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HARTFORD, Conn., July 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harry J. Gray, 89, retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of United Technologies Corp. who is widely recognized for his role in shaping the modern-day UTC, died today at Hartford Hospital. Mr. Gray joined the company, then known as United Aircraft Corporation, as president and chief administrative officer in September 1971. He was named chief executive officer in October 1972 and assumed the title of chairman of the board of directors...

Presentation to be Webcast Live at 8:30 a.m. ET on June 10 WALTHAM, Mass., June 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mac-Gray Corporation (NYSE: TUC), the nation's premier provider of laundry facilities management services to multi-unit housing locations, today announced that its Chief Financial Officer, Michael J. Shea, will be presenting at the UBS Global Technology Conference in New York on Wednesday, June 10 at 8:30 a.m. (ET). A live audio webcast of the presentation will be available through...

BOSTON, June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Boston ad agency Gray & Partners has added two new partners to its roster, rounding out the management team and establishing its creative leadership. Joining the startup are Creative Directors Todd Gallentine and Ronan Doyle. Todd, an art director by trade, comes to G&P by way of leadership roles at Hill Holliday, Weiss Whitten Stagliano and Deutsch in NY, and most recently as a freelance Creative Director here in Boston. Ronan, his copywriting...

DENVER, May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Examiner.com, the insider source for everything local, proudly welcomes best-selling relationship author John Gray as its national Marriage Advice Examiner. With 16 best-selling books under his belt, Gray is best known for Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, the number one relationship book of all time. More than 40 million copies of his books have been sold around the world, making him a popular speaker on the international lecture circuit. He has...

Company to Broadcast Conference Call over the Internet at www.macgray.com WALTHAM, Mass., April 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In conjunction with its quarterly financial results news release, Mac-Gray Corporation (NYSE: TUC), the nation's premier provider of laundry facilities management services to multi-unit housing locations, has rescheduled its first-quarter 2009 financial results conference call and plans to broadcast live over the Internet on Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 10:00 a.m....

WALTHAM, Mass., April 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mac-Gray Corporation (NYSE: TUC), the nation's premier provider of laundry facilities management services to multi-unit housing locations, today announced that Glass, Lewis & Co., LLC, a leading independent proxy advisory firm, has recommended that its clients support the two Mac-Gray director nominees -- Stewart G. MacDonald and Christopher T. Jenny -- by voting for them on the WHITE proxy card. "We are extremely pleased that a second...

A U.S. psychologist says from a developmental viewpoint, fierce competition is a step back in human development. In an article published in the American Journal of Play, Dr. Peter Gray of Boston College suggests early hunters and gatherers made cooperative living possible by using play and humor to overcome innate tendencies toward aggression and dominance. Play and humor were not just means of adding fun to their lives, Gray says in a statement. They were means of maintaining the band's...

Director James Gray says he is still unhappy with U.S. actor Joaquin Phoenix's behavior while he was promoting their new film Two Lovers. The New York Post said Gray is angry because the media paid more attention to Phoenix's disheveled new look -- and his announcement that he is retiring from acting and pursuing a hip-hop career -- than they did to Lovers, which co-starred Gwyneth Paltrow. Phoenix notably wore sunglasses and a wild-looking beard during an appearance on Late Show with David...

A Western Canadian high school principal's attempt to jam cell phone signals in classes was found to be illegal and had to be removed. Steve Gray, principal of Port Hardy Senior Secondary School on the northeastern shore of Vancouver Island in British Columbia told The Province newspaper in Vancouver he conducted the experiment last week at a cost of $115. The school has a rule against using cell phones for calls or text messages during class, yet he was seeing several confiscations per...

New Cell Site Means Clearer Reception, Fewer Dropped Calls GRAY, Ky., March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless has activated a new cell site in Gray, Ky., which enables more customers to use their wireless phones concurrently to make calls; send and receive email and text, picture and video messages; access the Internet; view high-quality videos; and download music, games and ringtones, while enjoying clearer reception and fewer dropped calls. The new cell site, which is equipped with a...