October 27, 2014 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

News

How to get (really) good at business communications

It's easy to roll your eyes and moan about the state of business communications. Everything from incomplete,...

News

Public campaign financing is costly, but worth it

Democracy is getting more expensive for Connecticut taxpayers.

Education

Hartford superintendent: Businesses need to teach schools

Hartford Public Schools needs to change to a customer-oriented mindset — where students and families are the priority — and the district needs the regional business community to help show the way, says the city's new superintendent.

News

CT manufacturers still fear skilled labor shortage

Connecticut's manufacturers give the world helicopters, submarines, motors, jet engines, even cranial implants. They are, and always...

Small Business

Golf pro turns passion into business opportunity

For the past decade, Todd Daigneault immersed himself in almost every facet of golf: playing as a professional; teaching; selling; and his specialty, club making.

News

Managerial tips for delivering difficult messages

“The Discomfort Zone: How Leaders Turn Difficult Conversations into Breakthroughs” by Marcia Reynolds (Berrett-Koehler Publishers, $18.95). Even...

News

Of Note

MidState Medical Center Wound Care team wins awardThe MidState Medical Center Wound Care team has received the 2014 Excellence...

Banking & Finance

CT 2014 venture funding approaches $400M

Connecticut venture funding continued its upward climb in the third quarter, although the pace of growth slowed significantly during the summer months.

Energy

Brownfield funding cues

What exactly impresses the state when owners apply to the Department of Economic and Community Development for funding for brownfield remediation and redevelopment?

News

Boys & Girls Club of Hartford hosts 26th annual golf tournament

Over 100 golfers participated in the Boys & Girls Clubs of Hartford’s 26th Annual Golf Tournament to...

Retail

Point-of-sale systems see major changes

Point-of-sale systems, commonly referred to as POS, are undergoing a revolution in Connecticut — and it's largely driven by the capital needs of small to midsize retailers.

News

Hartford area companies give back to local nonprofits

United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut mobilized more than 600 volunteers as a part of its Year...

News

Wheeler’s Evening of Wonder raises $100,000, honors healthcare leaders

Plainville's Wheeler Clinic recently held their fourth annual An Evening of Wonder at the Marriott Hartford Downtown,...

Logistics

East Windsor specialty packaging company growing sales, jobs

After 20-plus years in the packaging industry, Chris Orsini noticed a seismic shift in client-centered sales.

Economic Development

Are your dollars building a local economy?

The next time you drink a cup of coffee or tea, put on clothes, go out to...

Politics & Policy

301 recast affordable-housing units bow in N. Britain

A pair of adjacent New Britain public-housing developments dating to World War II are now history, replaced...

News

CT’s private sector nears pre-recession employment levels

Although Connecticut is still a ways away from recapturing all the jobs lost during the Great Recession,...

Nonprofits

HIMC volunteers at Grace Academy

Hartford Investment Management Company employees volunteered an afternoon of service to work and share their expertise with...

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