June 11, 2012 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

Banking & Finance

Capital Strategies

It's been just over a year since Rockville Financial completed a $171 million stock offering and the...

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Lincoln Financial grants target education programs

Lincoln Financial Foundation has awarded $232,000 in grants to 17 nonprofit agencies, targeting programs that strengthen educational opportunity, close the achievement gap and reduce the dropout rate in Hartford.

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Strategies for the birds? Only if they’re finches

“The Finch Effect: The Five Strategies to Adapt and Thrive in Your Working Life” by Nacie Carson (Jossey-Bass, $25.95.)

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Spanish American Merchants Association Celebrates 30th Anniversary

Connecticut's Spanish American Merchants Association recently held its 30th Anniversary Awards Banquet which acknowledged community and business leaders for their contributions and commitment to the betterment of the state.

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Protein Sciences: On a mission to save lives

Tucked away in the town of Meriden is a high-tech business that's on the verge of radically...

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Patient Advocate for You puts focus on care, compassion

When Sharon Gauthier heard that one of her elderly clients was about to be sent from a...

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His $1 million gift is a bet on entrepreneurship

Q&A talks with Carlton Highsmith about his decision to donate $1 million to Quinnipiac University in support of an entrepreneurship program.

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Filomeno & Company stresses culture of engagement

The West Hartford-based accounting/business advising firm Filomeno & Company, P.C., stresses a team approach in everything it...

Banking & Finance

Community banks push to extend deposit insurance

The community banking industry is making a major push to extend a federal program that increases the insurance coverage for noninterest-bearing transaction accounts, or "TAG" deposits.

Energy

DEEP changes may include cut in fees

The Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection is re-evaluating the costs businesses and developers pay for environmentally permitting and compliance.

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Wisconsin message is a wake-up call

The ground shook a bit last week when the votes were counted in the Wisconsin recall election, but not in the way overwrought media analysts are spinning it.

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Dress For Success Hartford Raises $70K at 7th Annual Capital Catwalk Event

Five hundred people recently attended the 7th annual Capital Catwalk organized by Dress for Success Hartford at...

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eVariant: A vast reach, a personal touch

Not all the high-tech start-ups are located in the Silicon Valley.Simsbury-based eVariant, founded less than five years...

Manufacturing

Commercial aerospace to buoy CT manufacturing

The growing national commercial aerospace market will help offset $450 billion in federal defense spending reductions over the next 10 years, shielding the manufacturing sector from drastic problems, a new study concludes.

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Ten years of saluting our Business Champions

We're celebrating a milestone — ten years of Business Champions.The companies contained in this special section are...

Technology

The future of small

It's no secret that mobile technologies and devices are playing an increasingly critical role in today's workplace. In truth, many businesses have already gone completely wireless — replacing traditional landlines and desktop PCs with smartphones, laptops and tablets.

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Branding gone wild? Not for Connecticut

The Hartford Business Journal is planning a billboard campaign across the region, touting "The Paper That Brings You Cohen the Columnist."

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Battle looms over janitorial contracts

A fast-growing commercial cleaning franchise that uses non-union crews is making an aggressive push into the Greater Hartford region and the Service Employees International Union promises a fight over every potential client.

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JCJ Architecture: Designs on improving the community

If you've visited Foxwoods Resort Casino, seen the Burton Football Complex on UConn's Storrs campus, or stepped...

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My dinner with Warren Buffett

As I flew back home from Omaha, Nebraska, I wrote as many notes as I could, hoping not to forget any of the enlightened dinner conversation exchanges I enjoyed the night before with the best capitalist in world, the Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffett.

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Of Note

QU Physician Assistant HonoredCynthia Lord, clinical associate professor and director of Quinnipiac University's physician assistant program, has...

Economy & Labor

In executive search, avoid the big mistake

When a company approaches the need for new capital equipment, the acquisition is most often viewed as an investment, rather than a cost. Ultimately, the organization will measure the new equipment not in terms of outlay, but by its return on investment.

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