November 17, 2008 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

Banking & Finance

D&O Claims Hit Travelers, XL Insurance

U.S. property and casualty insurers will pay out $5.9 billion in claims to companies hit by lawsuits...

Politics & Policy

Can The Republicans Rebuild By 2012?

It’s been a terrible year for Republicans. It’s not just the losing part at the end. I...

Small Business

LAUNCHING NEW IMAGING CENTER

More than 100 people attended an open house and ribbon cutting event at the Tolland Imaging Center...

Small Business

Movers & Shakers

To submit items for Movers & Shakers, please email text and high-resolution photos to news@ hartfordbusiness.com....

Small Business

OF NOTE

• Lisa Davis of Glastonbury has been reappointed to the state’s Council on Developmental Disabilities. Davis, a...

Banking & Finance

Hartford REIT Cuts Ties With Managing Partner

Almost 42 months after it was founded and now a victim of one of the worst real...

Small Business

A Heart-To-Heart Message

Women are five times more likely to die of heart disease than breast cancer. Yet, less than...

Economy & Labor

State Contracts

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

Manufacturing

Mom-And-Pops Honored

Despite a stalling economy, slightly more than half of family-owned business leaders in Connecticut have a somewhat...

Economy & Labor

Conservatory Teaches Recording Arts, Piano Tech

John Bolduc sits in a room on the third floor of an Asylum Avenue house converted into...

Small Business

STOWE CENTER MILESTONES

The Harriet Beecher Stowe Center in Hartford recently celebrated two anniversaries: the 40th anniversary of the opening...

Manufacturing

Push To Digitize Health Records Needs Cash

A two-year-old initiative to digitize health records statewide is set to launch a pilot program early next...

Politics & Policy

How Bad Is It?

It depends who you listen to. The Connecticut Center of Economic Analysis at the University...

Economy & Labor

Buckland Mall Owner In Debt Crisis | Red flag flies over mall as parent company faces threat of delisting

Chicago-based General Growth Properties Inc. is warning that it must refinance a large chunk of its short-term...

Banking & Finance

We Can Learn A Lot From Dogs

A reader recently e-mailed me a sad story about a dog from the perspective of a six-year-old...

Politics & Policy

Save Jobs And Reduce Expenses By Staffing Flexibly

Flexible staffing initiatives reduce payroll costs, but they don’t cut people. Implemented well, they allow a company...

News

It’s All In A Name

The Village of Lake Placid is, in its upstate New York kind of way, placid. If the...

Banking & Finance

Pension Plans Pummeled

Defined benefit pension plans offered by Connecticut employers stand to lose 20 to 40 percent of their...

Small Business

AT&T Aids At-Risk Pupils

AT&T Inc. has announced that seven schools and nonprofits in Connecticut will receive its Aspire grants totaling...

Small Business

VNA HealthCare Inc.

Mission: VNA HealthCare is dedicated to improving the health and well-being of individuals by providing a full...

Small Business

GOLF HELPS CHILDREN WITH DIABETES

The 12th Annual Crowley Automotive Juvenile Diabetes Golf Tournament raised $53,000 in support of diabetes research. Since...

Small Business

R&C Nabs 30 Thelen Attorneys

Robinson & Cole, Hartford’s largest law firm, said it plans to add more than 30 attorneys, including...

Banking & Finance

Hedge Fund Regs Loom

Signs the government will intervene in the hedge fund industry were evident last week when five of...

Economy & Labor

Goin’ To The Chapel | As same-sex couples line up to wed, bakers, florists, venues see opportunity

Some saw the legalization of gay marriage in Connecticut last month as a step toward equality. ...

Economy & Labor

President-Elect Obama: Call On Us

Dear President-elect Barack Obama: Like all Americans, we in the small business community congratulate you on...

Small Business

HELPING BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS

Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters, a youth mentoring organization, has been awarded a Liberty Bank Foundation grant...

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