December 5, 2011 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

Economy & Labor

Stay focused in hunt for business prospects

I recently worked with some talented people in a professional services firm. Their client base is 100...

Economy & Labor

Movers & Shakers

Bob Rooney Christopher Edge Bob Trojanowski To submit items for Movers & Shakers, please email...

News

Of state budgets and ‘real money’

The late Everret Dirksen is credited with uttering the ultimate wisdom on federal budgeting: “A billion here,...

Economy & Labor

Shortened foliage season has businesses scrambling

Mediocre colors and the damaging pre-Halloween snowstorm this year left businesses that rely on the fall foliage...

Retail

Canton retail scene blends two concepts

The commercial landscape along Route 44 in Canton changed in 2004 when a former golf course became...

Advertising, Media & Marketing

CT Business Expo to stage Bridgeport event in 2012

The Connecticut Business Expo, the state’s largest business expo, is joining forces with the Bridgeport Regional Business...

Banking & Finance

Five questions to ask your financial advisor

Managing wealth is about much more than just dollars and cents. It’s more than “picking stocks.” It’s...

Economy & Labor

The case against paying that holiday bonus

Q&A talks about holiday bonuses with James E. (Jim) Moniz, the president and CEO of Northeast VisionLink,...

News

OF NOTE

EASTERN CT HEALTH NETWORK NAMES OFFICERS The Eastern Connecticut Health Network in Manchester recently elected new...

News

Marginal cost concept at odds with education

According to my wife, the marginal utility of beer is a tricky business. One beer is...

Manufacturing

Program matches manufacturing employees, employers

After success on a small scale, the organizers of a Connecticut initiative to match skilled and motivated...

Retail

Rethinking smalltown retail | Farmington Valley communities reshape zoning, reach for growth

Retail in the Farmington Valley towns of Avon, Canton and Simsbury may never reach the scale of...

Banking & Finance

‘Use it or lose it’ gift exemption creates new succession options

In late 2010, Congress moved to temporarily increase the lifetime federal gift exemption from $1 million to...

Retail

Mixed use plan faces review in Avon

Avon is gearing up to have a new pedestrian-friendly town center that will feature more commerce and...

News

European Union crisis offers opportunity for state economy

Global economic and political conditions have never been this fluid and dangerous. And don’t look for any...

Nonprofits

The Power of Youth | Founder of Free the Children urges nonprofits to court youth

When Craig Kielburger speaks about youth empowerment, he speaks as much from experience as he does from...

News

UNITED WAY COMMUNITY CAMPAIGN ECLIPSES $25M MARK

More than 500 local company volunteers and leaders gathered at the Pratt & Whitney hangar in East...

Banking & Finance

State oversight of financial advisers delayed

Connecticut investment advisers who were expecting to come under the regulatory purview of the state this year...

News

For Wallingford firm, sale was right answer

Michael Cody needed stronger marketing muscle, more equipment and deeper pockets to keep his business, Clean Sweep...

News

ct CREDIT UNION charitable foundation DONATES $25K TO GOVERNOR’S FOOD DRIVE

The Connecticut Credit Union Charitable Foundation recently presented donation checks totaling $25,000 to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s...

Advertising, Media & Marketing

Books track gurus, help avoid failure

“Masters of Management: How the Business Gurus and Their Ideas Have Changed the World …” by Adrian...

News

Amazon tax: much pain, little gain

Tom Caporaso wasn’t surprised to hear state officials admit last week that Connecticut will be collecting little...

News

HARC’S 23RD ANNUAL AUCTION NETS MORE THAN $225K

HARC, Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of people with intellectual disabilities and their...

News

Why the Civic Center belongs on Asylum St.

If, as Einstein said, insanity is a matter of doing something over and over again and expecting...

Retail

Simsbury’s center poised for growth

Simsbury center is a bustling area with grocery stores, cafes, banks, shops, offices, churches and a senior...

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