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January 12, 2015 EditionEdition

Energy

Businesses wary of highway tolls

With or without a lock box, Connecticut businesses don't have a lot of faith in state government.
Energy

Taxes, regulation, energy costs top concerns for CT biz

Q&A talks about what small businesses want from the state legislature this session with Andy Markowski, state director of the National Federation of Independent Business in Connecticut.
Health Care

The Tenet tipping point

The biggest Connecticut business news of 2014 was the decision of for-profit Tenet Healthcare Corp. to withdraw...
News

Murtha Cullina leads Toys for Tots Drive

Hartford law firm Murtha Cullina's Francis J. Brady, who is an attorney, recently coordinated a Toys for...
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News

Strategies for turning social network contacts into new business

“How to Be a Power Connector — The 5+50+100 Rule for Turning Your Business Network into Profits”...
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Goodwin College and CT River Academy volunteer at Boys & Girls Clubs

Goodwin College's MOVE and WISE program recently hosted a cookie decorating workshop for members of the Boys...
Real Estate & Construction

AutoZone bids $1M for Newington parts-store site

AutoZone Inc. has paid $1 million for a Newington commercial property on the Berlin Turnpike to expand...
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Lock-box approach could create fiscal accountability

The new buzzword around the State Capitol is “lock box,” and it may be music to the ears of Connecticut business executives who have lost faith in state government's ability to be fiscally responsible.
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Health Care

CMG-Grove Hill merger aims to preserve independent-doctor model

Two of Greater Hartford's largest physician groups say they aren't interested in becoming part of a large hospital network, so they're planning to join forces to protect their independent business models.
Manufacturing

Lego adding to Enfield workforce as turnaround continues

There were about five million Lego branded toys sold in the U.S. in December, a major point of pride for the Danish toymaker's President Soren Torp Laursen, who spoke to about 500 Greater Hartford business leaders at the Connecticut Business & Industry Association's economic summit last week in Hartford.
News

CT funeral directors collect money for Operation E.L.F.

Connecticut Funeral Directors Association members and vendors from all over the state collected more than $3,700 in...
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Customer-pleasing marketing and sales ideas

There's an oversupply of useless, whacky, and just plain dumb marketing and sales ideas.
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Economy & Labor

CT companies make progress in narrowing the gender gap

Women account for more than half of U.S. college students and influence 80 percent of the purchasing decisions in the country, yet many states still struggle to end leadership disparities in the workforce and close gender-wage gaps.
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Foreclosure mediation program extended for 2 years

The banking community has pushed hard to make changes to and scale back Connecticut's aggressive foreclosure mediation...
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CT workplace deaths lowest on record

Twenty-six people died in Connecticut workplaces in 2013, the fewest since the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics started keeping track in 1992.
Nonprofits

The Connecticut Forum

United Bank CEO Bill Crawford, shown above, right, presented a $5,000 donation on behalf of the Rockville...
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Real Estate & Construction

‘DoNo’ developer eyes Feb. 1 start

Middletown developer Robert A. Landino says he and his partners' vision for a downtown Hartford ballpark ringed by new housing, offices and retail is closer than ever to breaking ground.
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