Stanley Works

GTCR and Bruce Rauner in spotlight again with Rauner's run for Illinois governor

2013-06-16 00:00:00

With businessman Bruce Rauner running for Illinois governor, his experience in the world of private equity is likely to sound familiar to voters. Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney had a similar background, which became fodder for debate during...

Museum In New Britain Expands Schedule

2013-05-28 04:16:00

The New Britain Industrial Museum is adding weekend hours in June. An American Savings Foundation grant will make it possible for the museum to hold weekend hours for the first time since it was founded 18 years ago. The museum is on the second...

Former Stanley Black & Decker Chairman Made $23.9M in 2012; CEO Got $14.4M

2013-04-08 08:46:00

The former chairman of Stanley Black & Decker Inc., Nolan D. Archibald, made $23.9 million in 2012, his last full year before retiring in March. John F. Lundgren, Stanley's chairman and chief executive, pulled down $14.4 million in 2012, according to...

Archibald, Stanley Black & Decker's chairman, was paid $64.4 million last year

2012-03-20 17:56:00

Even after Stanley Black & Decker shareholders rejected the tool and security company's executive pay plan last spring, the company paid Nolan D. Archibald, its executive chairman and the former CEO of Black & Decker, a total of $64.4 million in 2011....

Items conceal mysteries, loyalties

2011-07-24 01:05:38

Antiques are mysterious in many ways. Some, like an asparagus server, were made to do jobs that are no longer necessary. Some, like the Jenny Lind bed with spiral posts, are named for forgotten celebrities. An antique mechanical bank with a hunter...

Defective Grasshogs cost Black & Decker

2011-08-03 14:24:00

Black & Decker Inc. has settled with the federal government to pay $960,000 in order to end the inquiry into whether the company did not report safety problems with a weed whacker it sold, according to a statement Wednesday by the U.S. Consumer Product...

From the Age of Monarchs to the Age of Executives

2010-03-12 00:00:00

One of my sons and his wife returned from a trip to Paris a couple weeks ago. They came for dinner and showed us their pictures. Of the Palace at Versailles and its magnificence, he remarked, "No wonder there was a revolution." I had the same reaction...

Constellation reportedly takeover target of Chicago power company

2011-04-27 19:54:00

Constellation Energy Group is reportedly in the final stages of takeover negotiations that could see it absorbed by the Chicago-based power company Exelon Corp., a deal that would usher Baltimore's last Fortune 500 company headquarters out of town. For...

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2009-11-02 13:49:38

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ING's Plan To Spin Off Insurance Units Raises Branding Concerns

2009-10-27 00:00:00

When ING Group bought Aetna's financial services business nine years ago, not many in the Hartford area — or elsewhere in the country, for that matter — had ever heard of the Dutch financial services company. After tens of millions spent on...

Stanley Works To Buy Black & Decker Corp. In All-Stock Deal

2009-11-03 00:00:00

The Stanley Works, long a giant in American toolmaking, will buy The Black & Decker Corp. in an all-stock deal worth about $4.5 billion, the companies said Monday after the stock markets closed. The new enterprise will be called Stanley Black & Decker...

Stanley Competitor Snap-on Tools Brings Nationwide Tour To New Britain

2009-07-16 00:00:00

On any given day, The Stanley Works is the big daddy in tools in this town, aka the Hardware City. But in America, competition has a way of sprouting just about everywhere, including in the hometown champ's backyard. That was the case for Stanley on...

Stanley Works started making tools in New Britain in the 1830s and merged with Black & Decker in 2010. CAPTION: Stanley Works fatMax Xtreme Tool Bag

2012-02-18 09:10:54

The tool makers Stanley Works and Black & Decker Corp. announced that in an all-stock deal Stanley Works would pay $3.46 billion for rival Black & Decker. (Photo illustration by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

2009-11-03 18:47:04

The Stanley Works complex sits idle on Myrtle Street in New Britain . The company announced 550 layoffs Friday. The number in Connecticut isn't yet known.

2008-12-11 00:00:00