November 21, 2011 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

News

Public adjusters offer alternative on insurance claims | As storm losses mount, some policy holders seek their own adjuster

State residents, many still reeling from Tropical Storm Irene, are picking up the pieces from the latest...

News

TABOR HOUSE MOTHER-son duo RECEIVEs HUMANITARIAN HONOR

Loretta Dyson and her son, David Dyson, recently received the University of Hartford Humanitarian Service Award, recognizing...

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OF NOTE

UIL EARNS TOP UTILITY NOD New Haven’s UIL Holdings was recently selected as one of nine...

Banking & Finance

Job postings suggest finance sector uptick

Connecticut’s financial services sector posted more job openings in the third quarter of 2011 than it did...

News

HBJ at age 19: Best is yet to come

It was Nov. 16, 1992, that the Hartford Business Journal made its debut. In a world where...

News

CT LANDMARKS EVENT FEATURES AMERICAN MUSEUMS PRESIDENT

CT Landmarks, a statewide heritage museum organization, recently hosted a reception and conversation with Ford W. Bell,...

News

Expensive jobs program an admission of failure

In one of his “B.C.” comic strips almost 50 years ago, the cartoonist Johnny Hart summarized what...

Small Business

Small-business owners can take control of risks

Running a small business is no easy task. Most business owners spend eight, 10, 12 hours a...

News

Don’t underestimate Baldwin or his dream

It would be easy to dismiss Howard Baldwin as a Don Quixote figure, obsessed with recapturing past...

Economy & Labor

Raising products’ prices doesn’t have to be hard

Ray had stumbled on a unique market niche — processing and selling a by-product of meat production....

Nonprofits

The power of partnership | Coalition helps bring $30 million in federal stimulus aid to state

Public/private partnerships can be tricky stuff. To make them work takes common vision, mutual interests and the...

Economy & Labor

Movers & Shakers

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

News

Efforts to boost gasoline tax are misguided

Can you afford a tax hike? The U.S. Chamber of Commerce thinks you can. Along...

News

The truth behind high electric rates

The power was out at my house for so long that I fell asleep and never got...

Real Estate & Construction

G. Fox tower mortgage in default

The renovated office tower on 960 Main St. has enjoyed strong occupancy rates, positive cash flow, and...

News

FIRM RAISES $43K IN BREAST CANCER DONATIONS

Employee Family Protection Inc. in Glastonbury recently presented a $43,000 check to the Connecticut affiliate of Susan...

Small Business

Entrepreneurs hoping to make SmallTalk pay

It has been a crazy couple of months for Ryan Rose and the team from SmallTalk. ...

Banking & Finance

Merger frenzy likely to continue | Accounting giants set sights on New England market, talent pool

An accounting firm merger wave has hit Connecticut and likely won’t recede any time soon, industry experts...

Advertising, Media & Marketing

Research says nature drives buyer’s tastes

Q&A talks about nature vs. nurture in marketing with Diana Derval, president of Chicago-based global research firm...

Advertising, Media & Marketing

Beware ‘gut instincts’; instead, get plugged in

“Dangerous Instincts — How Gut Feelings Betray Us” by Mary Ellen O’Toole and Alisa Bowman (Hudson Street...

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