May 5, 2008 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

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A True Trail Blazer

Eric Hammerling thought that his best bet after college would be to go to Washington, D.C. After...

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Affordable Solar Power Possible In A Year

A Silicon Valley start-up says it has developed technology that can deliver solar power in about a...

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May 5, 2008 — State Contracts

Here are the latest bids for products and services received by the Connecticut Department of Administrative Services...

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The ABCs Of Selling

Not long ago, I was listening as one of my grandchildren practiced his ABCs. He had a...

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HEARTS IN HARTFORD

Hartford Hospital hosted a Have A Heart For HART fundraising event which featured celebrity wait staff and...

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NEW CHURCH STREET TENANTS

Cantor Colburn celebrated their move from Bloomfield to downtown Hartford with a grand opening reception. Speakers at...

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Stickin’ To Your Own Kind

The University of Connecticut, which is the flagstone research institution of higher education in our distinguished little...

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Tough New Ethics Chief Clamps Down On Violators

It is going to cost big bucks if state employees, public officials and lobbyists don’t comply with...

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Budget Backfire

An alarming slide in state revenues is cause for immediate action. Economic activity in the state has...

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Film Production Boom Spurs Program To Train Students

The state’s two-year-old tax credit program for film productions has generated a wave of new film projects...

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Record Business Closings Highlight Survival Concerns

A record number of businesses closed their doors during the first quarter of 2008, alarming state officials...

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CBT Trimming Losses

Hartford-based Connecticut Bank and Trust Co. cut continued to trim its losses in the first quarter of...

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CHARITY FOR CHILDREN

The Waterford Group Charitable Foundation presented a check for $2,500 to the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center on...

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FUNDS FOR NEW FACILITY

The Rockville Bank Foundation donated $50,000 to the YMCA of Greater Hartford. The funds will be used...

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West Hartford Production Company Triples Sports Business

As ESPN broadcast the Masters Tournament last month, most Greater Hartford viewers were unaware of a West...

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Taxes That Divide

Growing economic divides among Connecticut residents damage businesses, contribute to disparities in educational achievement, reduce consumer demand,...

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Trigger Happy | Gun Shops See Sales Spike After Home Invasions

Gun sales in Connecticut jumped sharply after three members of a Cheshire family were killed in a...

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Add Green To Profits

This year, a strange but meaningful coincidence occurred — Earth Day fell during Small Business Week. Now...

Manufacturing

High-Tech Playground | AT&T ‘experience’ store at Westfarms touted as the emerging trend in retail

AT&T used to do retail just like every other wireless provider. It operated slots in malls or...

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CRRA Seeks Ruling On Budget

The Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority has filed for a declaratory judgment on its Mid-Connecticut Project operating budget,...

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CT Has 2nd Highest Long-Term Care Costs

Connecticut is the second most expensive state in the country — after Alaska — for long-term care,...

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CBRE Sets June 4 Meeting To Reelect Directors

After heading off a proxy fight with Arbor Realty Trust Inc., Hartford-based CBRE Realty Finance Inc. began...

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Nappier, Rockefeller Kin Go Public With Exxon Mobil Shareholder Fight

State Treasurer Denise L. Nappier held a joint press conference last week in New York City with...

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May 5, 2008 — Movers & Shakers

Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford named Scheuster E. Christie chief of general surgery. Christie...

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Five To Watch

New opportunities bloom after every election and legislative session; opportunities for new faces in Connecticut’s political world...

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‘Fairness’ For All

“Who Pays?” by Connecticut Voices for Children has garnered plenty of headlines, but as economic analysis and...

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Consumer Confidence Continues To Decline

Consumer confidence fell to the lowest level in five years in April, as Americans were buffeted by...

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Pay Inequity At 3M

I once feared that companies around here wouldn’t provide enough fodder for a weekly column, but that...

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Employers Hiring More New College Graduates

Employers, in a rush to replace baby boomers that are set to retire, have decided to increase...

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UNITED IN HEALTH

The United Way of Northwest Connecticut held an annual meeting with the Community Mental Health Affiliates Inc....

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Business Leaders Stand Together Against Taxes

As legislative session moved into its final week, business leaders from across the state met at the...

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Seeing The Future Through Handy Eyes

“Then I realized that she was offering me her seat.” You have to love the guy who...

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Sullivan’s Mail Cart Job Let Him Eat Cake

In an appearance on a now-defunct Connecticut TV show, someone once asked Kevin Sullivan what he wanted...

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May 5, 2008 — Of Note

• TD Banknorth in New Britain delivered 160 boxes of nonperishable food items to food pantries within...

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