November 10, 2008 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

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Remake of Rural Storrs Moves Forward

Brewing for more than seven years, the $220 million Storrs Center project took another step forward with...

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Economy In Negative Territory

Signaling what could be the start of a prolonged recession, the U.S. economy shrank in the July-September...

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State Contracts

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

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Delta-Northwest Merger May Boost Bradley

The recent $2.8 billion airline merger of Delta and Northwest could be a good thing for Hartford’s...

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The Bridge Family Center Inc.

Mission: To foster healthy growth and development in children, youth, and families through intervention, prevention, education, resources...

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Unmasking Your Office Costume

Halloween costumes bring out the real character hiding behind the grey flannel suits — male and female....

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Businesses Press Obama For New Stimulus

Barack Obama rode a wave of economic discontent to the White House and now faces the daunting...

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CO2 Allowance Auction: An Expensive Scam

To The Editor: I read the article “Speculators Laid Low In First Emissions Auction: Consumers To Benefit”...

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SUFFIELD CHAMBER HELPS MINI BUS, LIBRARY

The Suffield Chamber of Commerce raised funds at a recent Business After Hours to benefit residents. Funds...

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Resurgence Of Hope

Barack Obama had the audacity to hope for change. He dared to dream that our nation could...

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WORK, COMMUNITY EFFORTS HONORED

Eight Rockville Bank employees were honored by their peers for outstanding work and/or community service at a...

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Cohen’s Columns Create Chuckles

To The Editor: Wow! Mr. Cohen has got our attention again! I read Laurence’s most recent column,...

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Shaken Investors Slow To Adjust Portfolios

While nearly two-thirds of consumers believe the economic conditions in the United States are “very unfavorable,” a...

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Cancer Society Awards $2M

The American Cancer Society recently awarded nine research and training grants, valued at more than $2 million,...

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Mass. Life Sciences Push May Lure Conn. Firms

As Massachusetts gears up to start funding its monumental 10-year, $1 billion life sciences initiative, a handful...

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Historic Downturn | Capital city’s revitalization turns south as Northland says it will close Goodwin Hotel

The announced plans to close the Goodwin Hotel by year’s end signals trouble for Hartford’s seven-year, $1...

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OF NOTE

OF NOTE • Skylightsys Strategic Staffing of East Hartford was recently selected for the Women’s Business Enterprise...

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Annuities Punishing The Stag | The Hartford takes major write-offs to cover variable annuities

For nearly a decade, surging sales of variable annuities helped life insurance companies reap record profits. As...

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LITERARY INITIATIVE’S SUCCESS CELEBRATED

The success of the Haskins Literacy Initiative, a three-year, $844,000 pilot project that is improving the reading...

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Warning: Watch Those Receivables

This holiday season, I have an important warning for every small company that sells to large corporations,...

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Glaxo Cutting U.S. Sales Force By 1,000

British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline PLC is restructuring its U.S. operations, starting with reducing its U.S. sales force...

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Movers & Shakers

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City Pleased With RecycleBank Pilot

The City of Hartford is testing the effectiveness of a community recycling program designed to help both...

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President-Elect’s Next Challenge

A paradox of presidential politics is that it requires a degree of hubris to run for the...

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Abrams Wrong About SBA Loans

To The Editor: Rhonda Abrams’s recent column, “How Obama, McCain Plans Would Affect Small Businesses,” (Hartford Business...

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A Helping Hand | State programs give aid to subprime borrowers, but not ‘false hope’

The state has appropriated more than $100 million in programs to assist homeonwers who are struggling to...

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A Costly Crisis Of Confidence | Growing number of consumers taking refuge in community banks

The exodus of money from the stock market and troubled banks is reshaping the financial industry as...

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Career In Instant Messages

When taking an advertising course on a whim — after deciding a career in music had no...

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ING DEDICATES LOCAL ARTIST’S MURAL

ING decided to bring art to life at its new facility in Windsor to demonstrate its support...

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Sucking ‘Choice’ Out of Education

If there was a big, messy, noisy, bloodthirsty, weird marketplace for education in metro Hartford and New...

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Dallas Firm Sees Prospects In State

With their eyes on new opportunities in the state’s slow real estate market, officials of Dallas-based Lincoln...

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