November 2, 2009 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

Economy & Labor

Carrier sells interest

A week after selling its stake in an Israeli air conditioning vendor, Carrier Corp. says it sold...

News

Telecommuting Key To Business Continuity

When Webster’s dictionary first introduced the word “telecommute” in its dictionary some 35 years ago, defining it...

Economy & Labor

Decades Of Community Service | Robinson & Cole

Robinson & Cole’s 164-year commitment to community service has become so well known that law students ask...

Economy & Labor

State Contracts

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

Economy & Labor

Taking On Multiple Roles With Passion, Success | Gwendolyn Smith Iloani, President and CEO, Smith Whiley & Co.

Call Gwendolyn Smith Iloani a role model and she won’t flinch. The founding president and CEO...

Economy & Labor

Physician Interrupted Career To Start Family

Erica Hammer is living proof that one can be in medicine and have a life. She took...

Economy & Labor

Employees Take Charitable Lead | Rockville Bank

The most amazing thing about Rockville Bank’s giving is its breadth. The bank, which has “21-and-a-half” branches...

Economy & Labor

Philanthropy Is Part Of Philosophy | Hoffman Auto Group

The Hoffman Auto Group has had such a long history of philanthropy that it has established guidelines...

Energy

Water Flow Woes | Proposed rules have utilities worried

After four years of development, the state Department of Environmental Protection has proposed sweeping new guidelines to...

Economy & Labor

Movers & Shakers

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

News

ESPNU and Comcast Celebrate Season Opener

Representatives from Comcast, ESPN, UConn, and the Big East Conference celebrated the kick-off of the UConn Huskies’...

News

Tunxis Celebrates Grand Opening of New Veterans’ OASIS

Tunxis Community College, joined by the General Federated Women’s Clubs of Connecticut and others from the Connecticut...

News

Hamilton Sundstrand Supports Museum’s science education

The New England Air Museum has received financial support from Hamilton Sundstrand, a subsidiary of United Technologies...

Energy

Obama Moves To Modernize Electric Grid

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is giving a jolt to the futuristic ``smart’’ electric grid, hoping to...

Economy & Labor

Know What Can Go Wrong To Do Things Right

When Jack Welch was chairman of General Electric, he would regularly ask the top managers in the...

News

Hartford Just Right For New Breed Of Conventions

I believe almost everything I read in newspapers, especially this paper. Especially the columnists. One remarkable columnist...

Economy & Labor

Analyst: Recovery Has Been Underestimated

Lakshman Achuthan is managing director of the Economic Cycle Research Institute and managing editor of ECRI’s forecasting...

Politics & Policy

Safeguarding The Public’s Right To Know | Colleen Murphy, Executive Director, Freedom of Information Commission

Quiet-spoken and demure, Colleen M. Murphy shouldn’t be underestimated. As executive director of the Connecticut Freedom of...

Small Business

For Better Or Worse

Gary and Cindy Wood have been married for 33 years, and they’ve been in business together for...

News

FedEx Delivers

The FedEx ramp managers from Bradley International Airport really delivered for the Greater Hartford Salvation Army. Its...

News

Candidates Face Fundraising Conundrum

As the 2010 campaign season approaches, candidates for the legislature and statewide office face a difficult decision...

News

Fight Over Water

The issue of how water flows through the state’s dams and into rivers and streams isn’t likely...

Banking & Finance

Economic Analysis | Anthony F. Bisceglio, executive vice president and chief financial officer, Simsbury Bank

You spoke at a seminar at Simsbury Bank on Oct. 27 about the mid-year outlook for 2009....

News

Risk Officer

Life insurer Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. said that its chief financial officer, Lizabeth Zlatkus, will be...

News

New Pfizer Unit To Take On Autism

GROTON (AP) — Diane Stephenson of Groton has three tangible reasons for wanting to know as much...

Nonprofits

Nearly $300,000 Raised For Fight Against Breast Cancer

The American Cancer Society announced that nearly $300,000 was raised for the 16th Annual Making Strides Against...

News

Of Note

• Gov. M. Jodi Rell designated October 13 as “Franklin Trust Federal Credit Union Day” in the state....

Banking & Finance

UHart Puts Financial Lessons On Students’ Plate

It’s no secret that many college students lack financial know-how. According to a 2008 survey by...

Economy & Labor

Providing Opportunities For Children | Farmington Savings Bank

Farmington Savings Bank serves a diverse population that includes the Farmington Valley, as well as New Britain...

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