http://www.hartfordbusiness.com Your Hartford Area business news source. Fospher RSS by ForeSite Technologies, Inc. Mon, 25 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news6392.html Once besieged by a slew of problems — from illegal dumping to drug dealing and prostitution — South Meadows’ business owners are touting their cleaned up and improved neighborhood by launching a print and online marketing campaign. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news6392.html Sean O’Leary Mon, 25 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news6393.html State officials have issued stop work orders against more than 60 subcontractors at 30 construction sites across Connecticut in recent months in a bid to crack down on those that sidestep paying required workers’ compensation premiums and taxes. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news6393.html Jason Millman Mon, 25 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news6394.html Putting their best face forward, an increasing number of job candidates are applying for jobs by e-mailing prospective employers a video resume. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news6394.html Sean O’Leary Mon, 25 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news6395.html More than 30 years after narrowly surviving a wartime nightmare in Vietnam, Alan Vu is now living the American Dream. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news6395.html Jason Millman Mon, 25 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news6396.html In the third major shift among area auto dealers this summer, William Morande Sr. recently closed his Tolland Turnpike dealership, selling his Mazda franchise to Steve Carter and retaining a site worth more than $2 million. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news6396.html Ed Jacovino Mon, 25 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news6397.html U.S. Rep. Joseph D. Courtney, D-2nd District, is urging Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates not to rush the new selection decision on the $35 billion aerial refueling tanker program bids. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news6397.html Howard French Mon, 25 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news6398.html I once saw a handwritten note over a jar for tips: “If you fear change, leave it here.” http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news6398.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news6399.html Inflation will likely ease in coming months, but price pressures are expected to stay elevated, keeping pressure on consumers, businesses and the Federal Reserve. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news6399.html Barbara Hagenbaugh Mon, 25 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news6401.html Bill McGurk’s very first job was like pulling teeth. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news6401.html Julie Carter Mon, 25 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news6402.html Trinity College is set to unveil its renovated and restored Long Walk in time for the return of students and the start of the fall semester. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news6402.html Sean O’Leary Mon, 25 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news6403.html Do as I say, not as I do. How many times have we heard - or practiced - that bit of advice? http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news6403.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news6404.html Susan Andersen earned her college degree in health administration, but it was her involvement in a college phonathon that laid the groundwork for her career. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news6404.html Emily Boisvert Mon, 25 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news6406.html Employers and organized labor are gearing up for a titanic battle over proposed federal legislation to alter the way unions are formed and recognized by management. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news6406.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news6407.html In government, there are generally two ways for issues to find their way onto the agenda. They are either placed there by a politician looking to solve a problem or they are dropped on the table by general circumstances. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news6407.html Mon, 25 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news6408.html At the end of 2003, Congress passed the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act, or FACT Act, which requires financial institutions and creditors to create and maintain written programs for identifying “patterns, practices, and specific forms of activity that indicate the possible existence of identity theft.” http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news6408.html Jennifer R. Rossi Mon, 25 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news6409.html Hartford needs an attitude. Sort of like Cohen. http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news6409.html