January 12, 2009 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

Small Business

Farmington Chamber Members Give Back

The Farmington Chamber of Commerce’s December Business After Hours networking event at the Farmington Inn collected more...

Economy & Labor

Schroeder To The Rescue

When the Yardley, Pa.-based Journal Register threatened to close two of its newspapers, The Bristol Press and...

Economy & Labor

Mike Peters: More Than a Mayor

Everybody who knew Hartford Mayor Mike Peters has their own story about the man who is properly...

Small Business

Munson’s Chocolates for Our Troops

When U.S. Rep. Joseph Courtney traveled to Iraq in December, he brought along hundreds of Munson Chocolates...

News

Gas Tax Hike, Tolls Needed Urgently

A robust transportation system fuels economic growth, and a sustainable funding source drives a robust system. Imagine...

Economy & Labor

New Resolutions For My Business

This time every year, people draw up lists of New Year’s resolutions. None of us change...

News

Chrysalis Center

Mission: Chrysalis Center provides supportive services to assist people in need to transform their lives. Background:...

News

Ryback Bets On Vivo, Downtown

It’s a bit of a change for James Ryback. He’s used to customers doubling down before dinner....

News

Time For Action

Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s State of the State speech was curiously light on public policy initiatives at...

News

Movers & Shakers

To submit items for Movers & Shakers, please email text and high-resolution photos to news@hartfordbusiness.com. ...

Economy & Labor

Rift Forms Over Stimulus Plan | Lawmakers, advocacy group call for transparency on selection of infrastructure proposals to be sent to Congress

Top lawmakers are angling for a larger role in the process of determining which projects will go...

Small Business

FIRM RAISES NEARLY $100,000 TO CURE CANCER

Employee Family Protection Inc. of Glastonbury has raised more than $97,000 to benefit the Susan G. Komen...

News

Banks Tout Safety And Soundness | Marketing efforts aimed at grabbing market share from weakened financial giants

With the nation’s financial giants reeling, several local banks are vying for wary borrowers and depositors by...

Small Business

Five Years and $500,000 of Giving

The Northeast Utilities Foundation presented a check for more than $100,000 to Our Piece of the Pie,...

Banking & Finance

Meriden Lands Waterbury Manufacturer

Meriden recently used a low-interest loan and other incentives to entice a Waterbury wire maker to move...

Small Business

Hotel Workers Help Less Fortunate

Associates of the Marriott Hartford Downtown, located at 200 Columbus Bvld. in Hartford, recently organized a food...

News

Survey Says: Donations To Decrease

A survey conducted by the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy suggests that most of the state’s funders will...

News

Goodbye, Mayor Mike

There’s an old joke that ends with the punch line: “No matter how far you get in...

Manufacturing

Printing Behemoth Churns 500M Items A Year

The mail literally never stops at DST Systems Inc.’s South Windsor facility. All day, every...

Economy & Labor

On The Move | Fourth generation steers William B. Meyer into data storage

During the early 1900s, a single truck with interchangeable cargo bodies was all William B. Meyer needed...

News

Winning The Race Takes More Than Speed

Whizzing along the track at 225 mph, winning a Formula One race is one sport that takes...

News

SEC Backs Mark To Market Accounting

The U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission has recommended against temporarily suspending “mark to market,” or fair value,...

Economy & Labor

Best Therapy, Lowest Price | Edmund Pezalla, MD, MPH

What is the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Society? It is a national organization of medical professionals, insurance...

News

OF NOTE

• Exterior Plus LLC, Harwood Custom Carpentry and Tiger Claw, all of Bristol, took first place in...

News

Blame It On The Schools

You might have read or heard something about the current generation of young workers being aimless, self-centered,...

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