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Bridgeport shipyard seeks bankruptcy protection
Derecktor Shipyards Connecticut in Bridgeport has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, but says the reorganization is not expected to affect its 250 workers. The boatyard makes and repairs yachts, ferries, crab boats and other vessels. In March...Tags: Bill Finch, Florida, New York, Bridgeport (Fairfield, Connecticut), Financially Distressed Companies
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Electric-Powered Boats Get Insurance Break With Travelers Cos.
Courant Staff WriterAs gas prices take the pleasure out of pleasure-boating and more consumers buy electric-powered boats, The Travelers Cos. is charging up with discounts to insure them. Travelers said Tuesday it's the first insurer in the nation to offer discounts on...Tags: Consumers, Connecticut, Transportation Industry
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Vegas-like fountain makes a splash in San Pedro
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThis much is clear about the Port of Los Angeles' new, $14-million, black granite fountain with Las Vegas-style synchronized lights, water jets and music near the San Pedro waterfront: People either love it or wish it were someplace else. Even before its...Tags: Luciano Pavarotti, Los Angeles, Janice Hahn, San Pedro, Local Authority
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Boat restorer Michael Kortchmar dies
bill.bleyer@newsday.comMichael Kortchmar was a self-described klutz, a carpenter who had trouble working with straight lines. When he tried to build something at home, it was a disaster. But when Kortchmar was in his Greenport boatbuilding shop, where he specialized in...Tags: Manhattan, Death and Dying, North Fork, Movies, Peconic Bay
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Volunteer hopes her work leads to chain reaction
247-7441Beth Hoss believes there is a point in everyone's life when they can use a helping hand or a compassionate ear. She is determined to be one of the people who offer that to others. "My pastor has a saying that I would like to share: 'What you are...Tags: Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Family, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Grumman, Virginia
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Shipyard workers complete new home
Workers at Northrop Grumman's Newport News shipyard this week handed over the keys to the sixth Habitat for Humanity home the company has built on the Peninsula, a 1,200 square-foot, three bedroom on 25th Street. Northrop provided volunteers, financial...Tags: Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Ceremonies, Grumman, Society
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Today's Regional Mystery
Q: What's going on with the big crane at the Northrop Grumman shipyard in Newport News? A: You must have missed our story on the crane back in May. The shipyard's signature crane is in the midst of a $40 million overhaul "to make it stronger for...Tags: Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Grumman
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New subs to be named Minnesota, North Dakota
The U.S. Navy says its next two fast-attack submarines will be named Minnesota and North Dakota. The Navy said Tuesday that the new submarines will be the 10th and 11th Virginia-class submarines delivered by Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding and its...Tags: Defense, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), North Dakota, Grumman, Virginia
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Sailing on a sea of profits
Fuel prices are soaring and credit markets tightening, but the super-rich are still lining up to pay tens of millions of dollars for mega yachts.
The well-heeled buyers of the floating mansions are increasingly coming from emerging economies - in the...Tags: Sales, Government, Employees, National Government, Petroleum Industry
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Sullivan Hopes Sub Experience Can Help Beat Courtney
Courant Staff WriterIt was a hot, windless day at Asnuntuck Community College and Frank Gulluni, director of the school's Manufacturing Technology Center, was earnestly explaining to a visiting candidate how important it still was to train workers for manufacturing jobs in...Tags: Republican Party, Defense, Alaska, International Military Interventions, Executive Branch
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