April 4, 2011 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

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Trade development effort needs some refocusing

The national approach to international trade policies is in a major state of flux. At the same...

Nonprofits

Hartford Foundation grants helping two museums

A pair of grants from the Nonprofit Support Program at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving are...

Real Estate & Construction

A River Runs Through It | Haddam debates how to use its greatest natural resource

Except for the occasional bridge, ferry and kayak, the Connecticut River rages through the state virtually unnoticed....

News

OTIS PROVIDES LIFT FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS

Otis Elevator Company President Didier Michaud-Daniel (fourth from left) accepts an award from Special Olympics Connecticut during...

News

ENERGY CHALLENGE KICKS OFF

U.S. Rep Joe Courtney, left, talks with Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, center, and Daniel C. Esty, commissioner...

Economy & Labor

Rainmakers view selling with revolutionary’s eye

In the past year, I’ve had the good fortune to work with and interview many Rainmakers. One...

News

Balanced budget roadmap nearby

There’s a lot to be said for not being the first person into a burning building. ...

Banking & Finance

Plush in line to be Webster’s No. 1

When Webster Financial named Gerald P. Plush to the bank’s No. 2 position earlier this year, it...

Economy & Labor

Movers & Shakers

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Advertising, Media & Marketing

Avid Marketing wins Ad Club prize

Avid Marketing Group, a Rocky Hill-based marketing agency, captured not only the grand prize but also the...

News

Enfield’s church-state spat just isn’t worth fighting

I was called for jury duty years ago, for a routine slip-and-fall case — an elderly woman...

News

OF NOTE

Five doctors honored by ConnectiCare ConnectiCare health plan has honored five physicians with its new Doctor...

News

COMCAST ENABLES SCIENCE WORKSHOPS

The Connecticut Science Center’s “Science in Motion” program recently launched at the Trinity Boys & Girls Club...

Economy & Labor

Spring is time to clean up both office, outlook

Spring-cleaning is not just for your home or garden. Do yourself a favor and spruce up your...

Advertising, Media & Marketing

Does your marketing program pass the test?

All marketers are liars. And since we’re all marketers of one thing or another, we’re all liars....

Politics & Policy

Session offers plenty to dislike, plus some hope

The talk of a business-friendly Connecticut may have been more promise in word than in deed, industry...

Banking & Finance

On the rebound | From 2008 low, Webster Financial has staged aggressive turnaround

Coming off a tumultuous few years, Webster Financial Corp. CEO and President James C. Smith sees bright...

News

Unfix the ‘fixed costs’ in Connecticut budgets

Connecticut’s ideas of reform in state government don’t yet quite match the challenge of government’s financial disaster....

Retail

Restaurant finds success in LivingSocial coupons

This recent January was not a good one to be in the restaurant business in downtown...

Economy & Labor

Understand goals before assessing your risks

Q&A talks about risk assessment with Michael Bechara, the creator of Enlighten Software, a product designed to...

Nonprofits

Ferris Group finding profit in nonprofit event planning

Kristen Ferris has always been a planner — whether it was planning parties in college, volunteering for...

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