August 29, 2011 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

Economy & Labor

Last chance to avoid foreign account woes

All U.S. citizens, green card holders and resident aliens who have foreign bank/financial accounts that in total...

Economy & Labor

Accounting firms growing, adding CPAs in Hartford

The number of certified public accountants working at Hartford accounting firms leaped forward this year, thanks to...

News

Trooper, prison layoffs hint battle for control

As Governor Malloy lays off state troopers and prison supervisors in unions that rejected the pay freeze...

Economy & Labor

A simple act of appreciation can produce big results

A university professor began reflecting on the people who had a positive impact on his life. In...

News

GOLF EVENT RAISES $135,000 FOR HOSPITALS

Eastern Connecticut Health Network’s first combined Mason & Purcell Golf Classic drew more than 200 golfers and...

Economy & Labor

Move over Portugal! Here comes Connecticut! | State economy would rank 38th in the world

If Connecticut were measured as its own entity — apart from the United States — it would...

News

What’s in a name? Little, to newspapers

While the name of this publication is the “Hartford” Business Journal, reporters are not reprimanded when they...

News

‘Pathfinders’ shine light on winning strategies

For the past six weeks, our ‘Pathfinders’ series has looked at local communities that have found ways...

Economy & Labor

Middletown makes its downtown work

Downtown Middletown is full of people. And they’re doing things: eating, working, shopping, drinking, walking, going...

Advertising, Media & Marketing

In influencing others, sometimes less is more

“It’s Not About You: A Little Story About What Matters Most in Business” by Bob Burg and...

Economy & Labor

Creating a friendly place for business

In Middletown, success starts with a smile. With the success in developing a bustling downtown and...

Economy & Labor

Mirror hoodie firm looking for a niche

Drivers in Central Connecticut have a lot to say about sports, politics, lifestyle and religion. ...

News

For-profit health care model makes a splash | Waterbury hospital merger brings alternative business model to forefront in CT

Texas-based LHP Hospital Group, an unknown name in Connecticut just a year ago, is fast becoming a...

News

Tax holiday misses target by creating favored class

In Huntsville, Ala., Mikaela Gold and her mother picked up several back-to-school outfits. Marissa Hurtado, with...

Banking & Finance

Venture-backed loan firm targets small businesses

When Ben Enaye was searching for traditional bank financing for his six-year-old limo services company in recent...

Economy & Labor

MoverS & Shakers

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Economy & Labor

Accounting, financial professionals proving hot commodities in CT

Despite the highest unemployment level in more than a quarter of a century, some employers are having...

News

OF NOTE

HISPANIC BAR ASSOCIATION TO RECEIVE NATIONAL HONOR The Connecticut Hispanic Bar Association will be honored Aug....

News

LONG-DISTANCE CYCLING TEAM RAISES $80,000

A team of 14 bicyclists from Burns & McDonnell’s regional engineering office in Wallingford raised more than...

News

GENGRAS AIDS TORNADO RELIEF

The employees of Gengras Motor Cars, based in East Hartford, collected and donated $3,300.00 to the American...

Economy & Labor

Pssst. Wanna sell? | M&A market awash in pitches but it pays to know what’s real

Stevie Wonder was on to something when he wrote, “I just called to say I love you.”...

Nonprofits

Giving goes mobile | United Way among first to offer mobile donation

On Sept. 10, when the Gales Ferry-based United Way of Southeastern Connecticut kicks off its annual community...

News

Organizational ombudsman: A tool whose time has come

Both internal and outside auditors have an obligation to independently evaluate the culture and systems of the...

Economy & Labor

Group making networking a less scary concept

Q&A talks about networking and support systems with Marie McNamara, regional director of B.I.G and leader of...

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