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	ADVERTISEMENT Friday, October 1, 2010 Local Harris unit wins $9m contract The Chelmsford-based division of Harris Corp. said it has received a $9 million contract from Ontario County, N.Y., to upgrade the county's public safety radio communications system. Mintz Levin gets perfect score in equality index Boston law firm Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC said it has received a top rating of 100 percent on the Corporate Equality Index of the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. SEC gets extension in Cohmad, Jaffe case The Securities and Exchange Commission received another extension in its option to file an amended complaint against Cohmad Securities Corp. and Boston broker Robert M. Jaffe over their relationship to convicted swindler Bernard Madoff. Zipcar gears up in-car speaker phone give-away Zipcar Inc., the Cambridge-based car sharing service, said it is teaming up with Jabra to equip is local fleet with the Jabra Cruiser, a Bluetooth in-car speakerphone. Mullen breaks its first ad for Planet Fitness Boston ad agency Mullen is breaking its first work for new client Planet Fitness, a New Hampshire-based national health-club chain that bills its clubs as "judgement free zones." Pocket Wireless shuts stores in Conn., Mass. A Texas-based flat-rate wireless company will lay off 100 workers as it shuts stores in several Connecticut and Western Massachusetts cities. Nixon Peabody gets perfect score in equality index Nixon Peabody LLP said it has received a 100 percent rating from the Human Rights Campaign in its annual Corporate Equality Index, one of 338 law firms and businesses nationwide to receive a perfect score. Heppelmann assumes CEO role at PTC James E. Heppelmann, president of Parametric Technology Corp, has assumed the role of company president and chief executive as part of a previously announced succession plan. Baskin-Robbins kicks off candy sample campaign Baskin-Robbins is kicking off a sampling campaign to promote the latest flavor in its hard-candy line. Dana-Farber completes historic $1 billion campaign Dana-Farber Cancer Institute today announced the conclusion of the largest capital campaign in its history, which raised $1.18 billion. Today in Globe Business Today in Globe Business Thursday, September 30, 2010 The Warren Group will publish REBA News The Real Estate Bar Association for Massachusetts, or REBA, said that the Warren Group, a Boston-based media and real estate information company, will now publish its newsletter, REBA News. SEC charges two former State Street employees Federal regulators today charged two former employees at State Street with misleading investors about their exposure to subprime investments.