April 5, 2010 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

Legal & Courts

Patent Mark Suits May Turn On Ruling

While shopping at the mall, you might have noticed that there often appears a list of patent...

Legal & Courts

Law Firms Upbeat On Growth Prospects

Despite a faltering economy that triggered a spate of law firm mergers and cutbacks, the legal business...

News

Of Note

• The Masters in Business Administration program at the University of Hartford’s Barney School of Business is among...

Small Business

HYPE Group Offers Aid To Area’s Entrepreneurs

Over 2,200 young professionals and aspiring entrepreneurs in the Greater Hartford area have found a lifeline in...

Economy & Labor

State Contracts

Here are the latest bids for products and services received by the Connecticut Department of Administrative Services...

News

Community Service Award

The Connecticut Judicial Branch Community Service Program received the Outstanding Community Service Award from the National Multiple...

Legal & Courts

For Law Firms, Road To Profits Is Changing | Peter Guiliani, Partner, Smock-Sterling Strategic Management Consultants

Q: One Connecticut blogger suggested law firms should get away from being driven solely by maximum profits...

News

For Those Student-Athletes, College Is Real World Lesson

There was just a brief moment when I thought all was right with the world. ...

Advertising, Media & Marketing

Amish Can Teach Business Lessons

“Success Made Simple: An Inside Look at Why Amish Businesses Thrive” by Erik Wesner, Jossey-Bass, $24.95. ...

News

Minority Business of the Year

QSoft Consulting LLC was honored as the Minority Business of the Year by The Urban League of...

Economy & Labor

TicketNetwork Shops For Home

The eight-year marriage between TicketNetwork and Vernon is on the rocks. Vernon’s largest private employer has...

News

Hoffman Toyota Turns 25

Kevin Cour, general manager for Toyota Motor Sales N.Y. Region, presented Hoffman Auto Group Co-Chairmen Jeffrey (left)...

News

Not All Independent Contractors Are ‘Misclassified’ Employees

When Attorney General Richard Blumenthal recently announced he’d be cracking down on companies that “misclassify” employees as...

Nonprofits

Keystone Equipment, State Partner To Conserve Energy

The actions of a community-minded local business to tap into a little-known Connecticut tax credit provision has...

Economy & Labor

Corporate Meetings Go Bare Bones

As Hartford’s publicly traded companies slowly recover from the economic funk, they’re certainly not splurging on their...

News

Why Sell Your Soul At No Rate of Return?

As a business owner, it baffles me to think that any institution would consider selling off its...

Economy & Labor

Business Bankruptcy Filings Tell Sad Tale

Business bankruptcy filings reached a 30-year high in Connecticut in 2009, another sign of the economic downturn’s...

Legal & Courts

IP Firm Goes Upstream Against The Current

In the mid-1990s, the law firm Cantor Colburn LLP was looking for a way to grow. It...

News

Unemployment Insurance 101

More than 50 area employers received a first-hand explanation of the process used to determine a former...

Economy & Labor

Movers & Shakers

To submit items for Movers & Shakers, please email text and high-resolution photos to news@ hartfordbusiness.com....

News

State Blew Alexion Deal But What Is The Remedy?

Ned Lamont created some great political theater last week when he stood amid unemployed workers at a...

Manufacturing

A Close Fit | Steady Medical Device Market Tempts Cyclical Fabricators

With the auto and aerospace industries still facing slow demand, more Connecticut manufacturers are looking to diversify...

Small Business

Money Is Just One Factor In Job Satisfaction

I’m having a fabulous time on my tour promoting my new book, Use Your Head To Get...

Nonprofits

Hartford’s CIL Provides Housing Resources

Mission: The mission of CIL is to create and sustain housing and other community resources that provide...

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