September 19, 2011 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

Nonprofits

Grant allows safety fix at Manchester hospital

The Hartford Foundation for Public Giving has awarded Eastern Connecticut Health Network a $45,000 grant from the...

News

TECH CENTER OPENS IN NAUGATUCK

Chemtura Corp. dedicated its Nudenberg-Wheeler Technology Center in Naugatuck Sept. 8. The R&D, technical support and factory...

Advertising, Media & Marketing

Gas station radio network pumps out targeted ads

A Plainville media company is helping to make the nearly $4-a-gallon gasoline fill-up more entertaining for motorists...

News

OF NOTE

MEDICAL MISSION MARKS ANNIVERSARY St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center honored its International Medical Mission recently...

Real Estate & Construction

CT Children’s Med Center moving IT center to Rocky Hill

Hartford’s Connecticut Children’s Medical Center is moving its data-processing operations and some 100 information-technology staffers to 500...

Economy & Labor

Leaders possess a whole alphabet of skills

As children, we played “follow the leader” for hours on end. The crazier the route and antics,...

Economy & Labor

Plan for transition from a magical leader

The recent announcements by Steven Jobs of Apple and Tennessee women’s basketball coach Pat Summitt remind us...

Economy & Labor

Wienner: Blue Back Square visionary

One look around the decaying Chevy dealership site and Bob Wienner immediately knew it wasn’t roomy enough...

News

Using Google Adwords takes time, patience

Google Adwords is not just the province of major retailers like Target...

News

Health insurance rates slow

Connecticut employers, who have been hit hard by skyrocketing health care costs in recent years, could be...

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Movers & Shakers

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Local law firms leaning on global affiliations | Alliances give regional firms the reach, expertise to compete with big firms

As legal problems go global, Greater Hartford’s law firms increasingly rely on decades-old referral associations to serve...

Economy & Labor

CES transitioning company to management ownership

Middletown-based Consulting Engineering Services started the long process this month of transitioning to employee ownership. While...

Economy & Labor

Employee ownership offers pride, roots | Connecticut firms show business model brings benefits for company, workers

In 2004, Kansas City consulting and engineering firm Burns & McDonnell eyed a Connecticut electrical transmission project...

Real Estate & Construction

Real estate values under attack from Congress

Q&A talks residential real estate with Ron Phipps, president of the National Association of Realtors. Q:...

News

A cautionary tale on development policy

The recent bankruptcy filing by solar energy innovator Solyndra has touched off a fascinating debate about the...

Advertising, Media & Marketing

CT Studios plan shifts, adds solar

In an attempt to save a major economic development effort that could be on life support, South...

News

Jobs plan missing Main Street â€¦ again

American small-business owners didn’t have high hopes that President Obama would remove the obstacles preventing them from...

News

CT’s new education czar has a chance to nibble

I assumed I was being brought in to the Hartford Business Journal as a “turnaround” expert. ...

News

UNITED WAY KICKS OFF CAMPAIGN

The United Way Community Campaign got off on a good note with a Battle of the Bands...

News

How about first asking why the economy died?

President Obama proposes that the federal government spend nearly half a trillion dollars in the name of...

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WOMEN LEADERS WELCOME HERBST

University of Connecticut President Susan Herbst was welcomed to the Nutmeg State by a group of women...

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