May 17, 2010 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

Real Estate & Construction

Apartment Sales Suggest Sector Alive

Apartments — an often overlooked part of the commercial real estate market — are showing signs of...

Energy

Effects of Energy Bill, Costs Still Unclear

The solar industry and its customers stand to be the big winners from this legislative session’s landmark...

Small Business

Two Books Offer Advice On Being Different

“Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd” by Youngme Moon, Crown Business, $26. Businesses seem to respond to competition,...

News

Celebration Launches Resource Center

North Central Aging and Disability Partnership — a partnership among Connecticut Community Care, Inc., Independence Unlimited, Inc.,...

Real Estate & Construction

Focus Shift At ESPN Puts Plans In Doubt

The outlook for the long-discussed ESPN presence in the Front Street entertainment project remains cloudy. ESPN at...

Small Business

Make Your Website Call To Action Strong

In today’s business world of high-speed information, you need every advantage you can get in trying to...

Real Estate & Construction

Corporate Tenants Filling Griffin Center

Commercial landlord Griffin Land has found three corporate tenants to occupy almost 67,000 square feet in the...

Politics & Policy

Substance of Rhetoric Too Often Lost in Time

A public policy think tank pal in Washington once told me that being interviewed on television was...

Economy & Labor

Rell legacy hangs on energy decision

History is a fickle master, as many elected officials have found. For some, the legacy is finely...

Real Estate & Construction

Realtors Embrace Market Shifts

Q&A talks about the housing market with , president and CEO of the Greater Hartford Association of...

Nonprofits

Prudence Crandall Center Inc.

Mission: Prudence Crandall Center, Inc. provides caring support, beneficial information and individual advocacy to women, men and...

Banking & Finance

Front Street Leasing ‘Slow’ As Completion Date Nears

Downtown Hartford’s long awaited Front Street District is nearing completion and its developers hope to see businesses...

Bioscience

Belgium Offers Deals To Lure CT Companies

Three months of free office space, complimentary tax advice and help finding a local workforce. Those are...

Small Business

Training Women To Compete Is Both A Passion, Business

In 2006, two impassioned women triathletes wanted to find a way to help other females try team...

Politics & Policy

U.S. Economy Needs Wall St. Reform Bill

America needs Wall Street. Our economic dynamism is directly connected to the ability of the Wall Street...

Economy & Labor

Film Jobs Outpace Talent

Connecticut’s fledgling film industry is prepping for its much anticipated turn in the spotlight. The state has...

News

CVS grant funds Boundless playground in Hartford

Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez cuts the ribbon for the official opening May 6 of the Boundless playground...

News

One Key Skill Not Taught In Business School

A college education is valuable, and I salute all the graduates who are heading out into the...

News

OF NOTE

• The Western New England Region of Comcast has been named the communication company’s ‘System of the...

Energy

Energy bill out of step with goals, sentiment

The energy bill approved by both chambers of the Connecticut General Assembly May 5 will dampen competition...

Nonprofits

Philanthropic Fund Honors Attorney’s Volunteer Work

John Donahue is retiring, again, for the third time, reports the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. First,...

News

Civitan check Helps YMCA’s Strong Kids campaign

Bob Nenna, left, executive director of Tri-Town YMCA, receives a $2,000 donation from Robert Sulick, president of...

Real Estate & Construction

Griffin Land Upbeat On CT Prospects

Major Connecticut landlord Griffin Land is bullish on prospects for filling up its vacant Hartford area commercial...

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