March 15, 2007 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

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State’s Military Faulted For Poor Bookkeeping | Auditors estimate state lost about $42,000 in interest

Connecticut’s Military Department — which includes the state’s Army National Guard, Air National Guard and Organized Militia...

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Federal Credit Unions Want In On $100M Pool

Federal credit unions are feeling left out when it comes to state investments.Four years ago, a new...

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Will General Assembly Listen? We Want More Regulation

Small businesses in Connecticut face a crowd of predators looking for ways to defraud them, according to...

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Wanted: Credit-Worthy Borrowers WIth No Credit Histoy

Corey Stone believes there are about 50 million people in the United States who have never really...

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Green Is This Year’s Black

St. Patrick’s Day has just passed, and that always gets me thinking green. Of course, all things...

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Interview: Broadwater Officials Say Opposition Is Shortsighted

Developers of a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal in Long Island Sound accuse some state officials of...

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Glossy Glams | Battle for ad dollars escalates

The competition for advertisers’ dollars is heating up as two new glossy magazines will be launched this...

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Restaurants Still His First Love

Richard Rosenthal’s future in the restaurant business might have been nonexistent if he hadn’t graduated from college...

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The (Bleep)ing CEO

If you’re at Blockbuster and all the Oscar contenders are checked out, and you’re reduced to considering...

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Accord Results In Big Payday For Legal Aid | Bankers, attorneys reaching compromise on IOLTA

Everyone agrees that the work Elam Lantz Jr. does is very much needed in Greater Hartford.Lantz directs...

Manufacturing

Biotech Drugs Could Soon See Generic Rivals

The United States doesn’t yet allow generics of biotech drugs, but some drugmakers are stepping up their...

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Asking Questions, By Degrees | State community college figures raise debate

A recent report on graduation rates at Connecticut’s community colleges is generating debate. According to the annual...

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Record Foreclosures Reel Home Lenders

The reason many mortgage lenders are in trouble became alarmingly clear last week. The Mortgage Bankers Association...

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Ticket Scalping Less Shady

For many of us, it ranks among jaywalking and speeding as a crime that most of us...

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OF NOTE — March 19, 2007

OF NOTE • The Connecticut Youth Forum received $10,000 from the Hartford Courant in support of its activities...

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The Entrepreneur Is A Different Breed Of Cat

Feb. 24-March 3 was National Entrepreneurs Week. For people like me, it was a pretty special event....

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State Labor Pool Second Most Regulated In Nation

Six years ago, when Michael LaPointe of Tolland walked into the state’s Smart Start Center in Rocky...

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Time To Improve | Sabbaticals prove beneficial to both employees and their employers

An increasing number of employers — including DuPont, Bank of America, the State of Delaware, Goldman Sachs,...

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$1 Per Hour Parking, But Don’t Be Late | Plan would lower fines, raise rates

Doing business in downtown Hartford may cost less if the Hartford Parking Authority gets its way.The HPA...

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UConn Purse Taking A Bad Bounce | Thinner payday without college hoops championships

Winning a championship can bring an extra $300,000 or more in royalties from the lucrative college sports...

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