October 6, 2014 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

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Farmington Bank sponsors Eternal Flame at Iwo Jima Memorial

Farmington Bank recently announced its 2015 sponsorship of the Eternal Flame at the National Iwo Jima Memorial...

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Former Hartford YMCA CEO to head top office

The YMCA of the USA, which oversees 2,700 of the nonprofit's branches, has named Kevin Washington as...

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Bingham McCutchen donates backpacks to local children

Law firm Bingham McCutchen's Hartford office recently held a charity initiative, the Backpack Project, to provide homeless...

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Eugene A. Sheehan III: Executive profile questionnaire

The BasicsName of organization: Sullivan & LeShane Public RelationsTitle: Managing PartnerSize of organization: Seven employeesEducation: Bachelor's degree...

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Curtis Robinson: Executive profile questionnaire

The BasicsName of organization: C&R Development Co. LLCTitle: President CEOEducation: Real Estate Broker Certification, University Of HartfordPrevious...

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The data security challenge

By now, all of us have either heard of or experienced the “Ice Bucket Challenge.” Nominated individuals...

Real Estate & Construction

Comcast opens Xfinity branch in West Hartford

Digital video-voice-data services provider Comcast quietly opened a state-of-the-art Xfinity customer-service/retail center in a former Blockbuster Video...

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For decades, Franklin shaped public broadcasting in Connecticut and beyond

Jerry Franklin's first inkling of a television career came at age 5 on his family farm in Georgia.

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Leadership advice from Virgin mogul Richard Branson

“The Virgin Way: Everything I Know About Leadership” by Richard Branson (Portfoio/Penguin, $29.95). Branson, who started his...

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Inefficiencies still plague CT’s healthcare system

If you're looking for a brief window into what's wrong with the healthcare system, and how consumers...

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Sheehan: A communications pro who thrives under pressure

When Eugene A. Sheehan III left one of Connecticut's largest advertising agencies in 1988, it wasn't for a slower pace.

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A strong state economy helps everyone

The good health of our economy is as important to Connecticut's nonprofit providers of health and human...

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UTC employees volunteer at Hartford Habitat for Humanity

More than 150 supply management employees and executives from various United Technologies Corp. business units gathered in...

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Rathgeber devotes career to making Connecticut a better place for business

A wind-solar turbine in a remote Nepali village represents more than charity to John Rathgeber, president and CEO of the Connecticut Business & Industry Association.

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New vehicle technology shifts auto safety, insurance risks

Q&A talks about the impact new automobile technology will have on driver safety and commercial/motor vehicle insurance with Chris Hayes, second vice president, risk control transportation services at Travelers.

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Robinson: A true rags to riches story

Curtis Darrow Robinson arrived in Hartford in the back of a Greyhound bus with little more than $1 in his pocket and the clothes on his back.

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Jerry Franklin: Executive profile questionnaire

The BasicsName of organization: The Connecticut Public Broadcasting NetworkTitle: President and CEOSize of organization: $20 millionEducation: Master's...

Insurance

CT’s Medicare Advantage market sees new competition

Doctors like Robert Russo were shocked and dismayed last fall when they heard UnitedHealthcare planned to cut 19 percent of its Medicare Advantage physician network in Connecticut.

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John Rathgeber: Executive profile questionnaire

The BasicsName of organization: Connecticut Business & Industry Association (CBIA)Title: President & CEOSize of organization: 81 employeesEducation:...

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Judges

Nancy BernsteinPresident & CEO Women's Health ConnecticutNancy Bernstein is president and CEO of Women's Health Connecticut. Bernstein...

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Hartford company plants over 900 flowers, trees, grasses at Seaside Park

Volunteers from Hartford design firm Stantec spent hours planting and sprucing up Bridgeport's Seaside Park as part...

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How to ask questions that build customer trust, relationships

I received an invitation recently to attend a sales webinar on effective questioning. Some of the promises...

Nonprofits

Mercy Community gets $100K grant

The Mercy Community, a West Hartford continuing care retirement community, was awarded a $100,000 grant from CHE...

Politics & Policy

Malloy: Long-term investment, competitive taxes

Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy enjoys the enviable position of running for re-election in an overwhelmingly blue state, but his bid to stay Connecticut's highest ranking government official won't be easy.

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Diverse career paths all lead winners to professional success

Meet the Hartford Business Journal's 2014 Lifetime Achievement winners.

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