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Read your way up the executive ladder

CEOs and business owners are always looking for the best talent to groom for the future. One...

Hartford Stage’s $10M makeover aims to boost audience experience, ticket sales

As managing director of Hartford Stage, Michael Stotts said he thinks a lot about the competition his organization faces — and not just from cross-town venues like the Bushnell, but other facilities like XL Center and Infinity Hall, which are all chasing after the same entertainment dollars.

Political ads offer TV stations multi-million-dollar windfall

In the all-important battle for political advertising revenue, WFSB Channel 3 is the clear winner so far in this year's governor's race, outpacing the state's two other Hartford area TV networks by more than $2 million in gross revenues, according to a recent review of Federal Communications Commission (FCC) data by the Hartford Business Journal.

The Grand edges closer to leasing

Occupancy of the first wave of converted downtown offices-to-apartments is about to start, with Brooklyn, N.Y., developer Yisroel Rabinowitz's 201 Ann Uccello property leading the way.
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New shellfish regulations bad for CT small businesses

To The Editor:James Bloom Norm Bloom and Son LLC 7 Edgewater Place Norwalk, CT 06855 (203) 451-1122In...

Foley: Less regulation, smarter investment

Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Foley says he wants to put the onus on state government to make regulations more timely and cost-effective for businesses.

State must invest in ultra-high-speed Internet

There has been lots of talk on the campaign trail and among business advocates lately about the need for Connecticut to spend more on its transportation infrastructure, which most people would agree has been underfunded for years.

Plainville online ticket reseller leverages home field advantage

There may be no hotter tickets in Connecticut this fall when the UConn women's and men's basketball teams kick off their respective seasons Nov. 2 and Nov. 4 at Gampel Pavilion in Storrs by hoisting NCAA championship banners.
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Why small businesses should consider cloud computing

Cloud computing is the hottest and most talked about subject in the world of technology. Large and...

Businesses must weigh IT investment risks, rewards

Bill Gates and the president of General Motors were having lunch. Gates boasted of the innovations his company had made. “If GM had kept up with technology the way Microsoft has, we'd all be driving $25 cars that get 1,000 m.p.g.”

InterCommunity receives Farmington Bank grant

East Hartford mental health and addiction services nonprofit InterCommunity recently received a $5,000 grant from Farmington Bank...

Mercy’s W. Hfd. towers makeover to shelter homeless

West Hartford's retirement enclave, The Mercy Community, is ramping up to start renovations on 10 more units...
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Burns & McDonnell rides for the cure

The Wallingford office of Burns & McDonnell participated for the seventh consecutive year in the two-day, 192-mile Pan...

Alternative path to jobs for unemployed

Governor Malloy's latest economic development plan has buried its best part under another hundred million dollars in state government subsidies for particular businesses, subsidies that substitute government's judgment for the market's and pick winners and losers as a matter of political patronage.

New Country MINI donates school supplies to Hartford students

New Country MINI recently donated school supplies to Hartford Public Schools' students. The supplies were collected through...

Tips for the successful entrepreneur, family business

“Invent Reinvent Thrive: The Keys to Success for Any Start-Up, Entrepreneur, or Family Business” by Lloyd E....
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Team Centerplan’s quartet are eager builders all

Robert A. Landino, CEOBorn and raised in New Haven’s Beaver Hill section to be a private-school alum,...
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