February 9, 2015 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

Retail

Bloomfield shop finds longevity in health food

The best example of Lim's Health Food store's longevity is not that the business is closing in on its fourth decade of operation.

Banking & Finance

Growing wealth advisor focuses on team-based approach

Brett Amendola spent 20-plus years at several big name financial firms in Connecticut — American Express, Prudential and UBS — earning senior-level titles and a good living.

Politics & Policy

Property tax reform fight heats up

Democratic lawmakers have fired preliminary shots in the state's long-discussed efforts to reform the property tax system with regionalization proposals that could pit cities vs. suburbs.

Nonprofits

CT Conference of Independent Colleges

The Petit Family Foundation recently awarded $15,000 to fund training for Community Mental Health Affiliates clinicians to...

News

Calling all Hartford visionaries

As the new chair of the MetroHartford Alliance, I've been asked to gaze into my crystal ball...

News

Building customer loyalty requires more than quality products, services

“Evergreen: Cultivate the Enduring Customer Loyalty that Keeps Your Business Thriving” by Noah Fleming (AMACOM, $26). Fleming...

Real Estate & Construction

LK Precision pays $420K for N. Britain home

Berlin's LK Precision recently paid $420,000 for a vacant 8,865-square-foot industrial building in New Britain to house...

Politics & Policy

Hartford’s mayoral competition good for city

Competition in sports and business raises the level of play of those vying for victory or customers. The same can be said for politics. As more candidates throw their hat in the ring for political office, it helps broaden the marketplace of ideas and gives voters more choice. Those are all positives.

Small Business

Crowdfunding is democratizing capital for small business

Today is an exciting time to be an entrepreneur. With a computer, mobile phone, email address, website,...

Insurance

Broker’s Dilemma: Agents encounter rocky start selling Obamacare plans

Connecticut's decision to use brokers as a key piece of its strategy to sell health plans through the state's insurance exchange has boosted enrollments and earned local insurance agents millions of dollars in commissions.

Health Care

John Dempsey’s Diamond has track record for innovation

When Anne Diamond joined UConn's John Dempsey Hospital as associate vice president of ancillary services and operations in April 2010, she made waves by creating and supporting a climate of innovation.

News

Aetna grants Knox $50,000 to start Hartford grown HQ

Employees from Aetna and Hartford nonprofit KNOX recently gathered for one final sendoff for Charmaine Craig, KNOX's...

News

LUPA names CT’s 50 Most Influential Latinos

Leticia Colon de Mejias was honored by Latinos United for Professional Advancement (LUPA) as one of the...

News

Glastonbury therapists donate winter coats to community

Glastonbury-based New England Center for Cognitive Behavioral Therapy recently collected more than a dozen gently-used coats and...

Nonprofits

Nonprofits lobby for 8.52% state funding boost

While many organizations and interest groups will be lobbying the state legislature not to cut their funding...

News

MLK Jr. Day scholarship breakfast celebrates 30th year

The Hartford Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and event sponsor United Technologies Corp. celebrated the 30th Annual...

News

Hope for group homes

Advocates for the mentally and otherwise disabled are encouraged by Governor Malloy's appointment of Morna Murray of...

News

Strategic planning: Opportunities for leadership and organizational success

Organizations of all sizes and types, from Fortune 500 companies to grass-roots non-governmental organizations, periodically turn to...

News

Debunking investor psychology

Q&A talks with Brian Portnoy, a recognized expert on behavioral finance and alternative investments and the author of the recently-published book “The Investor's Paradox: The Power of Simplicity in a World of Overwhelming Choice.” He was recently hired by Hartford's Virtus Investment Partners as vice president and director of investment education.

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