October 3, 2011 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

Technology

Area firms leading way in technology

While three-quarters of the companies making the Tech Council’s list of the state’s 40 fastest growing tech...

Hospitality & Tourism

75 eateries taking part in CT Restaurant Week

The fourth annual Connecticut Restaurant Week kicks off Oct. 10 and runs through Oct. 16 with 75...

Advertising, Media & Marketing

Kansas ponders a different way to fuel economic development

By D. Dowd Muska It hasn’t been done for 31 years. And a cynic would say...

News

The spirit of LAZ | Parking czar has time for employees, community causes

Parking. No matter who you are, no matter where you’ve been, no matter where you’re going, once...

News

EASTER SEALS GOLF EVENT RAISES $110,000

A team from McElroy, Deutsch, Mulvaney & Carpenter LLP won the 34th annual Easter Seals Fishers Island...

News

LOCALLY-GROWN DINNER AIDS EDUCATION

The Windsor Education Foundation hosted more than 100 at its Farms to Fork Connecticut-Grown Dinner recently at...

News

A man who knows benefits | His time in government was a prelude to a career managing health benefits

Be warned all ye who enter here. Don’t engage Robert Patricelli in some sort of casual...

Small Business

Chamber services can pay off | Businesses finding returns match their effort, involvement

Jackie Navarro, the new community liaison for Town & Country Early Learning Centers in Middletown, was on...

Technology

Children’s Medical Center readies $20M IT project

The Connecticut Children’s Medical Center is preparing for a $20 million health IT overhaul that will re-wire...

Economy & Labor

Free trade deals could boost CT exports 70 percent

Greg Bachmann hopes the time for a South Korean free trade agreement finally has come. The president...

Technology

Price, reliability point to cloud computing

Q&A talks about cloud computing with Rick Huebner, CEO of Visual Technologies in Hartford. Q: There...

Politics & Policy

Malloy must bridge the jobs rhetoric gap

Gov. Dannel Malloy and his economic development czar, Catherine Smith, have logged a lot of hours and...

Politics & Policy

Health care tax credit could mean savings for small businesses

By Andrew S. Lattimer One area where we have been advising some of our small business...

Banking & Finance

The ‘financialization’ scheme unmasked

To the Editor: The title of Chris Powell’s article (‘How about first asking why the economy...

Economy & Labor

Consumers, not Yuan fueling trade deficit

By Paul Pirrotta The names may change but unfortunately our international trade policy leaders seem intent...

Nonprofits

Foodshare gains grant, honors food industry

Foodshare’s 10th annual Food Industry Convoy of Caring drew 24 companies — the largest participation ever —...

Manufacturing

Outsourced manufacturing coming back? | Conference focuses on ‘Made Lean in America’ as way to lure jobs back

Reshoring still is a dream to Connecticut’s industries. The cries to bring jobs in the state’s industries...

Education

Competition in education eludes Hartford’s model

It’s September now, so the game of Musical Chairs is probably over for Hartford school kids. ...

Small Business

One secret to success: Never stop networking

In his book “What the Dog Saw,” Malcolm Gladwell titles one especially worthwhile chapter “The New-Boy Network.”...

Legal & Courts

Robertson named UConn law distinguished grad

OF NOTE ROBERTSON NAMED DISTINGUISHED GRAD BY UCONN LAW SCHOOL ALUMNI GROUP James K. Robertson...

Real Estate & Construction

Construction project ‘mini-boom’ could be sign of better days ahead

Bloomfield-based PDS Engineering & Construction entered the fall construction season with seven major projects in the works...

Real Estate & Construction

East Haven Apartments sold for $9.6 million

The 214-unit Trolley Park Apartments in East Haven has been sold for $9.6 million. The complex...

News

An evangelist for Hartford | Ted Carroll is making the area a better place, one leader at a time

If Ted Carroll ever tires of his role as president of Leadership Greater Hartford, he could probably...

Manufacturing

CT small businesses worried SBIR shakeup will cut funds

CORRECTION: This article incorrectly stated the number of years over which Precision Combustion, Inc. grew 50 percent....

Energy

Enfield solar manufacturer honored for growth spurt

It’s been a tough few weeks for the solar industry as Congress reviews what went wrong at...

News

FUNDRAISER TARGETS AMOS BULL HOUSE

David Panagore, chief operating officer of the City of Hartford, celebrates at Connecticut Landmarks’ End of Summer...

Advertising, Media & Marketing

Understanding needs precedes making sale

Six words you hope you never hear — “I didn’t know you did that.” Hearing those words...

Economy & Labor

Movers & Shakers

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

News

He brings a real world focus | At Goodwin College, Scheinberg stresses careers and reshapes lives

Ah, the university life. Professors in tweed jackets, smoking pipes and spouting Descartes, as they stroll along...

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