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March 25, 2013 EditionEdition

Hartford revitalization: Case study in bad policy

Last month, Hartford announced its latest attempt at urban revitalization: a $78 million conversion of 777 Main...

Manufacturers urged to increase collaboration

Ray Coombs, chief executive of Plainfield aerospace and medical device supplier Westminster Tool, is busily recruiting manufacturers...

Two books explore future of business

“Marketplace 3.0: Rewriting the Rules of Borderless Business” by Hiroshi Mikitani (Palgrave McMillan, $27). Mikitani founded Rakuten,...

Bank grant supports hospice facility

Union Savings Bank has donated $25,000 to Regional Hospice and Home Care of Western Connecticut in support...
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For-profit networking firm sees niche in Hartford

Chicago for-profit firm Network after Work is attempting to break into Hartford, staging a second inaugural event after its first attempt was buried by snow.

Meet Shane Mallory, the state’s real estate dealmaker

Shane Mallory has spent more than a decade overseeing the state's vast real estate portfolio, but he...

It’s time to stop red-tape machine

A pair of news developments has put a fresh face on an old problem — the state’s...

Global push is on for trade opportunities

There's no doubt about it: doing business in America is changing. And businesses with even the most...
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State mulls buying more downtown offices

The state just completed its largest real estate acquisition in decades, but its appetite for office space still may not be satisfied. After committing $120 million to buy two signature Class A office buildings in downtown Hartford, state officials say the deal making may not be over.

Brown elected president of Hartford Club

Larry Brown of Horton International has been elected president of The Hartford Club. This will be Brown's...

CT urges cheaper renewables, regional pact

Connecticut has proposed entering into a regional clean energy partnership with Massachusetts, Vermont, and other neighboring states to use their collective purchasing power to obtain renewable energy at competitive prices.
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Custom Bottle’s rocky trek to, from the loan-workout abyss

Two years after financing the then-owners' 2004 buyout of the private company, Webster Bank found itself holding an “underwater loan'' secured by the 34-year-old floundering enterprise's assets. But once the Waterbury super-regional lender jumped in to protect its multi-million-dollar investment with a long-time borrower, Custom Bottle's fortunes improved dramatically.

Health exchange limits access to vision care

Nearly three years ago, one of the largest single pieces of legislation — the Patient Protection and...

Pro Bono Partnership recognizes team

A team of Gold Coast lawyers has received the award for outstanding nonprofit project from the Pro...

UConn’s Sandy Hook fund tops $1M in donations

In the three months following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, people around the United States have...
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Real estate community raises $11,000

The Greater Hartford Association of Realtors presented a check for $11,850 to the Village for Families and...

In-state banks among stingiest with interest

Connecticut may have one of the wealthiest per-capita populations in the country, but in-state residents aren't making...

Security is focus of executive benefits in the year ahead

With the current economic environment and political climate in Washington, highly compensated employees will continue to come...
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