Sept. 16, 2024 - Hartford Business Journal

Accounting

🔒How the federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act creates challenges for R&D companies

For 70 years, the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) allowed companies to deduct research and development expenses in the year they were incurred. The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act changed that, and it’s been to the detriment of many businesses, especially startups and grant-driven research companies. Pursuant to the Jobs Act, effective in 2022, IRC […]

Accounting

🔒As merger wave hits accounting industry, here’s how some small to midsize firms are maintaining independence

The accounting industry is experiencing a consolidation wave, driven by the ongoing challenges of succession planning for...

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🔒CT-based startup Kazark uses crowdfunding to develop news aggregation app

“I’m enthusiastic to bring this technology and have it come out of Connecticut,” Hontz said. “That’s my goal. I built it here.”

Education

🔒UConn moves on multiple fronts to cash in on its research and technology incubation programs

After taking a leadership role at UConn’s Technology Commercialization Services program four years ago, Abhijit Banerjee and...

Bioscience

🔒UConn incubator program enforces new five-year limit for tenants with goal of bringing in more startups

For the first time in its two-decade history, the University of Connecticut’s Technology Incubation Program has begun...

Banking & Finance

🔒Following the SPAC IPO frenzy of 2020-21, some CT companies struggle to find their footing

The years 2020 and 2021 will forever be remembered for the COVID-19 pandemic, but investors will recall...

Arts & Culture

🔒New England Air Museum’s ambitious $25M expansion plan aims to spur economic development, bolster aerospace industry

The New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks is planning an ambitious expansion that includes building a...

Advertising, Media & Marketing

🔒After 6 years leading ESPN, Pitaro may be on deck to succeed Disney CEO; he’s also trying to reshape the Bristol-based sports media...

Jimmy Pitaro says he’s “sitting in his dream job.”Pitaro, 54, has helmed ESPN, which is owned by...

Economic Development

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