March 24, 2014 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

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Construction leads CT’s 2013 jobs growth

Connecticut's construction industry, which was hit hardest by the Great Recession, led the state's job recovery in...

Small Business

Filling the startup funding gap

Great companies start with great business ideas. But turning those ideas into reality requires capital — sometimes, a sizable amount of capital.

Economic Development

New brownfields director to organize redevelopment

For the first time, Connecticut has a director focused on redeveloping all the state's blighted brownfields back into productive use.

News

Negotiating for fun and profit

The art of negotiating is a critical business skill that, when done well, can have a huge...

News

Hartford youth learn about money management during America Saves Week

As part of the recent America Saves Week, a national campaign to promote the importance and benefits...

News

CREC students explore aerospace manufacturing at Birken

Each of the seventh grade science classes at the CREC Academy of Aerospace and Engineering recently received...

News

BIDs play role in an evolving downtown

Downtown Hartford is evolving and as Mayor Pedro E. Segarra remarked at the MetroHartford Alliance Rising Star...

News

Good questions, active listening create better outcomes

“Find Out Anything from Anyone, Anytime — Secrets of Calculated Questioning from a Veteran Interrogator” by James...

News

Aetna recognized with health care award

Hartford health insurer Aetna has been honored by the National Business Group on Health with the 2014...

Politics & Policy

Insurance reinvestment tax credits spur venture investment

Andrew Gibson, CEO of Chester-based AeroCision, picked a tough year to reinvigorate his company.

News

Tax reform talks offer hope, anxiety for businesses

House Speaker Brendan Sharkey's plan to subject nonprofit hospitals and colleges to property taxes would have far reaching implications for the city of Hartford.

Energy

Marijuana growers corner CT market

For the past 80 years, if a business wanted to profit from growing marijuana in Connecticut, it had to do so illicitly, on the fringes of society.

News

Nonprofit Notebook

The Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation was awarded a two-year, $200,000 grant from Newman's Own Foundation, the independent...

News

Pratt & Whitney contributes $125K to Goodwin manufacturing program

Pratt & Whitney’s Vice President of Manufacturing Joe Sylvestro, pictured in the photo, recently presented a check for...

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