August 1, 2011 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

News

Nursing homes learn from disaster drill

Q&A talks about disaster planning with Vincent DeSanti, assistant operations officer at Hebrew Health Care in West...

Politics & Policy

Marketing Hartford takes more than slogan

Hartford is lucky to have the MetroHartford Alliance. While it performs many of the functions of a...

Economy & Labor

Pathfinders, Part 2: Cheshire

Economic development is a tricky business in the best of times. And in a tough economy, most...

Advertising, Media & Marketing

Movie theaters screening digital alternatives

Connecticut’s movie theaters have found alternative ways to make money. Concerts, ballet, opera, Broadway shows, sporting...

News

Union trains carpenters in hospital safety steps

With an expected rise in health care-related construction and renovation projects in Connecticut, competition for jobs is...

News

Hospital honors volunteers

Hospital for Special Care recently honored Ted Duncan of New Britain and Frank Sweeney of Berlin as...

News

Trauma team gives blood

The trauma team at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center knows firsthand the importance of having access...

Politics & Policy

In CT’s cities, crime is growth business

I’ve been enlightening you for years now — and all I’ve ever asked in return is the...

Advertising, Media & Marketing

Save time, find focus by looking inward

“What to Ask the Person in the Mirror — Critical Questions … ” by Robert Steven Kaplan,...

News

Medical IT program finds jobs scarce at entry level

Capital Community College graduated its first class of students in a new federally funded health information technology...

News

From ‘fee-for-service’ to ‘no-fee-no-service’ medicine | A doctor spells out the perils of the course American healthcare is on

By Richard Amerling After graduating medical school, young doctors must complete residency training in a hospital....

Small Business

In Rainmakers’ world, climate does matter

The foundational premise for Rainmakers is that relationships are at the core of everything we do. Relationships...

Energy

NU/NStar merger may be slowed, but not stopped

Even a possible lengthy delay imposed by the state of Massachusetts won’t stop Northeast Utilities and NStar...

Nonprofits

Alexion adds scholarships/HARC honors couple

Alexion adds scholarships Alexion Pharmaceuticals is partnering with the Connecticut Community Foundation to award scholarships to...

Transportation

Private firms changing face of school busing

The business of transporting children to school is getting competitive. As Connecticut school budgets tighten, more...

Nonprofits

CT staffer deemed ‘Rising Star’ by JA

Jeremy Race, right, director of development for Junior Achievement of Southwest New England in Hartford, receives JA’s...

Small Business

Keep energy high to stay on the fast track

Consider what the average body does every 24 hours: Its heart beats 100,689 times. The blood travels...

Advertising, Media & Marketing

Movers & Shakers

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

Banking & Finance

Rising tide of venture funding misses CT

Venture funding in Connecticut fell sharply again during the second quarter, putting the state well behind last...

Energy

OF NOTE

BL honored for its work on Hartford’s Hooker School BL Companies, an integrated architecture, engineering and...

Nonprofits

Cigna’s Scott will chair United Way campaign

United Way Worldwide President and CEO Brian Gallagher told a crowd at the MetroHartford Alliance Rising Star...

News

‘SustiNet’ shuffle puts unions above residents

By Chris Powell Governor Malloy never said he planned to put unionized state employees into the...

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