April 26, 2010 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

Bioscience

Persistence Pays | Drug Firms Spurned QuikClot; Now Z-Medica Is Saving Lives Around The World And At Home

Z-Medica, a Wallingford company born out of frustration that drug giants couldn’t see the value in a...

Banking & Finance

People’s United Adds Mass. Bank

In acquiring Lowell, Mass.-based Butler Bank, People’s United Bank has taken a major step in what it...

Real Estate & Construction

Project Delays Hit $12 Billion Level

Approximately $12 billion in short and long-term “have-to-do” highway, bridge and public transit projects in Connecticut will...

News

Lou Gehrig’s Disease Clinic In New Britain

New Britain’s Hospital for Special Care has opened within its Neuromuscular Center a clinical trials unit for...

Economy & Labor

Even Shooting Stars Must Fall Somewhere

In Hollywood — where the tinsel tarnishes fast on Wilshire Boulevard — the old adage goes: “You’re...

Small Business

Special Employees Fuel CompUshade Success

Carlos Toro whispers in gusts of broken words. It’s difficult for him to make direct eye contact....

News

Walmart Supports Meals on Wheels

VNA HealthCare received a $65,000 grant from the Walmart Foundation’s State Giving Program to support its Meals...

News

Pilot Program Tests Data Sharing

A network of local hospitals will begin sharing patient data next month in what amounts to the...

Economy & Labor

Movers & Shakers

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News

Ergonomic Fixes More About Design Than Cost

Q&A visits with Dr. Martin Cherniak, professor of medicine at UConn Health Center and head of its...

News

OF NOTE

• The Connecticut Business Hall Of Fame inducted its 2010 class. Organizations and business leaders honored include Goodwin...

News

Beyond The Folly Of Doing More With Less

News item: Governor Rell proposes a new round of early retirement offers that would result in a...

Banking & Finance

Hartford Branch Just A Step For NewAlliance

NewAlliance Bank has opened its first branch in downtown Hartford, but don’t expect it to be its...

Nonprofits

SBM Foundation Awards Grants To 33 Area Groups

The SBM Charitable Foundation recently awarded first quarter grants totaling $281,550 to area non-profits. Thirty-three organizations benefited...

News

Naked Truth Reveals There’s Profit In Buff

There was a time when “environmental monitoring” meant something different than testing the lobsters in Long Island...

News

Supporting Children’s Medical Center

Louis Hernandez, chair and CEO of Open Solutions Inc., and his wife Wendy of Glastonbury, recently presented...

Real Estate & Construction

Anthem Pushes Site Hunt

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield has stepped up efforts in its search for a potential new...

News

Shared Governance Model Has Nurses, Patients Smiling

A decade ago, the management team at Middlesex Hospital launched a bold experiment designed to turn the...

News

Business Sees Gain On Health Reform

The health care reform legislation signed into law by President Obama has been hailed as a landmark...

Economy & Labor

How To Regain Your Sales Mojo

Have you ever made a presentation to a hot prospect only to find six months later, the...

News

Health Care Reform Spells Tax Increases: How to Be Prepared

President Obama’s health care reform was recently signed into law and many Americans remain in the dark...

News

Economy’s ‘New Normal’ Cries Out For New State Budgeting Approach | Five ways to make state government more efficient and cost-effective

Connecticut’s recovery is beginning, but the recession’s impact continues because of deep structural changes that have resulted...

News

Boys & Girls Club Marks 150 Years

More than 600 guests, a record number, attended the Boys and Girls Clubs of Hartford’s 150th anniversary...

Nonprofits

Pedals For Progress Sends Bicycles Abroad

Mission: To supply economic development aid by recycling bicycles and sewing machines in the U.S. and shipping...

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