June 4, 2012 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

Nonprofits

Match Maker

Ana Valentin-Jackson doesn't consider herself a match-maker. It's not a skill listed on her resume or her job description. But as the coordinator of Leadership Greater Hartford's (LGH) Leaders on Board program — which connects interested volunteers with non-profit board service opportunities — Valentin-Jackson is helping spread the love of nonprofits across the region.

Foreign Trade

Murphy, Blumenthal ask manufacturers for update

Two members of Connecticut’s congressional delegation are asking the state’s manufacturers for an update on the industry....

Real Estate & Construction

Delinquent properties sold; tradeport leases renewed

Six Connecticut investment properties, including one in midtown Hartford, have changed hands recently. Broker Northeast Private Client...

Banking & Finance

Enfield thrift selling to Mass. lender for $91M

Enfield lender New England Bancshares is being acquired by a West Springfield bank in a deal valued...

Education

Loomis influence in India

The story of William Nanda Bissell's success reads like an advertising brochure for Connecticut's Education Corridor.Growing up...

News

State’s tax focus inhibiting economy

The more Dannel Malloy and Catherine Smith sing about how far the state’s economy has come on...

Manufacturing

Pratt’s Middletown decision more signal than substance

State and manufacturing industry officials are giddy Pratt & Whitney decided to maintain its Connecticut footprint —...

Real Estate & Construction

Hartford’s Front St. slated for $1.5M boost

Efforts to bring apartments to the Front Street entertainment district in downtown Hartford are about to get...

News

Minimum wage fight could be a lose-lose

Most newspaper editors opposed the efforts to raise the minimum wage in Connecticut — not necessarily in...

News

PULLMAN & COMLEY WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE HOSTS ANNUAL NETWORKING EVENT

The Women’s Leadership Initiative at Pullman & Comley recently hosted its 15th annual networking tea in Westport,...

News

Rainmakers should love trade shows opportunity

We are just a few days away from the CT Business Expo. With that in mind, let...

News

State helping manufacturers seeking economic growth overseas

To the Editor Connecticut has finally seen the light. In order to balance the state budget, lawmakers...

Hospitality & Tourism

Dine-around increases Hartford restaurant awareness

Hartford restaurateurs strengthened their partnerships with hospitality marketers on May 29 through a special dining tour of...

Banking & Finance

Former G. Fox building slips into foreclosure

Another downtown Hartford landmark office building has fallen into foreclosure. The renovated office tower at 960 Main...

Banking & Finance

Handling ‘riskier’ loans is CEDF’s core business

The noose around the financial necks of small businesses has become ever so much tighter in recent...

Small Business

ER doctor bets on urgent care chain

Dr. Michael Gutman is bullish on the urgent care industry. Just a year after opening his first urgent care center in West Hartford, the veteran emergency department physician is preparing to open two more locations in Enfield and Simsbury this summer.

Education

Paying Forward

William Nanda Bissell was a rather nervous 15-year-old when he arrived from his native New Delhi, India,...

Economic Development

Industrial real estate looking up

The construction of the new FedEx distribution center in South Windsor is a rare site in Connecticut...

Advertising, Media & Marketing

CASHMAN + KATZ COMMUNICATIONS CELEBRATES ITS 20TH ANNIVERSARY

Cashman + Katz Integrated Communications recently celebrated its 20th anniversary with family, friends, clients, vendors, legislators and...

Economic Development

DIRECTOR AWARDED BUSINESS HONOR KEEFE EARNS PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD LATICRETE APPOINTS MERKEL TO BOARD CONNSTEP EARNS EXCELLENCE HONOR WEST HAVEN CHAMBER HONORS MESSORE HUGHES HEALTH’S FINKELSTEIN AWARDED CRIS RADIO VOLUNTEERS...

David Director, president of Connecticut Lighting Centers Inc. since 1984, was recently awarded a Medallion for Entrepreneurship...

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