Stamford is just 25 miles northeast of New York City, with many of the worlds largest financial and research companies headquartered here. Because so many major employers are located in this region, Stamford has witnessed a welcome boom in job growth. Stamford is located on the Sound, causing somewhat cooler temperatures in the winter and summer. The city is one of the oldest in the nation.Major employers within Fairfield County include Arch Chemical Inc., Bayer Corporation, Clairol Incorporated, GE, Gartner Inc., Greenwich Hospital, Kodak Polychrome Graphics, Norwalk Hospital, Pitney Bowes, Reeves Brothers/Hart Holding Company Inc., and Xerox.The Fairfield County Business Journal is in the New York, NY DMA. The Fairfield County Business Journal is part of the City Business Journal Network and offers ROP and insert advertising opportunities in its daily circulation. Echo Media has direct relationships with over 7,500 newspapers providing tremendous local coverage.