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MONROE, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Osman Perksoy's appointment to Telenity as Vice President of Product Management and Marketing will drive growth and technology leadership as new innovative products are brought to mobile market.

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WWE® today announced the appointment of Andrew Judelson as Executive Vice President of Sales & Partnership Marketing

FAIRFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Charles (Chip) Blankenship named president and CEO of GE Appliances, succeeding James P. Campbell, who has elected to retire on Dec. 31, 2011 after 30 years of service to GE.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Leonard Vincent Group (TLVG) has opened a new office in Danielson, Conn and housing industry veteran Robert Rush will oversee the day-to-day business.

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dinesh Paliwal, President, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer of HARMAN (NYSE: HAR) was honored with the American India Foundation (AIF) Corporate Leadership Award at AIF’s 10th annual gala on Saturday, December 10. In its theme of “Celebrating a Decade of Impact,” the gala recognizes the outstanding leadership of individuals committed to creating long-term change and impact in India from both the subcontinent itself and the United States. Mr. Paliwal has bee

ENFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--STR Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:STRI) today announced that Robert S. Yorgensen will succeed Dennis L. Jilot as STR’s Chief Executive Officer and President. Yorgensen, who currently serves as President of the Company’s solar business, will assume his new role commencing January 1, 2012. Mr. Jilot will continue as Chairman of the Board of Directors. Yorgensen has been President of STR’s solar encapsulant business for the past 14 years, during which time annual revenue gre

FAIRFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Foundation Source has brought on former Wachovia sr. executives Carol M. Yonack and Tony Rodriguez as regional Managing Directors to its national business development team in TX and FL respectively.

HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Conning, Inc., a leading global provider of asset management solutions, services and research to the insurance industry, today announced the appointment of Woody E. Bradford, CFA as Chief Executive Officer of Conning. The appointment takes effect January 2, 2012. Mr. Bradford succeeds Salvatore Correnti, who will continue to serve in an advisory capacity as Vice Chairman and member of the Board of Directors of Conning. “The Board is delighted to name Woody as Ch

WESTERLY, R.I.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Washington Trust Wealth Management has appointed Drew J. Bottaro of Winchester, MA as Vice President and Senior Financial Counselor for its Wellesley-MA based Weston Financial division.

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Responding to increasing global needs to quickly and effectively integrate new talent, PrimeGenesis, a leading global executive onboarding and transition acceleration consulting firm, announces the addition of Roger Neill and Thomas Yang as partners, and new alliances in China and India. Neill, based in London, will focus on Europe, and Yang will concentrate on Asia, working with PrimeGenesis’ new allies Allen Ku of Illumination Works (China) and Vijay Karkare o

NORWALK, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Charles H. Noski, vice chairman of Bank of America Corporation, today was appointed chairman of the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council (FASAC) for a one-year term beginning January 1, 2012. The Council advises the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), the private-sector organization responsible for setting accounting standards for U.S. companies, on technical issues related to the Board’s agenda, project priorities, and other issues. Mr. Noski

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Neal Pilson, former president of CBS Sports, has joined LiveClips™, an innovator and pioneer in delivering live sports action via Internet-enabled and mobile devices, as a strategic media advisor.

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--General Re Corporation announced today that Michael Sweeney plans to retire as CEO of its subsidiary, United States Aviation Underwriters (USAU), at the end of the year. He will continue as Chairman until April 30, 2012. David McKay will become President and CEO of USAU effective January 1, 2012. “Under Mike’s leadership USAU became one of the premier aviation insurance providers in the United States. Mike is well known in the aviation business and has been a ti

MASHANTUCKET, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Foxwoods Resort Casino® said today that it has named the former head of global marketing for Verizon Business to be its Chief Marketing Officer. Rebecca G. Carr has joined the Foxwoods executive team reporting directly to CEO Scott C. Butera. Her appointment is effective immediately. With more than 25 years’ experience marketing some of the world’s largest and most prestigious brands, Carr will play a key role in shaping Foxwoods brand identity as it prepare

GREENWICH, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (NASDAQ GS: IBKR) announces that its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Thomas Peterffy will present at the Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Securities Brokerage & Market Structure Conference on Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 10:15 a.m. EST. Mr. Peterffy's presentation can be heard live via webcast on the Internet accessible from the company's web site, www.interactivebrokers.com/ir. Participants should log in approximately 10 mi

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--General Reinsurance Corporation announced that Pietro Toffanello has been promoted to Property/Casualty Treaty Manager of the Asia Pacific region and Managing Director of General Reinsurance Australia Ltd. Pietro has been with Gen Re since 1994. He will move to Sydney from London, where he currently holds the position of Property Facultative Regional Manager for the EMEA Region. Gen Re also announced that Martin Leitch has been named Property Facultative Regiona

Mintz & Hoke Promotes Kara Mitchell to Account Supervisor

AVON, Conn. . . Mintz & Hoke Communications Group has promoted Kara Mitchell to the position of account supervisor.

She reports to Dean Simmons,

PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Black Box Corporation Opening Office in Albany, NY

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CRT Capital Group LLC (“CRT”), an independent institutional broker-dealer based in Stamford, Connecticut, today announced that it will acquire a team of sales and trading professionals from Citadel Securities’ Institutional Mortgage Backed Securities Group. The team, led by Patrick Russell and Igor Vidrevich, will join CRT’s established Securitized Products Business, focusing on agency and non-agency residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities, asset-b

LOS ANGELES & MILFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Unicomm, LLC, a leading event management company, and The Bob Dowling Group announced today that Angry Birds’ maker Rovio Mobile’s David Maisel will be the Opening Keynote Speaker at the second annual 3D Gaming Summit: 3D Gaming and Beyond® presented in association with Variety, on Thursday, September 22, 2011, at the Hollywood & Highland Center, Hollywood, CA. Maisel will speak at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, September 22nd. Maisel, a veteran Hollywoo

GREENWICH, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc. (NYSE: UBA and UBP) announced today that Richard Grellier has been appointed to the Board of Directors. Mr. Grellier was appointed to serve on the Audit Committee, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and among the Company’s Class II directors until the next annual meeting of shareholders. His appointment fills a vacancy on the Board created by the resignation of Mr. Peter Herrick who stepped down, effective September 15,

MANCHESTER, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Scan-Optics is pleased to announce that John Casanova has joined the Company as Director of Business Development, Document Process Outsourcing. Casanova will drive new sales initiatives for a wide variety of data capture, indexing, document processing imaging services, and hosted archive services to both commercial and government clients. Mr. Casanova has extensive sales development experience in the US for technology companies, most recently with Atalasoft, I

SIMSBURY, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Michael S. Gregg has joined The Hartford as head of strategic markets in its Wealth Management business, the company announced today.

BLOOMFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation, Inc. has announced that Mark T. Bertolini has joined its Board of Directors. Mr. Bertolini is Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Aetna, a Fortune 100 diversified health care benefits company with more than $34 billion in 2010 revenue, a workforce of approximately 33,000 and operations in North America, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. “It is with great pride and anticipation that we welcome Mark to the Fidelco

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--General Reinsurance Corporation announced today that A. Morris Tooker has been promoted to Executive Vice President of General Reinsurance and Global Head of Property/Casualty Treaty business. Gen Re also announced that Chris Crowder has been named Senior Vice President and Head of Global Property Facultative business which includes Property, Marine and Engineering. John Cholnoky, President of General Reinsurance, commented, “We are excited about the intellect a

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WWE (NYSE:WWE) today announced that Michael Luisi has been named President, WWE Studios, effective immediately. In his new role, Luisi will oversee WWE Studios and all of its motion picture productions and initiatives worldwide. Luisi will continue to report directly to WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon. “Michael’s vast knowledge of, and experience in, the motion picture industry make him a tremendous asset for WWE Studios,” said Vince McMahon. “I am confident

NEW HAVEN, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rib-X Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced the promotions of Erin Duffy, Ph.D., to Chief Scientific Officer and Jarrod Longcor to Vice President, Corporate Development.

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Global executive search and assessment firm Russell Reynolds Associates today announced the addition of Mariano Malvicino as Associate to the firm’s Industrial/Natural Resources sector. Mr. Malvicino will be based in Stamford, Connecticut. Mr. Malvicino joins the firm from McKinsey & Company where he served as Senior Associate. Providing counsel to top companies across a variety of industries, including manufacturing and assembly, basic materials, transporta

WESTPORT, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Carolyn Miles, the long-time Chief Operating Officer of Save the Children, became the leading global organization for children’s first female CEO today, and immediately called for a concerted effort by the public, private, and volunteer sectors to address the continuing humanitarian crisis in Africa. Miles, who recently returned from a trip to the refugee camps in Kenya, said, “I witnessed human suffering on an unimaginable scale, with thousands more people arri

HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Hartford has named David A. Carter, 48, as senior vice president of property insurance for Commercial Markets.

NEW HAVEN, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Continuity Control doubled its revenue in Q2 2011 and acquired My Compliance Info, hiring its founder, to better help clients meet the increasing regulatory compliance demands.

MASHANTUCKET, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Todd Greenberg has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer for Mashantucket Pequot Gaming Enterprise (MPGE), owner of Foxwoods Casino Resort® (“Foxwoods”). Foxwoods CEO Scott C. Butera made the announcement today. Mr. Greenberg, formerly a Senior Vice President at Foxwoods, has more than 15 years of gaming experience. Prior to joining Foxwoods, he served in key operating and strategic planning positions at Tropicana Entertainment and Ameristar Casinos. “I a

WESTPORT, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The American Energy Group, Ltd. (OTC.BB: AEGG) announced today that Dr. Iftikhar A. Zahid has resigned from the Board of Directors of The American Energy Group, Ltd. effective immediately. Dr. Zahid, who also serves on the Board of Directors of Hycarbex-American Energy, Inc., the operator of the Yasin 2768-7 Block petroleum concession in the Sindh Province of Pakistan, will focus his efforts upon assisting Hycarbex-American Energy, Inc. and its parent company, H

HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aetna today announced that Craig Gray has been named head of return to work solutions for Aetna Disability and Absence Management.

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WWE (NYSE:WWE) today announced that Patricia A. Gottesman has been elected to its Board of Directors. Gottesman is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer of Crimson Hexagon, a social media monitoring and analysis company. Prior to joining Crimson, Gottesman served as Founder and Principal for Omnibus PG, an international media and technology practice. Gottesman began her career with Cablevision Systems Corporation and held several senior executive p

WETHERSFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RJ Health Systems, the industry leader in drug reimbursement coding resources is pleased to announce Lou DelMastro, Vice President of Business Development.

NORWALK, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) today announced that Michael Reinert, a leading music industry attorney who most recently served as Executive Vice President of Business & Legal Affairs for the Universal Motown Republic Group, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc., has joined the Foundation’s Board of Directors. Reinert currently serves as the Chairman of the Entertainment Law Initiative of the Grammy Foundation, a division of the National Academy

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WWE® (NYSE:WWE) announced today it has appointed Rukn Kizilbash to be General Manager, WWE India to spearhead the company’s expansion across all lines of business, including consumer products and home entertainment, in India. Kizilbash will report into Dominic Hayes, Senior Vice President and Managing Director of WWE International. To support these efforts, WWE will open a new office in Mumbai, India on June 1. This furthers WWE’s commitment to expanding internationally,

MANCHESTER, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Scan-Optics, LLC, a leader in applying high-speed imaging, recognition, data capture and archive and retrieval solutions, today announced that Mr. Thomas Rice has joined the company as Chief Executive Officer. Prior to joining Scan-Optics, Mr. Rice held senior level positions most recently with Thomson Reuters Healthcare where he was the EVP, General Manager for Physicians’ Desk Reference. He went to PDR to reposition the company from a print centric to an inf

PHILADELPHIA & BLOOMFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CIGNA today announced the appointment of Ralph J. Nicoletti as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aetna (NYSE: AET) today announced that its shareholders elected all of the company’s 12 nominees to the Aetna Board of Directors, in each case satisfying the company’s majority vote standard. In addition, shareholders ratified the appointment of the company’s independent registered public accountants, approved the proposed amendment of the Aetna Inc. 2010 Stock Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares authorized to be issued under the Plan and approved th

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CRT Capital Group LLC (“CRT”) today announced the formation of its Capital Markets Group, which will be led by Justin Vorwerk. The Capital Markets Group will leverage CRT’s well-established distribution platform to provide clients with debt and equity origination services and liability management advice. As head of the Capital Markets Group, Mr. Vorwerk brings more than 30 years of corporate finance and investment banking experience to CRT. Most recently he serv

HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Travelers recently presented its prestigious Agent of the Year Award to 19 of its top Personal Insurance independent insurance agents from around the country. Agents are selected for this award as a result of their high achievements in their respective lines of business. The recipients are specifically chosen for achieving goals of long-term profitable growth for their agencies, dedication to high-quality customer service and for their commitment to Travelers. T

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--To better serve our reinsurance brokers and customers, Liberty Mutual Reinsurance has opened an office in Stamford, Connecticut, and has added Tom Greene, a veteran reinsurance professional, to its staff. “Metro New York is one of the key global reinsurance centers,” notes Jim Hinchley, chief operating officer, Liberty Mutual Reinsurance. “Our new Stamford office will help support the continued growth of Liberty Mutual Reinsurance by providing a reinsurance underwriting

HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Conning, a leading global provider of asset management solutions, services and research to the insurance industry, today announced the appointment of Jung Lee to the position of Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Lee’s appointment was made in February 2011, when he assumed responsibility for the global financial operations of Conning. Previously, Mr. Lee had served as an advisor to Conning following the acquisition by Aquiline in October 2009. The financial operations

HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Hartford today announced that Lizabeth Zlatkus, executive vice president and chief risk officer, will retire from the company in the fourth quarter of 2011. The Hartford is launching an internal and external search for her successor. “Liz is a talented executive who is known for building strong teams, as well as for her unique breadth of experience and focus on execution excellence,” said Liam E. McGee, The Hartford’s chairman, president and chief executive

ORANGE, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tangoe, Inc., a leading global provider of enterprise communications lifecycle management software and related services, today announced the expansion of the Tangoe User Group board.