January 19, 2009 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

Economy & Labor

Sexual Harassment Issues Linger | Bernard Jacques, attorney, Pepe & Hazard, Hartford

Corporations have been doing sexual harassment training for 15 years. Is the state law requiring mandatory annual...

Economy & Labor

NU Chasing Canadian Hydro | Controversial project with NStar depends on new transmission line

Northeast Utilities and Boston-based NStar Electric Co. are seeking federal approval to build a $700 million transmission...

Economy & Labor

State Contracts

Here are the latest bids for products and services received by the Connecticut Department of Administrative Services...

Economy & Labor

Medicare: E-Prescribe â€¦ Or Else | Docs’ reluctance to go online will result in federal penalties

As Connecticut doctors take their time converting to an electronic prescription system, Medicare has developed plans to...

News

The New Guard

Connecticut’s congressional delegation has been populated by the same seven to eight people for much of the...

News

Connecticut Brain Tumor Alliance

Mission: Our mission is to raise awareness about brain tumors, raise funds for much needed research, and...

Economy & Labor

Spend Or Save? How To Use Money In 2009

How are you going to spend your company’s money in 2009? With such a dismal U.S. economy,...

Small Business

Firm Collects 7,000 Food Items for Salvation Army

The Salvation Army’s Architects and Engineers Can Challenge invites local architectural and engineering firms to compete by...

News

Restoration Firm Donates Holiday Labor To Church

Keith Perron, owner of Paul Davis Restoration of West Hartford, has announced the completion of restoration work...

Economy & Labor

Blumenthal Investigates: Is That Really News?

It’s looking more and more like professional football will be coming to Hartford later this year. ...

News

OF NOTE

• Mascola Group client The Big E, in addition to being one of the top 10 fairs in...

Economy & Labor

Lynch Drops Buick, Pontiac Dealership

Lynch Buick Pontiac in Manchester has closed, the latest in a string of auto dealership closings in...

News

Before Hiring, Ask An Industrial Psychologist

In professional sports, most of “draft- day” hype focuses on athletic skills. But sophisticated general managers, who...

News

Holiday Bears for Education Foundation

Smith Brothers Insurance in Glastonbury sponsored 18 children for the Holiday Bear project sponsored by the Connecticut...

Economy & Labor

Fed Sees Deteriorating Conditions Across Nation

The economy weakened at the end of the year in almost all regions and industries across the...

News

Small Cities Will Get Federal Assistance

To The Editor: The Department of Economic and Community Development, the lead agency on housing matters...

Economy & Labor

Fund Defense, Health, Energy

With the economic crisis having a “cold, clear and crude” impact on Connecticut’s economy, Sen. Joseph Lieberman,...

News

Avon Chamber Benefits Salvation Army

The Avon Chamber of Commerce member businesses collected nonperishable food items, new unwrapped toys, and monetary donations...

News

Fast Track Marketer

Laura Sclafani has a well-defined mission. She would like to be chief marketing officer of a professional...

News

P&C Insurance Outperforming Other Sectors

Despite a 90 percent decline in profits through the first three quarters of 2008, property and casualty...

News

Vacant Dealerships May Be Sign Of Fading Era

Vacant auto dealership properties are emerging as the latest blight on the Hartford area’s real estate market....

Economy & Labor

Mad For Geezeo | TheStreet.com, Jim Cramer could propel Hartford-based social networking site

A two-year-old Hartford company likes its chances of crashing social networking’s inner circle, joining the likes of...

News

Wasted Human Capital

In recent months, two prominent Connecticut officials, Superior Court Judge E. Curtissa R. Cofield and Freedom of...

News

Honored for Pollution Control Facility

The American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of Maine presented Wright-Pierce with an honor award for the...

News

Movers & Shakers

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

News

Don’t Talk, Text

It makes you sound very, very old if you complain about PowerPoint and bullet statements and dull...

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