August 5, 2013 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

News

Froshauer’s entrepreneurial spirit leads CT’s bioscience industry

You can call it coincidence, maybe it was fate, for Susan Froshauer to grow up on the...

Transportation

Joneser’s Express finds niche at Bradley Airport

Some 20 years ago, Todd Jones was trying his hand at remodeling and roofing. Having just moved...

News

Shipman & Goodwin attorneys donate time to Camp Courant

As part of its annual lawyers’ community day, Shipman & Goodwin sent out a team of more...

Logistics

Summer Series: Part IV

In today's fourth installment of How Connecticut Works, our summer series looks at the trucking industry, which serves a major role in Connecticut's logistics network. Trucks are one of the primary modes of transportation businesses and residents rely on to move goods across the state.

Real Estate & Construction

Blue Back Sq. visionary eyes Farmington mixed-use development

The visionary developer who transformed a pair of former car dealerships and adjoining West Hartford parcels into...

News

Leadership Greater Hartford receives excellence award

The Association of Leadership Programs recently awarded Leadership Greater Hartford with the Excellence in Innovation award at...

Economy & Labor

‘Lost season’ for CT construction industry

Connecticut's construction industry took another blow in June shedding 1,900 jobs, or 3.4 percent of its total...

News

An immigration system rigorous and generous

Prospects for resolution of the country's immigration issues are fading in Congress as details complicate the outline...

Small Business

W. Hartford printer expands as industry contracts

By all indicators, Heidi Buckley’s small business is booming these days. She recently secured a $2...

News

Characteristics of high performing organizations

One reality for businesses coming out of the recession is that companies are doing more with less....

News

TD Charitable Foundation donates $20K to Prevention Partnership

The TD Charitable Foundation recently presented The Governor's Prevention Partnership with $20,000 to support positive youth behavior...

News

Pratt & Whitney’s Reiter travels to Guatemala for Engineers Without Borders

Pratt & Whitney engineer Michael Reiter, back row at left, recently travelled to Guatemala with Engineers Without...

Logistics

Bailey’s Express among CT’s homegrown trucking companies

When small Connecticut manufacturers need to move goods they typically call on a trucking company like Middletown's...

Energy

New Britain-to-Hartford busway halfway done

While many Connecticut construction firms have been hurting for work, the $567 million New Britain-to-Hartford busway project...

Small Business

Small biz take fewer risks amid uncertainty

Q&A talks about the tempered optimism of small businesses with Kathy Bromage, senior vice president of small...

News

Tighe & Bond engineer earns license

Cynthia Castellon, an engineer at Tighe & Bond's Middletown office, recently passed her Principles and Practice of Engineering...

Economic Development

CT Studios: Moviemaking by summer ’14

With key pieces finally falling into place, developers of the $100 million Connecticut Studios movie complex in South Windsor are hopeful they can begin construction this fall and start moviemaking next summer.

Economic Development

Gov’t incentives no substitute for pro-business climate

The first shots of the 2014 gubernatorial race have been fired, and it's clear much of the...

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