January 16, 2012 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

Economy & Labor

Infinity Hall eyes Front Street | Music venue owners raising capital for Hartford venture

A little over three years ago Farmington businessman Dan Hincks made a bet that buying and converting...

News

Lofty investment goals undercut by details

Team Malloy certainly knows how to make headlines. From the $1.5 billion tax hike that was the...

Banking & Finance

Ex-Im Bank funds $363M in CT’s global trade | Loan guarantees vital to allowing local firms to sell around world with confidence

The Export-Import Bank of the United States supported $362.7 million in Connecticut exports to foreign companies in...

News

Truth in advertising: states are not equal

It’s not that the Hartford Business Journal newsroom is Hell on Earth. If you’re used...

News

FARMINGTON BANK DONATES TO MARINES TOYS FOR TOTS DRIVE

The U.S. Marine Corps Reserve in Plainville received more than 700 gifts for its Toys for Tots...

Telecommunications

TranSwitch hopes to revolutionize TV, computer interfaces | Shelton company shows off potential game changing technology at Las Vegas show

A Shelton-based company rolled the dice last week in Las Vegas to call attention to new technology...

Transportation

Massachusetts contractor to land largest busway contract

An out-of-state contractor will secure the largest contract for the Hartford-New Britain Busway, a $567-million project launched,...

Economy & Labor

CT mail industry backs postal service cutbacks

Connecticut’s robust mail industry is eagerly urging the U.S. Postal Service to operate on solid financial footing,...

Economy & Labor

No easy fix for Hartford, Segarra says | Nonprofits may face ‘in lieu’ service fee

Hartford’s future economic fortunes will rest largely with the successful completion of many small-to-midsize projects, rather than...

Economy & Labor

Movers & Shakers

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Economy & Labor

Four of five workers say they are looking

More than half the workers in North America are fed up with their bosses and ready to...

Manufacturing

Manufacturing in brief

Chester manufacturer honored for tripling exports Chester aerospace parts manufacturer Aerocision was honored on Jan....

Nonprofits

The gift of time | Youth volunteers helping nonprofit expand, cut costs

Like many nonprofit organizations in Connecticut over the past few years, Gifts of Love in Avon has...

Banking & Finance

Bushnell on the Park buyers raising new real estate fund

An Old Lyme investment firm that recently purchased Hartford’s Bushnell on the Park apartment complex is looking...

Economy & Labor

USPS changes to slow bill payments | CT companies seek to increase electronic payments

Saying, “Your money is in the mail,” soon will suggest an even longer delay. When the...

Economy & Labor

Study all options in job transition

The current economic and market environment has prompted many Americans to rethink their retirement strategies. If you...

News

D.C.’s annual report: Read it and weep

At 254 pages, the “2011 Financial Report of the U.S. Government” won’t be perused by more than...

Real Estate & Construction

Windsor industrial space sold for $1.6 million

WFH LLC has paid $1.6 million for a 40,000-square-foot industrial building at 725 Marshall Phelps Road in...

News

TEDDY BEARS MAKE HOLIDAYS BRIGHTER FOR AREA KIDS

William B. Meyer, Inc. demonstrated its holiday spirit by once again putting its transportation, storage and distribution...

News

OF NOTE

WEIR NAMED GLASTONBURY’S BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR Steve Weir, founding member of American Integrity Restoration...

Economy & Labor

Start new year with a ‘to do list’ strategy

Q&A talks with Jason Womack, author of “Your Best Just Got Better,” about New Year’s resolutions and...

News

EASTERN CONNECTICUT HEALTH NETWORK CELEBRATES DONORS

Eastern Connecticut Health Network recently held its “Celebration of Giving” at the Marriott Hartford — an annual...

News

Main Street can show feds the way out of debt

President Obama is preparing, once again, to ask Congress to raise the federal debt ceiling, this time...

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