July 31, 2017 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

Legal & Courts

🔒CT med-equipment provider seeks bankruptcy protection

A Branford provider of orthotic and prosthetic devices that has nearly a dozen clinics across the state, including in Hartford, East Hartford and Meriden, has filed for Ch. 11 bankruptcy reorganization, according to court records.

News

🔒KBE awards $17K in scholarships

KBE Building Corp., a commercial construction company with offices in Farmington and Norwalk, has awarded $17,000 in...

News

🔒Millstone issue requires more independent analysis

When a government official asks for a “study” to be completed on a legislative proposal, it's oftentimes a delay tactic to avoid a decision on a controversial topic.

Manufacturing

🔒Mobile lab brings advanced manufacturers on-site training

Twenty-three-year-old Levon Gonzalez of East Hartford has taken three workshops in Goodwin College's new advanced manufacturing mobile lab.

News

🔒Despite problems, Hartford’s civic health improving

There's been a lot of concern at the national level about the brokenness of our politics. But...

News

🔒Stanley Black & Decker celebrates 175th Anniversary

Nearly 500 people gathered at the Hartford Marriott Downtown to celebrate Stanley Black & Decker's 175th anniversary...

Nonprofits

🔒Charitable givers expect uptick in nonprofit demands

Some corporate foundations are fielding more calls for financial assistance as nonprofits struggle under real or threatened cuts from city and state governments choked by deficits — calls that may intensify.

News

🔒Robert Simpson Honored by the George W. Crawford Black Bar Association

Hartford attorney Robert Simpson was recently honored with the Trailblazer Award, the George W. Crawford Black Bar...

News

🔒Farmington Bank gives back at Travelers Championship

Farmington Bank sponsored a Celebrity Mini Golf Tournament at the Travelers Championship, which featured celebrity spokesperson Tim...

News

🔒Business development in the ‘post-truth era’

“Post-truth,” the Oxford Dictionary's 2016 international word of the year is defined as “relating to or denoting...

Hospitality & Tourism

🔒Yard Goats creating exposure, business for Hartford restaurants

When Miguel Colan opened Hartford-based Rockin' Chicken 13 months ago, he knew it would have its challenges.

News

🔒Pratt & Whitney celebrates 40 years of Special Olympics

Pratt & Whitney volunteers celebrated 40 years as event sponsors and volunteer hosts of the annual Summer...

Manufacturing

🔒Manufacturers can soon tout ‘Connecticut-Made’ products

Q&A talks with state Rep. Caroline B. Simmons (D-Stamford), about a new state law creating a “Connecticut-Made” program that aims to spotlight manufacturers and retailers.

News

🔒Understanding the laws of success

“The Law of Success” by Napoleon Hill (deluxe edition, Penguin, $28).Originally published as a self-instruction course in...

Real Estate & Construction

🔒Naming opportunity arises for The Gold’s next big tenant

One of the carrots “The Gold Building's” landlord is dangling to attract a high-profile tenant to the 43-year-old downtown Hartford skyscraper is the opportunity to hang the tenant's corporate logo outside the signature landmark.

Real Estate & Construction

🔒Windsor bldg. collateral in Griffin’s $10.6M refi

Landlord Griffin Industrial Realty Inc. has refinanced a $10 million mortgage, using one of the warehouse-distribution buildings in its New England Tradeport as collateral.

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