June 6, 2011 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

Banking & Finance

Bank profits up nearly 80 percent in year

Connecticut’s 54 federally insured banks continued to see positive earnings growth in the first quarter of 2011,...

News

OF NOTE

WRAP HONORS LAURA SOLL FOR SERVICE Laura Soll, a public relations and event management specialist with...

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Casino moves beyond ‘All’ | Foxwoods needs smarter, more targeted approach, new CEO says

Part two of two Connecticut’s two Native American casinos are taking different approaches to the changing...

Small Business

Geissler’s Supermarkets honored as model family business

Three generations have been at the helm of family-owned Geissler’s Supermarkets since the first Geissler’s opened in...

Advertising, Media & Marketing

From ‘wired’ to ‘DNA,’ books show what counts

“Wired and Dangerous: How Your Customers Have Changed and What to Do About It” by Chip Bell...

Economy & Labor

Movers & Shakers

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

Energy

$2.1B UIL investment hinges on raising capital

The corporate parent of United Illuminating wants to perform a $2.1-billion upgrade of the New Haven electric...

News

Winnipeg success proves Hartford’s strategy works

With the announcement this week of the National Hockey League (NHL) returning to Winnipeg (the Atlanta Thrashers...

Economy & Labor

Three true life tales illustrate approach

Rainmaker’s Realities are real-life situations where the application of skills and perspectives of a Rainmaker make a...

News

Guida-Seibert Dairy marks historic 125th anniversary

By all accounts, dairies are a dying breed. But don’t tell that to the folks at Guida-Seibert...

Economy & Labor

Making cross-border investment means knowing local conditions

As the global economy continues to rebound from the recession and merger and acquisition markets become increasingly...

Nonprofits

REACH Foundation, Travelers team for benefit concerts

When Farmington businessman Mark Wilson and his wife Wendy created a foundation in 2000, their goal was...

Real Estate & Construction

Low bidder rule poses unique challenges in public construction

In early May, the Metropolitan District Commission took the unusual step of awarding a wastewater contract to...

News

HOWEY CENTER DEDICATED

Gregory and Barbara Howey, their three children, and nine grandchildren recently gathered at Hospital for Special Care...

News

More transparency needed at Capitol

For a deeply blue state, rich in democratic traditions and good-government rhetoric, we sure can look like...

News

UConn building ‘data collaborative’ for nonprofits

The University of Connecticut has been chosen by the Connecticut Health and Education Facilities Authority to develop...

News

TOP FUNDRAISERS HONORED

The Man & Woman of the Year campaign raised over $340,000 for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society....

Economy & Labor

Dressing for business is all-year challenge

Q&A talks about dressing for the office during the summer with Kelleigh Marquard, branch manager of OfficeTeam...

News

Building a monument to outdated thinking

I knew that I always wanted to be a writer. I loved dipping my feathered pen into...

News

â€śHITâ€ť tax a threat to small business

“Small businesses embody the promise of America: that if you have a good idea and are willing...

Economy & Labor

CT March 2011 New Business Starts

Editor's Note -- Due to a computer glitch, the Secretary of the State's office did not provide...

News

MAYOR’S CHARITY BALL IN WEST HARTFORD

The Mayor’s Charity Ball in West Hartford attracted more than 250 attendees and raised an estimated $54,500...

News

Bank-owned properties may slow CT recovery

Connecticut banks and mortgage lenders don’t like to be in the homeownership business, but the after effects...

News

Mission: Aerotropolis | Connecticut officials see Bradley airport as hub of a major urban center

Officials from the towns surrounding Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks want an aerotropolis in their future....

Economy & Labor

Let your ‘elevator speech’ elevate your business

If you were given a 180-second opportunity to change your business forever, would you be prepared to...

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