January 17, 2011 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

Education

College Entre-Vation Program Offers Businesses Fresh Views

In a struggling economy, many small businesses don’t have the time or the staff to devote to...

Manufacturing

Benefit To State Likely Limited From Pratt’s Hot New Engine

Suppliers and machinists hoping Pratt & Whitney’s new generation of engine will create decades more work in...

News

Businesses Split Over SustiNet | Small firms see savings; large firms see risk

A major divide is forming within the business community over the sweeping health care reform law being...

News

WEBSTER EMPLOYEES RAISE $1.16 MILLION

Webster Bank’s Employee Community Campaign has raised $1.16 million for the United Way. The theme of the...

News

State Insurers Will Fight SustiNet

Connecticut’s health insurers say the sweeping health care reform plan pitched by SustiNet board members is a...

Banking & Finance

Thomaston Savings Opens Bristol Branch

Thomaston Savings Bank plans to plant its first flag in Hartford County later this year when it...

News

Regional Collaboration Key To New England’s Success

As the 112th Congress returned to Washington this month, the New England region has seen significant changes...

Economy & Labor

Linking Strategy, Annual Goals, Employee Behavior — Aligning The Big 3

As the new year unfolds, any successful business wants to maximize the connection between overall business strategy,...

Economy & Labor

Movers & Shakers

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

News

Evaluating Job Impacts An Idea That Needs Help

The desire to predict the future is as old as man. Certainly we’ve progressed from studying the...

Real Estate & Construction

63-Unit New Britain Apt. Complex Is Sold

The 63-unit Campus View Apartments next door to Central Connecticut State University in New Britain has sold...

Economy & Labor

In The Wake Of The HIRE Act, Don’t Ignore Business Tax Credits

Last March, President Obama signed the jobs bill into law. The Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (HIRE)...

News

OF NOTE

Longobardi Joins Board Of Arthritis Foundation Frank Longobardi, managing partner of J.H. Cohn’s Connecticut office, has...

Economy & Labor

Employers Using Perks As Recruiting Tools

Q&A talks about benefit trends with Kelleigh Marquard, branch manager of Robert Half International’s Hartford location. ...

News

TEDDY BEARS COMFORT PATIEnTS

Employees of William B. Meyer Inc. donated more than 700 plush teddy bears to patients at local...

Energy

Settlements Key To NU Merger

The proposed $4.3 billion merger between Hartford’s Northeast Utilities and Boston’s NStar is all but certain to...

Economy & Labor

Sharp Rise in Employee Discontent Anticipated

Heads up all CEOs: Workers are poised for a mass exodus next year, according to a poll...

Economy & Labor

Redefining Minority | Billboard Fires First Salvo In Bid To Change State Law

Sometimes it takes a bold move. And Fred McKinney certainly made that. In a state...

Nonprofits

Peterson Back On Job At Children’s Museum

Retired insurance executive Don Peterson of Glastonbury is back at The Children’s Museum as interim director. ...

News

In Staging Turnaround, Defining Target Is Key

Make a splash in the business world today. Sell yourself as a ‘turnaround expert’ — a God-like...

News

What Red States Get Wrong

Okay, red states, we get it. You rock. The data emerging from last year’s census confirm...

News

GIFT BENEFITS CHILDREN’S MEDICAL CENTER

Officials of Kelly Financial Group in Wethersfield presented a $10,000 gift to the ‘A Brighter Hope’ campaign...

Small Business

Less Money For Better Opportunity Can Be Good Deal

It’s a great opportunity, maybe even your dream job. All the stars are lining up — the...

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