June 27, 2016 EditionEdition

Politics & Policy

🔒Small-biz regulation analysis smart move by lawmakers

The state legislature took a small but important step last week that could potentially improve Connecticut's business climate in the years ahead.
Economy & Labor

🔒Wooing Talent: Companies offer student loan repayment to attract Millennials

Robert Syc said he's never had a job where his employer offered to help pay off his student loan debt. Until now.
Manufacturing

🔒OPM, Hexcel deal value revealed

How much is a minority stake in South Windsor's Oxford Performance Materials Inc. worth?
Manufacturing

🔒Efforts to woo female manufacturers critical to CT economy

A serious challenge facing manufacturers in Connecticut and around the country is how to attract young talent, both men and women, to meet the needs of this expanding industry.
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Manufacturing

🔒Congress sends DOD strong message to ‘Buy American’

In mid-May, the U.S. House of Representatives passed its version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2017, and just this week, the U.S. Senate followed suit.
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🔒BlumShapiro volunteers serve as Junior Achievement teachers

Twenty-one BlumShapiro employees provided a full day of interactive classroom lessons about the fundamentals of work readiness,...
News

🔒Panera Bread cafes participate in Autism Speaks Walk

Howley Bread Group's 12 owner-operated Panera Bread bakery-cafes located throughout Greater Hartford raised a total of $14,500...
News

🔒Female business leaders raise money for Hartford women and families

More than 1,200 Hartford-area women leaders in business and philanthropy raised over $330,000 to help Hartford women...
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News

🔒Nonprofit Profile: CT Coalition to End Homelessness Inc.

A look at the finances and leadership of the nonprofit CT Coalition to End Homelessness Inc., as well as other nonprofit news from Greater Hartford.
Education

🔒Klonoski leads higher ed through disruptive change

In hindsight, Ed Klonoski's decision to exploit the Internet and pursue a career in online learning was prescient. He's now president of Charter Oak State College, Connecticut's only public online college.
Energy

🔒Rate recovery controversy

Perhaps the most important question in building energy infrastructure is “who's going to pay for it?” Under Connecticut's ongoing procurement, and similar proceedings in other New England states, the answer is changing.
Economy & Labor

🔒Employers offering dads more of a (paid) break at work

Good news for anyone looking to start a family: Paid parental leave for fathers is no longer a unicorn. One firm with Hartford ties is part of the revolution.
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Politics & Policy

🔒Employers must prep for new public-retirement plan

Q&A talks with Comptroller Kevin Lembo about the Connecticut Retirement Security program for private-sector workers.
Economic Development

🔒CTNext funds free help for ‘stage 2’ companies

A decade ago, personal chef Paul Finney ran a one-man operation cooking meals in the homes of approximately 30 Greater Hartford clients.
Energy

🔒CT deals seen as linchpin for ‘Access Northeast’

Connecticut's energy regulator is in the midst of a major power procurement that could determine the fate of New England's largest proposed natural gas expansion project.
News

🔒Tips for Millennials who want to be managers

With not enough Gen X workers to backfill the retiring Boomers, business will have to turn over its management reins to Millennials stereotyped by tradition-bound Boomers as impatient, entitled, spoiled and disrespectful.
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