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February 4, 2019Edition

🔒Musical royalties lift Hartford Stage’s finances, but other pressures weigh on its bottom line

Music royalties have lifted Hartford Stage’s finances in recent years, but other pressures have weighed on its bottom line.

🔒A leader’s handbook

“Harvard Business Review's Leader's Handbook — Make an Impact, Inspire Your Organization, and Get to the Next...

🔒Neil O’Leary | President, Connecticut Conference of Municipalities; Waterbury Mayor

At every stage of Waterbury Mayor Neil O'Leary's career, he's operated under the principle that his decisions directly affect the lives of his neighbors.

🔒Why you should join a nonprofit board

There is a nonprofit board for you. No matter who you are, where you're from, what you've done, or what you care about, you can strengthen a nonprofit organization, fortify your community and be better for the experience. Entertainer and social activist Dick Gregory once said, “One of the things I keep learning is that the secret of being happy is doing things for other people.”
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🔒Accelerator aims to advance CT’s bioscience ambitions

A fledgling, state-backed bioscience accelerator based in Branford — called the Accelerator for Biosciences in Connecticut, or ABCT — recently selected its second cohort of 12 startups that will receive consulting and other support in their efforts to commercialize drug and other medical treatment discoveries.

🔒YHB Investment Advisors supports local mitten drive

West Hartford-based YHB Investment Advisors Inc. recently supported West Hartford's “The Town That Cares Fund Mitten Drive.” Jessica Kott, senior portfolio manager, delivered several pairs of mittens and gloves, along with some hats, and financial donations from YHB and its employees.

🔒Is it time to start planning for a recession?

In Greek mythology, Apollo fell in love with Cassandra, the daughter of the King and Queen of Troy.

🔒To assert relevance, liberal-arts colleges lean into skills training, business partnerships

To assert relevance, liberal-arts colleges are adopting skills-training programs and business partnerships.
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🔒Elkinson & Sloves gives out holiday giving bags

Farmington ad agency Elkinson & Sloves Inc. partnered with The Hartford Yard Goats and Foodshare to spread...

🔒Johnson Brunetti collects hundreds of toys for Salvation Army

More than 400 unwrapped new toys were donated by Johnson Brunetti Retirement & Investment Specialists and its...

🔒UConn-based startup, DeMay Bio, is Dealy’s second act in entrepreneurship

Caroline Dealy never expected to be an entrepreneur. In fact, as an associate professor of reconstructive sciences, orthopedic surgery and cell biology at UConn Health, Dealy knew very little about the business of bioscience.

🔒Lawmakers must preserve rainy day fund

More and more economists are jumping on the recession bandwagon of late, predicting the U.S. is headed toward a significant economic slowdown by the end of 2019 or sometime in 2020. The reasons are varied — political instability in the U.S. and abroad, a slowing Chinese economy, etc. — but JPMorgan Chase & Co. says there is a 40 percent chance for a recession over the next year, while S&P Global Ratings puts it at a 14 percent to 20 percent chance, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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🔒As solar prices continue to fall, developers say state’s restrictive siting policies inhibit industry growth

As Connecticut's environmental goals have grown increasingly ambitious, one type of renewable-energy technology has emerged as a leader when it comes to lower costs — utility-scale solar farms.
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