August 8, 2011 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

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Malloy fast approaching Mighy Casey moment

We’re fans of ESPN. We’re fans of the ‘First Five’ program as originally presented by Governor...

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OF NOTE

WATERBURY REGIONAL CHAMBER HONORS THREE FOR SERVICE Peter Baker, president and CEO of Crystal Rock Water...

Economy & Labor

ESPN and Bristol: A symbiotic relationship blooms

Nearly 15 years ago, Art Ward was afraid he was killing the golden goose. “I was shaking...

News

The case for raising taxes | Funding government is in interest of small business

I am not sure who said it first in public debate, but it holds truer today than...

Economy & Labor

Tale of two cities | Bristol struggles to revitalize downtown

As the tiny company known in 1979 as the Entertainment Sports Programming Network slowly grew into the...

Economy & Labor

With PCI compliance, it’s all in the number

Whether it is 14 or 16 numerical digits in length, securing and protecting credit card numbers and...

Economy & Labor

MoverS & Shakers

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

Advertising, Media & Marketing

Rockville Bank finds web speeds investor relations

Q&A talks about investor relations with Marliese L. Shaw, vice president, investor relations, Rockville Financial Inc. (RCKB)...

News

HAPPY TUNE AT WESTFARMS

Lord & Taylor shoppers at Westfarms got a sneak peek performance of the Rodger and Hammerstein’s The...

Nonprofits

CT Landmarks wins grant, will add sites manager job

Connecticut Landmarks has received a $150,000 Engaging Communities grant to fill a newly created education and historic...

Manufacturing

CCAT expands manufacturing role

The Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology grew its reach into the state’s manufacturing sector in late July,...

Hospitality & Tourism

CT golf courses struggle to recover from sour start

Connecticut’s golf course suffered significant losses in the number of rounds play and spend per round through...

News

40-YEAR EMPLOYEE REWARDED

As a thank-you for 40 years of dedicated service, Hoffman Auto Group co-chairmen Jeffrey and I. Bradley...

Energy

Panel urges speedy removal of CT nuclear waste

Connecticut’s electric utilities and the state’s largest power generator cheered a federal panel’s report urging the U.S....

News

View from across pond is of American excess

The London stock market is experiencing serious jitters. Just like all markets, it has been jolted by...

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ERNST & YOUNG VOLUNTEERS AT HARC

Volunteers from Ernst & Young’s Hartford office recently spent a day interacting with participants in HARC’s Elderly...

Real Estate & Construction

Plainville apartment complex sells for $2M

A 42-unit apartment complex on West Main Street in downtown Plainville has sold for $2 million. ...

Banking & Finance

Nervous consumers take bite out of credit union income

Many Connecticut credit unions are struggling to turn a profit, a sign that the tough economy isn’t...

Banking & Finance

Smith wants to triple CI’s output | Mission overhaul, new CEO are in her plan

Connecticut’s top economic development official wants to ramp up activity of the state’s quasi-public venture funding arm...

Economy & Labor

Opening a book is sure way to opening a mind

Our lives basically are changed in two ways — by the people we meet and the books...

Banking & Finance

Glass-Steagall 2.0 cuts risks, rewards

The Glass-Steagall Act is remembered as a strict prohibition on the mixing of commercial and investment banking....

Retail

Uncertain retailers brace for impact of tax holiday

The sales tax holiday week that arrives later this month -- Aug. 21...

Real Estate & Construction

Two property veterans betting smaller is better

Have the large commercial real estate brokerage and consulting firms gotten too big for their own good?...

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In marketing Hartford, finding ‘fun’ is tricky

When the Hartford Business Journal wanted to enhance revenue a bit, a decision was made to ramp...

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