March 19, 2012 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

Energy

NU concessions cost investors, customers $439 million

The shareholders and ratepayers of Hartford-based Northeast Utilities will pay more than $439 million over the next...

News

Growing home care sector a boon for some, trouble for others

Robert Scandura’s Wethersfield home care company has seen strong growth in recent years as the state’s aging...

News

GREATER HARTFORD MS TASTE OF HOPE TOTALS RECORD $19K

The 2012 Greater Hartford MS Taste of Hope attracted more than 200 guests and raised a record...

News

OF NOTE

CCSU’S DEGRAZIA WINS EDUCATOR AWARD William DeGrazia, a longtime geography teacher and adjunct professor at...

Legal & Courts

A case for social | Law firms increasingly using online tools to connect with current, potential customers

By now, most businesses have started to use social media in some capacity — and the ones...

Legal & Courts

How to pass the social media bar

Q&A talks with Kevin O’Keefe, CEO and publisher of LexBlog (www.lexblog.com), a law blog and social media...

News

Of defined benefit and Ponzi schemes

When Texas governor and Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry suggested that Social Security was a Ponzi scheme,...

Education

Guiding CT to a brighter education future

Q&A with Rae Ann Knopf, executive director of the Connecticut Council for Education Reform. Q: What...

Retail

U.S. sales increase driven by online, savvy consumers

Retail sales for February exceeded expectations by one-tenth of a percent, according...

News

Ford and the case for a higher minimum wage

TO THE EDITOR: I read with interest Mr. Powell’s article (Minimum wage dreams and realities, March...

Banking & Finance

Feeling squeezed, check cashers push for fee increase

An increase in the use of debit and credit cards and other banking technology means fewer people...

Advertising, Media & Marketing

Learning to please clients at home, work

“For Better or for Work: A Survival Guide for Entrepreneurs and Their Families” by Meg Cadoux Hirshberg...

Advertising, Media & Marketing

The good, bad and the ugly of apologies

What do Rush Limbaugh, Fed Ex and Penn State have to teach us? That a good apology...

News

Cohen for governor? It could come to that

When I’m elected governor of Connecticut (after my stint as publisher of the Hartford Business Journal), my...

News

CHAMBER HOSTS ‘WINDSOR FEUD’ TO RAISE PROGRAM FUNDS

The Windsor Chamber of Commerce annual fundraiser “Windsor Feud” took place on live TV recently as teams...

Banking & Finance

Risk is her business | Manetta opening doors as pioneering female managing director at Conning

The little things matter just as much as the big stuff to Sherry Manetta, head of operations...

Economy & Labor

Movers & Shakers

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News

Flying robots offer glimpse of what tech can deliver

It was after the robotic hummingbird flew around the auditorium — and after a speaker talked about...

Nonprofits

The Power of Certification | New Britain community foundation illustrates growing nonprofit trend

As consumers, we tend to like seals of approval. Whether it’s organic food or energy efficient appliances,...

Advertising, Media & Marketing

Media buying firm keeps clients ahead of the curve

It started as a one-person operation in a tiny Bloomfield office, but 25 years later, Makiaris Media...

News

UNITED WAY HONORS LOCAL FIRMS AT ‘BEST OF AWARDS’

The United Way recently honored several local organizations and their employees at its sold out Best Of...

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