March 11, 2013 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

Advertising, Media & Marketing

Ways to improve your grounding at work

“The New World of Work — From the Cube to the Cloud” by Tim Houlne and Terri...

Education

Schools aim to reduce debt burden

While vocational school students in Connecticut have the highest average default rates on federal student loans, some of the state's community college students aren't faring much better.

News

State gears up to hide negligence, corruption

Not since Watergate, the national government corruption scandal, prompted Connecticut to pass its Freedom of Information Act...

Education

Unpaid student loans hit CT vocational school pupils hardest

Students who attend for-profit vocational schools in Connecticut default on their federal student loans at more than three times the rate of students who attend public or private institutions of higher education in Connecticut, a Hartford Business Journal computer analysis of federal education data has found.

Politics & Policy

Film tax credits spike in FY ‘12

Connecticut's film and digital media industry had a blockbuster year in fiscal 2012, raking in $118 million in state tax credits, as production companies added jobs, increased spending and grew their infrastructure in the Nutmeg State, records show

News

Hughes Health’s Finkelstein repeats as leadership winner

Mark J. Finkelstein, vice president-administrator for West Hartford's Hughes Health & Rehabilitation, is a repeat winner of...

Nonprofits

CRIS Radio aids ailing kids

Windsor nonprofit CRIS Radio has expanded its media “infotainment” services to patients at Hartford's Connecticut Children's Medical...

News

Convention organizers honored

The Connecticut Convention & Sports Bureau honored six people with “Bring It Home Awards” for their contributions...

News

Marketing firm aids BHcare

ABC Marketing in East Haven presented BHcare a check for $1803.67 as a result of a nonprofit...

News

Targeting the pain to sway voters

Last week in this space, we explored some of the mixed signals being sent by government. This...

News

University of St. Joseph gains Japanese partner

The University of St. Joseph formalized its partnership with Otsuma Women's University in Japan with a ceremonial...

Bioscience

How tracking antibodies aids disease research

Jeffrey R. Aeschlimann has a PhD in pharmacy and is an associate professor at the University of...

Advertising, Media & Marketing

Vidifly taking aerial video to whole new level

Adam Pemberton and Scott Benton like to play with remote control helicopters.But, don't be fooled. The helicopters...

News

Drawing Board

Bioscience

Rich biotech talent pool yields CyVek’s disease-screening kits

Per Hellsund, chief executive of CyVek Inc. in Wallingford, had a team in place even before he had an idea for a biotech start-up. Chalk it up to a combination of serendipity and strategy.

Banking & Finance

Investors enamored with boring stocks

With the Dow at a record high, the market mojo seems strong.Yet, the stocks leading the way...

Real Estate & Construction

Prefab has $25M Trinity project faster, cheaper

Trinity College's $25 million Crescent Street housing project will finish faster and cheaper using modular construction.

News

Wireless technology: Friend or foe?

A man far wiser than I once said many years ago, “He who hesitates is lost.” Flip...

Energy

Storm woes fading, CL&P wants its $402M tab paid

Connecticut Light & Power is convinced it has earned its way back into the state's good graces since the bitter public fallout over its 2011 storm outages, leading the Berlin electric utility eventually to seek $402 million in outage costs from ratepayers.

Legal & Courts

Overhauling patents: A tale of two laws

None of the significant revisions made to U.S. patent laws by the America Invents Act (“AIA”) is...

News

Taking a break can recharge creative energy

Q&A talks with Gary Sacks, metro market manager for The Creative Group, about the value of taking...

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