October 12, 2009 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

Economy & Labor

Marathon Outruns Economy With In-Kind Aid

Coming into 2009, Beth Shluger, director and founder of the ING Hartford Marathon, was concerned that the...

Nonprofits

HHS Awards $1.2 Million To State

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded $1,250,000 to Connecticut under a new...

Economy & Labor

Study: Film Studio Could Be Economic Giant

The proposed $60 million film studio in the town of South Windsor has the potential, directly and...

News

Farmington Savings Bank Supports 5K Road Race

More than 170 runners braved the rainy elements on Sept. 27 at the 2nd Annual Farmington Rotary...

Economy & Labor

Connecticare | Matching a diverse work force with diverse customers

We need to effectively build a diverse workforce at Connecticare to maintain our best-in-class customer service. Our...

Economy & Labor

Pfizer Worldwide Pharmaceutical Operations, Ian C. Read, president and Lori Shafner, vice president | Achieving business goals through diversity

An inclusive culture comprised of diverse individuals helps Pfizer achieve its business goals. We recognize that we...

News

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A sampling of comments to HartfordBusiness.com RE: Emergency Alert Systems Incompatible Does this really surprise anyone?...

News

Foodshare Receives Donation of Tons of Food

When more than 1,400 top managers from Price Chopper Supermarkets recently met in Hartford for its annual...

News

Yes To Federal Tax Credit

Congress should move swiftly on the proposal to offer a tax credit for companies that create new...

News

Of Note

• The Humanitarian FOSS Project, a collaborative three-college program that creates free open source software for the common...

Small Business

Layoff Translates Into Success

“I was crushed,” Barbara Rodriguez said, referring to her layoff from Mercy Hospital in Springfield nine years...

News

Insurers Sharing Patient Data

Five of the state’s largest health insurance companies and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)...

News

Waking Up, Old, In Connecticut

I was 21 years old when I moved to Connecticut, only to discover that the counties weren’t...

Economy & Labor

Luz Rodriguez, Business Resource Center | Promoting workplace and marketplace diversity

Why is workplace diversity important? Workplace diversity is very important. I have a passion for...

Economy & Labor

Brian Czaja, Hartford Healthcare Federal Credit Union | Giving more than receiving

Why is workplace diversity important? Workplace diversity is very important to Hartford Healthcare Federal Credit...

Economy & Labor

Extension Of Unemployment Benefits Considered

The Obama administration is considering steps to ease the burdens of laid-off American workers, including possible extensions...

News

Time To Talk Term Limits

With all due deference to seniority in public office, recent events have me thinking more about the...

Economy & Labor

Curtis Robinson, C&R Development Company | Developing a diverse work force naturally

Why is workplace diversity important? All corporations must realize that diversity in the workplace will...

Education

Innovative Educator | Sandra J. Ward, Director, Hartford Community Schools

You were recently named the director of Hartford Community Schools. Can you explain the program? The...

Nonprofits

Connecticut Affiliate Of Susan G. Komen For The Cure

Mission: Komen Connecticut works locally to save lives and end breast cancer. Background: Susan G. Komen...

News

NorthStar Wealth Partners opens new corporate office

NorthStar Wealth Partners (formerly NorthStar Planning Group) celebrated their move to a new and larger location in...

Banking & Finance

State Law Aims To Crack Down On Identity Theft

A new state law that went into effect this month broadens the definition of identity theft and...

Economy & Labor

Analyst: Recovery Will Be Uneven

Mark Luschini is chief investment strategist at Philadelphia-based regional brokerage Janney Montgomery Scott and managing director and...

Real Estate & Construction

West Hartford Complex Sold

One of the Hartford area’s leading landlords has sold a luxury apartment complex in West Hartford and...

Economy & Labor

Movers & Shakers

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

News

Child Poverty Will Cost State

Connecticut is confronting significant challenges. Increasing job loss, homelessness, and hunger are part of our state’s portfolio....

News

NY Life Contributes to United Way

NY Life presented a check for $4200 to the 2009 United Way Community Campaign at the official...

News

Nobel Cause

Yale university professor Thomas Steitz was one of three scientists in various parts of the world who...

Economy & Labor

Enfield Builders, Hamilton Win Pentagon Contracts

Two disparate Connecticut companies have landed Defense Department contracts, one an old hand at such business and...

Economy & Labor

Not All Supervisors Are Super

When readers of this column write to me with concerns about management practices that concern them, it...

Economy & Labor

Champion Swimmer Now Tackles the Business World

Rachel King doesn’t necessarily have a “Farmington-centric” view of the world, but she is fortunate enough to...

Economy & Labor

State Contracts

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

News

George Scurlock, Aetna | Developing talent and diversifying through employee resource groups

At Aetna, diversity supports three areas — work force, workplace, and marketplace. Work force has, as its...

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