October 30, 2023 - Hartford Business Journal

Legal & Courts

🔒M&A success: 4 ways companies can sidestep regulatory, emotional challenges

On paper, mergers and acquisitions look thrilling. Diversification. Expansion. Cost savings and larger margins — in less time with fewer dollars. The promise of M&A can be intoxicating. But here’s a sobering thought: 70% to 90% of mergers fail, according to the Harvard Business Review. For enterprise companies, regulatory hurdles can knock down the pending […]

Energy

🔒Take it from the economists — CT’s electric vehicle policy is common sense

Connecticut’s proposed adoption of the Advanced Clean Cars II (ACCII) standard has spawned a large amount of...

Insurance

🔒Ransomware attacks become predominant employer cyber-risk because ‘they are really profitable’

The Connecticut attorney general’s office has received an average of 1,382 annual data breach notifications from employers...

Education

🔒Amid increasing demand, CT colleges in arms race to add cybersecurity programs, faculty

With thousands of cybersecurity job openings around the state — and entry-level positions that can command a...

Economic Development

🔒Winstanley’s latest buying, building spree shows faith in region’s active, but slowing industrial market

Soaring interest rates and economic jitters have slowed the Greater Hartford industrial market this year, but demand...

Advertising, Media & Marketing

🔒Oysters, hiking trails and the arts — CT retools tourism marketing strategy as sector rebounds from pandemic

Despite a steady diet of weekend rainfall throughout much of the summer, Niantic-based party fishing boat the...

Cannabis

🔒CT cannabis dispensaries concentrate in high-density areas 10 months into adult-use sales

After almost 10 months of recreational marijuana sales in Connecticut, the number of dispensaries in the state...

Health Care

🔒Gfeller Laurie launches healthcare practice to fill medical malpractice defense void

Civil defense law firm Gfeller Laurie has launched a new healthcare and professional liability practice in its...

Banking & Finance

🔒Here’s how online investors propelled one CT company’s growth

Business crowdsource funding is not a new concept, but financial regulation changes in recent years have opened...

Economic Development

🔒State grant, new train station spur $42M Windsor Locks mixed-use apartment development

Windsor Locks has been awarded a $4.8 million state grant, helping secure a developer’s commitment to build...

Energy

🔒Cadenza Innovation aims to help decarbonize the grid with high-tech batteries

Christina Lampe-Onnerud, the founder and CEO of Danbury-based Cadenza Innovation, doesn’t hesitate when asked if the company’s...

2023 Lifetime Achievement Award Honoree

William “Bill” Lee is the chairman of The Lee Company, a 75-year-old family-owned manufacturing business.Prior to July...

Health Care

🔒Class-action lawsuits against Aquarion, CT Water say utilities sold contaminated water

Stamford law firm Silver Golub & Teitell has filed class-action suits against public water supply companies Aquarion...

Real Estate & Construction

🔒Greater Hartford office market sees slight uptick in 3Q space availability; here are some major leases

The amount of available office space in Greater Hartford recorded a slight uptick during the third quarter,...

Economic Development

🔒More units planned for massive Newfield multifamily development in Middletown

A New-Jersey based developer who is building a massive Middletown multifamily housing complex with more than 400...

Health Care

🔒Joint venture buys Torrington medical office buildings as part of $300M Northeast investment push

A joint initiative by New York- and Boston-based investment firms recently paid $8.15 million for two Torrington...

October 30, 2023Edition

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