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March 6, 2017 EditionEdition

🔒CT is a good place to live; let’s keep it that way

It's no secret that Connecticut residents can be a pessimistic bunch. Many of us complain when it's too hot during the dog days of summer, and then bark even louder when winter wind chills dip temperatures into the single digits.

🔒CONNSTEP hosts workshop for CT manufacturers

Rocky Hill consulting firm CONNSTEP recently held a dual-session workforce strategies workshop led by industry expert Kelly...

🔒Hartford Club unveils new renovations as it looks to rebound

You have to spend money to make money, the old adage goes.

🔒Hughes Health employees raise awareness during American Heart month

Hughes Health and Rehabilitation Center in West Hartford held its first annual “Heart to Heart Festival” in...
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🔒UHart biz school eyes $5.2M expansion

The University of Hartford's Barney School of Business is closing in on a multi-million-dollar fundraising goal that would enable the largest expansion in its nearly 50-year history.

🔒Kelser Corp. donates computers to local schools

Kelser Corp. of East Hartford recently donated four HP 8100 computers to the Newington High School IT...

🔒Kelly leaving behind a larger Hartford Foundation

Using a football analogy, one could say Linda J. Kelly is leaving Connecticut's largest community foundation — and one of the largest in the U.S. — in good field position for her successor.

🔒Q&A: CT homebuyers looking for renovated properties this spring

Q&A talks to Carl Lantz, president of the Greater Hartford Association of Realtors and a member of RE/MAX Premier Realtors in West Hartford, about the upcoming spring homebuying season.
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🔒Construction, legal woes delay Radisson Hotel apartments conversion

A legal dispute between the owners of Hartford's Radisson Hotel and the contractor hired to do millions of dollars in work to convert the property's upper floors into apartments has delayed the project's completion date.

🔒Amid consolidation, CT benefits firms bet on multi-state alliance

Changes and consolidations in the financial-services industry inspired 24 independent firms around the U.S., including three in Connecticut, to form one of the country's largest benefits firms that executives say will make it easier to compete with other major players that offer more products and services.

🔒Debunking myths about business-growth financing

New product lines. A big office move. New market opportunities. These are bold steps that require expanding production or distribution capacity, renovating or buying a facility, upgrading equipment or even buying another business. They also require money, which growing businesses may not have — yet.

🔒Why great leadership means relinquishing control

It's a time when many of us feel very much out of control. Life is going at a clip that feels unsustainable and unstoppable: 24/7 technology, a new president. My daily life equation never seems to add up. The number of hours in the day plus number of tasks to be accomplished equals a deficit of time.
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🔒Champion Container invests $2.8M in Suffield warehouse

Champion Container is preparing to open an 80,000-square-foot distribution facility on a Suffield property acquired last summer for $1.8 million, town officials say.

🔒Tips to determine how to join the right franchise

“Take the Fear Out of Franchising” by John P. Hayes (BizCom Press, $12.95).It's well-documented that more small...

🔒Pratt & Whitney Honors Three Employees as Distinguished Engineers of the Year

Pratt & Whitney and the Hartford Section of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers honored three Distinguished...
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