October 31, 2011 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

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Hospitals see wound care as growing specialty

A wave of wound care centers are opening around Connecticut as hospitals look to expand into a...

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This special session was just a start

When the dust settled after the special legislative session, the scorecard contained some impressive accomplishments: •...

Hospitality & Tourism

Pinkberry, Jamba Juice find hot market for chilled treats

Pinkberry, the wildly popular frozen yogurt and smoothie chain, saw a flurry of fans flock to its...

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RED CROSS ACCEPTS $1 MILLION DONATION FROM NU FOUNDATION/CL&P

Officials from the American Red Cross Connecticut Region recently accepted a $1 million donation from the Northeast...

Advertising, Media & Marketing

Market competition leads to aggressive sponsorships

Waterbury-based Webster Bank eyes an expansion in Fairfield County and part of its territory push is the...

Advertising, Media & Marketing

Branded holiday gift can make impression

The gift giving season presents a great opportunity to show appreciation to your clients, prospects, vendors, network...

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OTIS FORUM SPONSORS HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH CELEBRATION

More than 100 people recently gathered at the Hartford Club in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. The...

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The foreigners who still believe in America | ‘Insourcing’ of jobs shouldn’t be lost in the protectionist rhetoric

Stubbornly high unemployment, a Dow Jones Industrial Average still below its October 2007 peak, and a housing...

Economy & Labor

In tough sales cases, try ‘the take away’

“I really can’t say that what you’ve shown me, Bob, does anything for me,” stated the prospect....

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OF NOTE

HSO ANNOUNCES BOARD APPOINTMENTS The Hartford Symphony Orchestra recently announced the following appointments to its board...

Banking & Finance

Community banks skip fee hikes to press advantage

While large national banks continue to add new fees to make up for lost revenue from recently...

Nonprofits

Comcast’s initiative bridging digital divide

During his decade-long tenure with Boys & Girls Clubs of Hartford, Sam Gray, the organization’s president &...

Energy

Alternative wind turbine ready for market | Torrington firm ready to launch in 2012; aims at business parks, malls

Optiwind, the Torrington company developing an unconventional wind turbine, will launch its product commercially next year. ...

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Vocational education still has value today

Vocational education as we have known it from the Smith-Hughes Act of 1917 and Rep. Carl Perkins...

Economy & Labor

Hartford ranks 10th in GDP; state moves to add jobs

Metropolitan Hartford is the 10th most productive city in the United States, and yet the region struggles...

Real Estate & Construction

Buffalo Wild Wings buys land in Manchester

Casual-dining chain Buffalo Wild Wings has purchased a 1.4-acre site on Manchester’s Buckland Street for its fourth...

Hospitality & Tourism

Walsh family marking 50 years with McDonald’s

The Walsh family has been flipping McDonald’s hamburgers for 50 years and it appears this third-generation family...

Banking & Finance

Denial of federal funds played role in CBT sale

Before Connecticut Bank & Trust Co. agreed to be acquired by Berkshire Hills Bancorp last week, the...

Nonprofits

Arts, culture nonprofits are economic drivers, study says

New England’s nonprofit arts sector is a job-generating, financially robust piece of the economy, despite stereotypes to...

Real Estate & Construction

Schools grab top awards in construction

Connecticut’s institutes of higher learning were the big winners this year at Associated General Contractors of Connecticut’s...

Energy

Energy briefs

ECSU to install UTC fuel cell Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic plans to install...

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SPACES & PLACES CHARITY EVENT RAISES $46K FOR NONPROFITS

Area interior and landscape designers recently participated in Designer Spaces & Market Places, an annual event benefiting...

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Social media reshaping both business, protests

Q&A talks about social media and the Occupy movement with author and futurist Daniel Burrus. His consulting...

Nonprofits

Bank donations assist renovations at Bay Path

Using grants from United Bank Foundation, NewAlliance Foundation, and Westfield Bank, Bay Path has completed a $2.5...

Energy

Aging power plants pose threat, opportunity | New England could need 9,000 extra megawatts in 10 years as plants close

Over the next 10 years, New England must replace some serious sources of power, giving the region...

Economy & Labor

Movers & Shakers

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In luring Jackson Lab, CT joins the lemmings

I’ve noticed that several members of the Hartford Business Journal staff smoke cigars at their desks, tape...

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