August 6, 2012 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

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Counihan sees key role for brokers

The devil is always in the detail and there is a lot of detail work ahead for...

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Health Insurance Exchange in 50-yard sprint

While a health insurance exchange may still be relatively new concept in Connecticut, Kevin Counihan predicts it...

Retail

Bloomfield fish house reborn as ‘gastro pub’

Almost two decades after Steven Wolf's family sold Calimari's, the fish restaurant it operated on Jerome Avenue...

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Children’s Med eyes regional expansion

Martin Gavin has ambitions to turn Connecticut Children's Medical Center into a regional hub for health care.The...

Energy

Booming demand for natural gas pushes up prices

The commodity price of natural gas leaped more than 70 percent this summer, firing a warning shot...

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Local Bike Teams Raise Funds To Support Battle Against MS

Pictured, from left, Simsbury native John Formica, and Glastonbury's Evan Flaschen and his son, Thomas, cut the...

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Office furniture aims for collaborative look

Shorter, more open furniture is populating the modern workplace as professional offices change their look to meet...

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McCleary: DEEP’s transformer juggles roles

Connecticut's government must do more with less.Gov. Dannel Malloy wants his state agencies to provide higher quality...

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Is ‘Dear’ dead, another victim of raging informality?

Dear reader:Actually, that's the subject of today's column.That salutation.Because there is a real question that has quietly...

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CBC Recognizes Project Teams at 60th Anniversary Celebration

The Connecticut Building Congress recently held its 16th annual Project Team Awards banquet at the Bond Ballroom...

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Community Chest grants total $89k

The Community Chest of New Britain and Berlin has approved $89,400 in grants to six local organizations.•...

Education

Quinnipiac professors focus on small business

Q&A talks about small business with Quinnipiac University professors David Cadden and Sandra Lueder, who have written...

Energy

Hartford leads nation’s sustainable parking effort

Local companies transformed the Hartford-based Green Parking Council into the national authority on sustainable parking.The nonprofit agency...

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More corporate welfare isn’t economic development

For the Malloy administration, economic development in Connecticut has turned out to be only a matter of...

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Choice in education: Where is the steak?

After you've been having steak for a long time, beans taste fine.That's the refrain from an old...

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Knight helps others answer ‘what’s next?’

Eric Knight is a man with big ideas but his latest big idea is helping little businesses...

Banking & Finance

Closing of bank branches part of a national trend

If recent data is any indication of the future of bank branches in Connecticut, there will be...

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Bad weeks for CL&P just keep coming

No matter how big your business is, you can't endure many weeks like the one CL&P had...

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Trust and perceived risk: Two sides of the same coin

Capitalism cannot function without trust. As the Nobel laureate Kenneth Arrow observed, “Virtually every commercial transaction has...

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CT Chiropractors helping USA go for gold

Drs. Vasco Valov and Jason Sousa, owners of PROHealth Chiropractic Center in Manchester, are in London to...

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Some states get it, some don’t

If you live in Connecticut, New Jersey, or Illinois, a little advice: Get out. Soon.The latest in...

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Entrepreneur checklist provides ‘fit’ insight

“Heart, Smarts, Guts and Luck: What It Takes to be an Entrepreneur…” by Anthony Tjan, Richard Harrington...

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Manchester Memorial Hospital Unveils Newly Renovated Lobby at ceremony

The lobby of the Manchester Memorial Hospital has been totally renovated and was revealed at a special...

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