can whisk Wall Street traders from quiet homes in the region quickly to the heartbeat of the financial district in downtown Manhattan...
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