February 17, 2014 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

Foreign Trade

Farmington consultant develops global alliances

A Farmington management consulting firm has found a way to compete in the global market by forging international partnerships to better understand foreign business culture and clients.

Real Estate & Construction

ABB/Winstanley’s Hartford area fingerprints

A mile west of their master-planned Great Pond Village sits tangible evidence of the 18-year-long realty development...

Real Estate & Construction

Mobile technology creates new challenges, opportunity for realtors

The technology revolution isn't coming. It isn't in progress. It has already happened. Now, we're left with a new set of business standards and practices and a changed landscape that is a constant influence on consumer expectations.

Retail

Hartford fashion retailers turn childhood passion into growing business venture

What started as an after-school training program for students interested in fashion has evolved into a clothing business with state and school contracts.

News

Hartford Hospital’s ‘Black & Red’ fundraiser tops $1M

Hartford Hospital's recent Black and Red fundraiser raised more than $1 million and over 5,000 pledges were...

Politics & Policy

Trees must be trimmed

In 1985, Hurricane Gloria made landfall in Milford, wreaking havoc and leaving more than 669,000 businesses and...

Real Estate & Construction

New loan rules hit mortgage lenders

Strict, new mortgage lending rules that aim to put an end to the worst home loan abuses of the past, aren't expected to significantly impact Connecticut's residential real estate market in 2014, experts say.

News

29th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Breakfast held

More than 600 people gathered on Martin Luther King Day for Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Hartford Alumnae...

News

Successful leaders think about tomorrow, today

“Out Think: How Innovative Leaders Drive Exceptional Outcomes” by G. Shawn Hunter (Jossey-Bass, $24.95). Imagination, ideation and...

News

Put an end to abusive patent litigation

For eight years, a small self-funded enterprise built a successful company in Vernon, helping consumers buy and...

News

Nonprofit tracks CT’s evolving work history

Q&A talks about the changing nature of work in Connecticut with Stuart Parnes, executive director of CT Humanities, which is running a statewide traveling program called Working Past, Present & Future.

News

Farmington Bank employees, customers donate to Foodshare

Farmington Bank customers and employees recently donated more than 600 pounds of food and $5,000 in cash...

Advertising, Media & Marketing

Back9Network raising $15M

Fledgling golf lifestyle media company Back9Network is raising an additional $15 million to expand and support its content and employee base as the startup searches for a television deal.

Politics & Policy

Behind-the-scenes lawmakers

The Connecticut Legislature's commanding and sometimes forgotten Regulation Review Committee heavily influences state laws.

Hospitality & Tourism

Trouble brews for City Steam

Hartford's City Steam Brewery Café faces a legal challenge that may require it to change the name on its bottled beer that it distributes to stores and bars in the Northeast.

News

Digital marketing can’t ignore CT’s growing Hispanic population

When it comes to marketing and advertising, the clear trend is budgets shifting toward digital platforms at the expense of traditional media outlets.

News

Wells Fargo’s $40K donation supports Red Cross readiness

Wells Fargo has made a $40,000 gift to the American Red Cross Connecticut and Rhode Island region...

Real Estate & Construction

With new Cromwell site, Safelite SuperCenter to hire

Fixing and replacing broken automobile windshields, plus assorted side windows and rear glass, is big business in Connecticut, leading the biggest name in the business to shed its cramped East Hartford quarters for larger space in Cromwell to keep pace.

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