July 11, 2011 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

Nonprofits

Major grants target education programs

Lincoln Financial Foundation has awarded 17 grants totaling $240,235, targeting educational programming in Hartford. The largest...

News

Out of the red | Bristol Hospital stages turnaround but its future remains unclear

When Kurt Barwis took over as CEO of Bristol Hospital in 2006, the 134-bed not-for-profit institution was...

Economy & Labor

Movers & Shakers

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News

Audit column misses mark, says head of CPA group

To the Editor: As the executive director of the Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants for...

Real Estate & Construction

Real estate advice: Find your Florida

Q&A talks real estate with Greg Rand, a 20-year real estate veteran and author of Crash Boom...

Retail

Social shopping sites may be future force

As product review websites gain popularity among discerning consumers, more specialized sites which marry social networking with...

Manufacturing

Can manufacturing be cool again? | Development of young workforce proving a struggle for industry

Manufacturing isn’t cool. For an industry perceived as dirty, low-skilled and dying in a society valuing...

Real Estate & Construction

Signs of life in high-end housing | Cash buyers are taking advantage of prices that seem near rock bottom

While most residential real estate continues to stumble in Connecticut, signs of life are echoing from the...

News

CL&P, YANKEE GAS DONATE $110,000 TO OPERATION FUEL

Connecticut Light & Power Co. and Yankee Gas recently presented a check for $110,000 to Operation Fuel...

News

Esty targets DEEP culture in bid to cut permit times

Connecticut’s environmental agency has a new name and focus, but its new commissioner really hopes for faster...

News

Pay-as-you-throw plan incentivizes recycling

The Hartford Business Journal encourages me to recycle. No, no the paper isn’t a champion of the...

News

GOLF EVENT RAISES $130,000

The 25th annual Guida’s Milk/ Brain Injury Association of Connecticut Golf tournament raised a record $130,000 for...

News

EMPLOYEES TAKE PART IN COMMUNITY DAY

Whittlesey & Hadley P.C., one of the area’s largest independent accounting firms, held its third annual Community...

Economy & Labor

Sitting in a good spot | Manchester seating firm enjoying business rebound

Seating is back. Marred by three years of building moratoriums, an industry downturn and increased competition,...

News

Serve and volley in the public eye

For Shakespeare’s Hamlet, the descriptive phrase is ‘hoisted on his own petard.’ Application of the phrase...

Economy & Labor

Make sure your perspective is perceptive

We’ve reached a point in our country’s history where authority and power seem to be manifested by...

News

Disgraceful legislature left mess for Malloy

In one day of work, if you want to call it work, the Connecticut General Assembly shot...

Economy & Labor

Sleep disorders arouse business niche

Forgetting why you walked into a room or opened a cabinet is OK when it happens occasionally....

News

Is your firm’s sales manager up to par

I am often confronted with CEOs who have sales managers performing under par. Why? ...

Real Estate & Construction

Paychex moving Rocky Hill fulfillment center

Paychex North America Inc. is moving its Rocky Hill operations to new space in town. The...

News

OF NOTE

BAR HONORS ARKAS, CALAFIORE, FOR SERVICE The Connecticut Bar Association has honored two area lawyers with...

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