July 14, 2008 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

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State Leader Develops New Telecommuting Plan

Ten years after the state adopted a telecommuting policy, only 140 of approximately 50,000 state employees had...

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CARING FOR CHILDREN

May, Bonee & Walsh in Berlin donated $15,000 to the Children’s Home of Cromwell’s capital campaign. Pictured,...

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Big Choice, Small Company

Students fresh out of college are often urged to think big. Big dreams, big jobs, big companies....

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HARTFORD’S HELPING HANDS

Comcast employees volunteered at Pope Park and the Conn. Puerto Rican Forum during the Comcast Cares Day....

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July 14, 2008 — Movers & Shakers

Kevin Hennessy was appointed to the board of directors of the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund. Hennessy is...

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Sagging Economy Weighs Heavily On ‘Body Work’

Not just the economy is sagging. Cash-strapped folks are cutting back on body-firming services such as gym...

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July 14, 2008 — OF NOTE

• Larry Fiano of Lawrence F. Fiano Builders/Developers and Northeast Foundation Coating’s Sharon Robbins and Pete Robbins...

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Lessons Learned From Lemonade Stands

Ah, Summer. My favorite time of year: long days, warm nights, millions of budding entrepreneurs opening their...

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The New Urbanism

Cars moved us — as a society — from the city to the suburbs. High gas prices...

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Pita Expands, Moves To Rocky Hill

After a dozen years in downtown Hartford, Pita Communications is headed to the suburbs and a custom-built...

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Summer Reading

Summer is blockbuster season in Hollywood. But it’s a quiet time for Securities and Exchange Commission filings...

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July 14, 2008 — State Contracts

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

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Amnesty Won’t Work

To The Editor: The Op-Ed ,“Time To Get Serious On Immigration Reform” (July 7) by Joseph Tapper,...

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An Over-Commissioned State

The New York Times recently sent a foreign correspondent to Connecticut to figure out why the bodies...

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LIVE FROM THE HILTON HARTFORD

James Carville, a CNN analyst, joined the Real Estate Finance Association of Connecticut as keynote speaker for...

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Knowing When To Move On

Ellen D. Rothberg, president and CEO of one of the state’s largest home health care companies, earned...

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Mixed Signals

Three years ago, Mayor Eddie Perez announced an ambitious plan to close the digital divide in Hartford...

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DEDICATION FOR DEAN

Manchester Community College in Manchester named the MCC Continuing Education offices after retiring Dean Emeritus John V....

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Tribune Plans TV News Push At Fox 61 | TV station will lengthen its morning show, add an 11 p.m. newscast

As The Tribune Co. enforced drastic newsroom cuts at The Hartford Courant last week, the Chicago-based media...

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Itching For Success? Keep Scratching

One of the questions I am asked most often is how to attain success. That’s a tough...

Manufacturing

Citywide WiFi Plan Shelved | Technical problems, lack of revenue stall project Perez once promoted

Nearly three years after Mayor Eddie Perez promised with fanfare to provide free wireless Internet access citywide...

Manufacturing

Dillon Dealership Parting Ways With Ford

Dillon Sales and Service is ending its long-time sales and service relationship with Ford Motor Co., a...

Advertising, Media & Marketing

State Nursing Programs Face Faculty Shortage

As Connecticut’s universities scramble to create and expand nursing programs to face a mounting nursing shortage in...

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Gov. Rell Needs To Back EITC

To the Editor: The editorial, “A Better Lifeline” (June 30), stated, “The working poor clearly need a...

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