July 20, 2009 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

Economy & Labor

Perpetual Job Search Demands Certain Skills

Back in the early 1930s, according to film critic Robert Osborne, Hollywood studio executive Darryl Zanuck brought...

News

Rare Auction Planned For Sale Of Assisted Living Facility

Investing $14.5 million to build a 72-unit assisted living facility in Haddam, at the peak of the...

Economy & Labor

State Contracts

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

Energy

Hostile NRG Energy Takeover Rests With Exelon

Exelon Corp. on Wednesday said it will pull its hostile bid for NRG Energy Inc. if none...

Real Estate & Construction

City Ready To Pull Plug On Plaza Mayor | Financing, site plan approvals required by Oct. 1 for Park Street project

City officials are about to terminate their support for the stalled $32 million mixed-use Plaza Mayor project...

News

Fighting to End Long-Term Homelessness

More than 380 state agency leaders, advocates, tenants, sponsors, funders, developers, and service providers recently attended the...

Legal & Courts

Sordid Affair

Tales of affairs, exotic trips and mood swings dominated last week’s divorce proceedings between United Technologies Corp....

Small Business

Google Business Center Worth Checking Out

Wouldn’t you like to get some free advertising for your business? And not just any advertising —...

Energy

Growing Green Jobs | Dave Ljungquist, associate director, project development, Connecticut Clean Energy Fund

Using funds received as part of the federal economic stimulus package (under the American Recovery and Reinvestment...

Economy & Labor

Movers & Shakers

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

Economy & Labor

Consumer Prices Climb

Consumer prices shot up in June by the largest amount in 11 months, reflecting the biggest jump...

Banking & Finance

Downtown Business Owners Approve Improvement District Extension

Taxable property owners in downtown Hartford overwhelmingly approved a referendum recently that extends the Hartford Business Improvement...

News

AT THE PEAK OF TRAINING

Stop & Shop of West Hartford employees gathered to present a check for $2,296 to Ellen Rothberg,...

Economy & Labor

Ryan J. Friedman, Chairman, Hartford Young Professionals and Entrepreneurs

OK, can't resist - so what's all the hype? Why does Hartford need a Hartford Young Professionals...

News

With Calorie Count Veto, Rell Shows Her Fun Side

Gov. M. Jodi Rell was awakened early one recent morning by her husband’s snoring. She cut out...

Economy & Labor

State’s Stimulus Cash Crossing Border

The state Department of Transportation expects to receive about $455 million in stimulus funds for road, bridge...

Economy & Labor

Paulhus Puts Politics Behind Him To Focus on Finance

Michael T. Paulhus woke up unemployed on Nov. 7, 2007 after voters decided the day before not...

Economy & Labor

Business Closings Reach Record

Continuing almost a year-long downward trend, a record number of Connecticut businesses closed their doors during the...

News

Pampered Passengers

To The Editor: We are happy to share with your readers our experience as pampered passengers...

News

Judging Sonia

There is nothing in Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor’s professional or personal background to lead someone to...

News

Women Who Dare

The Hartford Club sponsored its latest Women Who Dare lecture series forum with three Connecticut executives --...

News

Of Note

• Trinity College Hillel received a gift of $306,000 from former Trinity College Trustee Henry M. Zachs, who...

Nonprofits

Ronald McDonald House Charities

Mission: The mission of the Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) of Connecticut and Western Massachusetts is to...

Nonprofits

Trinity’s Dream Camp Begins 12th Year

Trinity College’s Dream Camp kicked off its 2009 season on June 29 with more than 250 Hartford...

News

Pike Wins Top School Project Award

The Pike Co. announced that it was a part of the Sports and Medical Sciences Academy project...

News

For Obama, The Honeymoon Is Over

Opinion polls in mid-June began to show the first signs of accountability being applied to the Obama...

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