January 21, 2013 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

News

Center for Health Equity opens

St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center opened its Center for Health Equity with a reception Jan. 14...

News

Runners ask nonprofits to audition for funding

A group of local marathon runners is flipping the script on this year's ING Hartford Marathon. Instead...

Small Business

CPAs under the gun as tax season nears

Q&A talks about the impending tax season with Brett McGrath, a tax partner in the Hartford office...

Telecommunications

In this Mobile Age, privacy a challenge

Adults probably don't spend much time thinking about SpongeBob SquarePants. They should.Mobile “apps” on iPhones and similar...

Banking & Finance

Loan program working for both small business, banks

Three Connecticut banks participating in a federal program that aims to stimulate small business loans have increased...

Energy

Energy co-chairs: CL&P should address staffing

Connecticut's electric utilities made significant strides in emergency preparation and response since the 2011 storms, but Superstorm...

Politics & Policy

State police wasted $11 million at Bradley, audit finds

The Connecticut State Police troop at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks has been overstaffed for years,...

Real Estate & Construction

OwnerAide modernizing property management field

A team of Hartford area entrepreneurs has started a company that seeks to apply social media techniques to the world of property management.

News

Finally, good riddance to ‘Conscience of the Senate’

When 2013 gets you down, find a quiet room, close your eyes, and whisper: Joseph I. Lieberman...

Real Estate & Construction

Gary Hofstetter knows new residential development isn't an easy task in today's economy, or a sure bet for that matter. But that's not stopping his Boston-based realty firm from moving forward on the second phase of an ambitious $30 million townhome and condominium development in Niantic.

Energy

UTC Power likely sold for a song

Hartford conglomerate United Technologies Corp. likely will sell its fuel cell subsidiary UTC Power at a deep discount to emerging Oregon firm ClearEdge Power, industry analysts say.

News

Hospitals facing tough choices

Connecticut hospitals are warning of layoffs and reductions in programs and services as they face a one-two punch of budget cuts from the state and federal governments that could cost them billions of dollars in revenue over the next decade.

News

Law firm helps out at FoodShare

Attorneys and staff from Bracewell & Giuliani LLP started the year with a day of service, volunteering...

News

Changing times create choices

Nobody ever said running a hospital was easy, but it shouldn't be impossible.Yet the trend line suggests...

Real Estate & Construction

Industrial building sold for $1.83 million

New Jersey investor Five Twos Fund I LLC bought 88 Nutmeg Road South in South Windsor for...

Legal & Courts

Appellate court grants immunity to nonprofit directors and officers

Given their managerial and organizational expertise, business executives often seek out or are asked to take uncompensated...

Economic Development

Windsor Center seeing rail service as a fresh start for downtown

Residents and merchants, Loomis Chaffee students and town officials are all seeing a chance to reinvigorate, perhaps even reinvent, Windsor Center when commuter rail service begins later this decade.

Insurance

Trio from Trumpf win STEP awards

Three women from Trumpf Inc. in Farmington will be among the first recipients of the Women in...

Real Estate & Construction

Shifting investment focus

New Boston Fund — once a major holder of Greater Hartford office space — has considerably shrunk its investments in Connecticut corporate office buildings as the firm shifts its focus to residential real estate and distressed office properties in the south.

News

Food donations target needy and pets

All-Star Driver, the state's largest driver training operation with 77 locations, recently donated 104 turkeys to the...

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