June 8, 2009 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

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An Ill-Conceived Bill

One of the problems with the legislative proposal to require businesses that employ 50 or more workers...

News

Of Note

• With the recently completed renovation of its Berlin facility, which includes the company’s regional offices, a customer...

Economy & Labor

Movers & Shakers

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Real Estate & Construction

Homeowners Struggling To Stay Above Water

Sagging home prices have left 17 percent of homeowners in the Hartford region under water, meaning they...

Small Business

ConnectiCare | Healthy Workers, Happy Work Force

A few minutes into a discussion with ConnectiCare senior executives about work force development is all that’s...

Politics & Policy

Old State House May Close | Governor eliminates all funding for celebrated landmark

The Old State House may close if state lawmakers approve Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s proposal to ax...

Manufacturing

Gerber Changes Course On Trade Show

Only four months after South Windsor-based Gerber Scientific’s Tolland division, Gerber Technology, decided to forgo the costs...

Nonprofits

Seeking Support for Childcare | Cyd Oppenheimer, senior policy fellow, Connecticut Voices for Children

According to your report, in 2008, the average cost of child care ($9,100 for one child) was...

Small Business

Munson’s Chocolates | Customer Satisfaction And Family Legacy – Key Ingredients For Success

Honoring the family legacy by the way they do business today is an important part of Karen...

Economy & Labor

State Contracts

Here are the latest bids for products and services received by the Connecticut Department of Administrative Services...

Advertising, Media & Marketing

Changes Fuel Courant’s Slide

As The Hartford Courant slashed its newsroom staff and shrunk the size of its paper late last...

News

Ayer Steps Down

The Hartford Financial Services Group CEO and chairman Ramani Ayer, under fire for the company’s financial problems,...

Economy & Labor

Screen Savers | Art houses, small movie theaters have loyal followers

Jean and Peter Mahler missed the movie "Knowing" with Nicolas Cage at Showcase Cinemas in Buckland, so...

Small Business

Keeping Customers Key To Staying Afloat

In this economy, when small-business owners ask me what to do to survive, I always advise, “Whatever...

News

MS Corporate Achievers

The National MS Society, Connecticut Chapter, honored nine MS Corporate Achievers for 2009 at the New Haven...

Economy & Labor

On A Mission

Anne Evans, district director for the U.S. Department of Commerce in Connecticut, was scheduled to lead a...

News

Troubled Haven Healthcare Chain Still In Flux

Nearly a year after the deeply troubled Haven Healthcare nursing home chain was broken up in federal...

News

Here’s To Leaving Well Enough Alone

Campbell’s tomato soup is being tinkered with. The salt content is being reduced, but not to worry,...

Banking & Finance

State Banks’ Earnings Drop; 119 Jobs Lost

Connecticut banks and savings institutions shed 119 jobs in the first quarter of 2009 and reported a...

Small Business

FM Facility Maintenance | Aternative Energy Systems Fuel Future

FM Facility Maintenance is a company that grows with the times. Founded in 1993 as an HVAC...

Small Business

OKAY Industries | Applying New Technologies and â€śShoulders UPâ€ť Approach To Compete and Grow

OKAY Industries of New Britain succeeds in Connecticut’s highly competitive and changing manufacturing industry by staying close...

Small Business

Riverview Realty & Development Corp. | Revenue Growth Gives Company Best Year Ever

It’s one thing for a Connecticut real estate development management company to survive in today’s economy. It’s...

News

Heart For HART

Hartford Hospital hosted a community fundraiser to benefit Hartford Areas Rally Together at the Education and Resource...

News

Former Managing Partner Honored

Eric Daniels, former managing partner of Robinson & Cole, was recently recognized by his firm for his...

News

Paid Sick Leave Will Hurt Workers

To The Editor: Especially with Connecticut’s unemployment rate skyrocketing 52 percent from April 2008 to April...

Nonprofits

Catholic Charities Inc. – Archdiocese Of Hartford

Vision: Individuals, families and communities will become healthy, self-sufficient and productive, thriving in a just and compassionate...

News

What Happened To Government Reinvention?

Remember, a few months back, all the talk from Democrats and Republicans about the need to reinvent...

News

Catholic Charities Honors CL&P

Catholic Charities Inc. of the Archdiocese of Hartford presented The Connecticut Light & Power Co. a subsidiary...

Nonprofits

Big Y Hands Out $250,000 In College Scholarships

Big Y World Class Markets has selected more than 325 academically outstanding students to receive a total...

Politics & Policy

Lawmakers Leave Businesses In Limbo

As the clock struck midnight on Wednesday, state lawmakers failed to act on a flurry of bills...

Economy & Labor

For Tax Lawyer Hull, Connecticut’s Just Right

Jonathan Hull has lived in three New England states, but it appears Connecticut is the place to...

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