October 16, 2017 EditionEdition

A $5 million pitch contest that's helped raise the profile of the state's quasi-public venture investment arm is coming back for year two with a strictly international field.

While the state grapples with worker shortages, most notably in transportation, as reported by the Hartford Business Journal [“Driver shortage forces haulers to lift pay, perks to woo workers”], efforts are ongoing to create supply.

Many of the effects of the post-truth era (PTE) make business development more complex because its collective effects make it harder to break through the fog of accelerating information overload, opinions disguised as facts and the increasing emotional orientation of communication.

The MetroHartford Alliance was awarded the Gold Award at the 2017 International Economic Development Council's annual awards for its weekly radio program, “Pulse of the Region.”

Robinson+Cole lawyer Alaine C. Doolan led the effort to donate 35 backpacks filled with school supplies to...

Andy Fleischmann, president and CEO of Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters, recently accepted a $10,000 donation from...

KNOX in Hartford has volunteered to renovate Broad Street Community Garden's 22 raised garden beds and make...

The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine (JAX), a prominent symbol of Connecticut's investment in bioscience, has grown from a handful of employees in 2012 — including current site director Yu-Hui Rogers — to 300-plus today at its Farmington campus adjacent to UConn Health. Long term, JAX could employ 700 as it expands its research programs and operations, and overseeing it all is Rogers, responsible for managing the local administration and operations of the nonprofit biomedical research institution.

The Connecticut Convention & Sports Bureau recently honored eight residents and business executives at its Hospitality Industry...

“Workplace Poker — Are You Playing the Game or Just Getting Played” by Dan Rust (Harper Business, $25.99).

Connecticut remains the only state in America without an enacted budget, leaving outside observers and many residents to believe the General Assembly is as dysfunctional as Congress.

Mixed martial arts (MMA) fighters can begin kicking and punching in cities like Hartford and Bridgeport once the verbal sparring ends in the statehouse and lawmakers agree on a budget the governor will sign.

If you picked up a magazine, reached into your kitchen cabinet, jumped in your car for a ride, or had soda or water from a beverage can today, you likely used a product manufactured right here in Connecticut.

Internet providers appear to be gaining ground in a long-running dispute with Connecticut municipalities that want to offer competing ultra-fast web service by stringing up fiber cables on utility poles.

Taxes, regulations and healthcare costs have long been thorns in the sides of many small businesses in Connecticut and elsewhere, and they are chief complaints Small Business Administration Administrator Linda McMahon is hearing on a nationwide tour to solicit feedback from entrepreneurs and CEOs.

The longtime leader of a key player in the state's fuel cell ecosystem is moving on from the Wallingford company he helped found 22 years ago.

Rhode Island-based Classic Entertainment & Sports Inc. (CES) has a rich history promoting fights in New England over the last 25 years, a reputation that helped establish its foothold as an MMA promoter, too.

Covenant Soup Kitchen in Willimantic received $10,000 from the Savings Institute Bank & Trust to help pay...