February 20, 2012 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

Advertising, Media & Marketing

Finding your ‘Synergist’ can help firm prosper

“The Synergist — How to Lead Your Team to Predictable Success” by Les McKeown (Palgrave McMillan, $27)....

News

Look in the mirror, then make your case

Our hypocrisy alarm has been sounding recently as we’ve watched a host of groups screaming because the...

Economy & Labor

Movers & Shakers

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Banking & Finance

First Niagara primed to grow in CT, Ring says

Nearly a year after making its first entrance into Connecticut, First Niagara Financial Group is eyeing further...

Energy

NU merger will improve CL&P’s credit, lower costs | Lower costs mean ratepayer savings

The credit ratings of Connecticut Light & Power and Yankee Gas will improve if state regulators approve...

News

Unemployment figures mask market realities

Earlier this month, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that America’s unemployment rate fell from...

Retail

Rugged Bear makes a return to retail marketplace

Rugged Bear, which for years had successful stores in West Hartford Center and Canton before closing abruptly...

News

$25 billion is not enough to fix mortgage mess

Several months ago, I was asked to write a memo on the cost of fixing the nation’s...

Advertising, Media & Marketing

Does Klout have any? | Experts say effort to measure impact may oversimplify issue

Startups measuring social media performance — like Klout, Kred and TweetGrader — are popping up everywhere as...

Advertising, Media & Marketing

Why social media suddenly matters

Every client rolls their eyes when I press the need for actively engaging in social media. ...

Economy & Labor

Moving out | Connecticut emigration fueling surge in business for movers

Lonnie Alexander left Glastonbury — and Connecticut — for good on Feb. 15. Fed up with...

News

CBIA’s apolitical stand fails the private sector

With the General Assembly back in session, interest groups like the Connecticut Business and Industry Association and...

Nonprofits

Hartford to host global nonprofit researchers

The University of Connecticut Nonprofit Leadership Program has been chosen as the host institution and Hartford as...

Advertising, Media & Marketing

Businesses benefit from new web tech

The Connecticut Association for Human Services (CAHS) in Hartford wanted to find the best possible way to...

Energy

Generator prices are up, but interest remains high

Environmental air quality regulations pushed the cost of stationary power generators more than 40 percent in the...

News

HARTFORD HOSPITAL BLACK & RED GALA RAISES RECORD $1.2M

The annual Hartford Hospital Black & Red Gala, benefitting the hospital’s women’s health services, raised a record...

Advertising, Media & Marketing

Social media becoming everybody’s business | Technology changing the way companies, customers interact

Social media — Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter — has taken the traditional business PR model and turned it...

News

CT CONVENTION CENTER HONORED FOR CHARITABLE EXCELLENCE, CORE VALUES

The Hilton Hartford was honored as Team of the Year at the recent Waterford Hotel Group annual...

News

No downtown grocery? There’s a simple solution

As is often the case with all the world’s problems, Cohen the Columnist has the solution for...

News

OF NOTE

CT WOMEN’S GROUP NAMED TO NATIONAL PARITY TEAM The Permanent Commission on the Status of...

Advertising, Media & Marketing

Unified Google policy raises privacy issues

Q&A on Google’s new no opt-out strategy with Douglas R. Grabowski, Jr., president and CEO of Ubiquitour,...

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