September 20, 2010 Edition - Hartford Business Journal

Economy & Labor

Lack Of Clarity Abounds Over Estate Taxes

To state that there is uncertainty in the world of estate planning is to understate the obvious....

Banking & Finance

Mutual Holding Companies May Be Vanishing Breed

New regulatory changes for banks operating under a mutual holding company are stirring major concerns within the...

News

Letter to the Editor

TO THE EDITOR: The Aug. 30 Q&A on small business tax credit needs to be clarified...

News

Attack Ads Don’t Cut It For Either Candidate

Here we go again — another round of televised defamation of the candidates for governor. It couldn’t...

News

Building Energy Policy Requires First Step

The long-running battle over a major energy reform bill is stalled by mid-term Congressional political calculations. But...

News

Q&A with Phil Boyle, Vice President, HCGServices LLC, Plainville, | Health reform’s hidden impact

Q. You've been following national health care reform closely. What is your perception? Is what passed this...

News

OF NOTE

Payne Will Lead Arts Council The Greater Hartford Arts Council, the largest independent arts council in...

Nonprofits

Volunteers Keep Expanding Day Of Caring | Paul Kuehn, Co-chair, United Way’s Day of Caring

Q&A talks with Paul Kuehn about United Way’s Day of Caring. Kuehn is co-chair of the event,...

Hospitality & Tourism

Plan B Burger Builds Recipe For Success

Just three years after partners Al Gamble and Shawn Skehan decided to grow their two-restaurant business, their...

News

CT Warming To Allure Of Wind Power

Brian Driscoll doesn’t regard himself as a pioneer, rather a businessman using a natural resource. When...

Nonprofits

Granby Health Store Owner Creates Community Kitchen

The owner of Granby Village Health, Inc., a health food store in Granby Center, has made it...

News

Volunteers work at girl scouts camp

More than 70 Hamilton Sundstrand employees volunteered at the Girl Scouts of Connecticut’s Camp Merriwood in Manchester...

News

Golf Tournament Supports Duncaster

It may have been a cold and slightly stormy day, but that didn’t deter golfers at Duncaster’s...

Economy & Labor

Child Safety Venture Widens Its Distribution

Launching an online retail business has its challenges but it helps when you have a product...

News

Head Start Program Audits Are An Exercise In Futility

One of the worst jobs in the world must be auditing the nation’s Head Start programs. ...

Energy

Riding the Wave: How To â€śGreenâ€ť Your Business

These days, it’s hip to be green. Everywhere you look, businesses are marketing themselves as “green,” “eco-friendly,”...

Small Business

Early Birds May Get The Worm, But Not Job

From the time we’re kids, we’re force-fed the idea that first is best. It doesn’t always work...

Small Business

Opening A Franchise: Look Before You Leap

If you’re like many people, you may have that secret yearning to own your own business. There...

News

Food and fuel for the needy

The Connecticut Credit Union Charitable Foundation presented donation checks to the Connecticut Food Bank, Hartford Foodshare, and...

Banking & Finance

Community Banks Need Regulatory Reform Relief

“Regulatory overload” is a term that community bankers are all too intimate with at a time when,...

Economy & Labor

MoverS & Shakers

To submit items for Movers & Shakers, please email text and high-resolution photos to news@ hartfordbusiness.com....

Advertising, Media & Marketing

Business Relationships Like ‘Five-Story Building’

“It’s Not Just Who You Know” by Tommy Spaulding, Broadway Books, $23. Spaulding, former president and...

Energy

CT Awarded $40M In Nuclear Waste Dispute

A business coalition campaigning for the removal of nuclear waste from Connecticut now has a $40 million...

News

Lure of Ballot Intiative Hides a Darker Truth

It was love at first sight. The drama, the excitement, the promise of something new and wonderful....

Economy & Labor

Opportunity Hangs On Korea Deal

For Torrington-based Dymax, South Korea represents a major business opportunity. The maker of adhesive sealants...

Economy & Labor

Foliage Commerce | Fall Foliage Season To Start Early, Possibly Last Longer

Thanks to the hot, dry end of summer, Connecticut’s foliage season will start earlier this year, leaving...

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