October 13, 2014 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

Banking & Finance

A Cross Border Tale

As borrowers' appetites grow, a handful of Connecticut and Massachusetts bank are blending their turf boundaries by crossing state borders.

Economy & Labor

Succession planning for construction companies

When it comes to the construction industry, where so many businesses are either family owned or closely...

News

XL Center posts $3.8M FY14 loss

As construction crews put the finishing touches on XL Center's state-subsidized, $35 million facelift, downtown Hartford's premier entertainment venue is still recovering from a rough fiscal 2014.

News

Becker’s Make-A-Wish promotion generates $6,000

Becker's Diamonds and Fine Jewelry presented Make-A-Wish Connecticut with a $6,000 donation. Becker's donated 10 percent of every...

Health Care

CT hospitals tie their wagons to big-name cancer centers

Connecticut hospitals are increasingly forming partnerships with prestigious cancer centers to bring more experimental studies to their campuses, improve their care standards and market themselves.

News

Fiscal ’14 kinder to CT Convention Center

The Connecticut Convention Center, the anchor exhibition-hall showpiece of downtown Hartford's Adriaen's Landing development that also includes Front Street, had better attendance and revenues — and a lower taxpayer subsidy — in fiscal 2014, its operator says.

Bioscience

UConn’s ‘hearty startup’ gains attention, funding

When he enrolled in UConn's biomedical engineering graduate program in 2005, Eric Sirois wasn't thinking about a career in business. But an entrepreneurship class that helped him better understand how to commercialize the heart valve implant he'd been developing changed that.

News

Hartford Healthcare walks to end Alzheimer’s

Nearly 50 Hartford Healthcare employees, family and friends recently participated in the Walk to End Alzheimer's at...

Banking & Finance

New technology, slimmer margins challenge credit unions

Q&A talks about the state of the credit union industry with American Eagle FCU CEO Bill Dokas, who is retiring Jan. 2, 2015.

News

Quinnipiac School of Medicine raises money for Cystic Fibrosis

Cycling Club members at the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University in Hamden...

News

Waterford Hotel Group associates honored as Hospitality Stars

The Connecticut Lodging Association recognized three hotel team members from Waterford Hotel Group with “Stars of the...

Politics & Policy

Time to end personal attacks, shift focus to real issues

When the controversial “Bridgegate” scandal boiled over in the Garden State earlier this year, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie shielded criticisms that he was a political bully, by arguing politics' nature isn't for the faint of heart.

News

A balanced housing policy for Hartford

Downtown Hartford is in the midst of a government-supported housing boom, with a second wave of development...

Real Estate & Construction

Condo in-fill underway at W. Hartford’s Quaker Green

Construction is underway on the final 32 condominiums in the eight-year-old Quaker Green development in West Hartford's Elmwood section.

Energy

Winter power prices will depend on weather, again

Now is the time for businesses to lock up their winter electricity pricing.

News

Major league coaches offer executive leadership insights

“Lead Me Out to the Ballgame — Stories and Strategies to Develop Major League Leadership” by Howard...

Banking & Finance

CT credit unions battle declining membership

After the 2008 financial crisis, credit unions foresaw growing memberships. But now they're having trouble keeping customers.

Nonprofits

CT charitable giving up from 2006, but ranks low in U.S.

The percentage of income that Connecticut residents donated to charity in 2012 was the sixth lowest of...

Banking & Finance

CT’s branch-bank entry fee

Banks in and outside Connecticut that apply to the state's bank regulator for permission to open de...

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