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Michael Stadther's penchant for treasure hunts can be traced back to his grandmother's yard in Alabama. That's where he would while away his boyhood days digging holes looking for buried [...]

Local corporate leaders build homes and hopes for Nicaragua's poor. After a powerful PowerPoint presentation in our office here at the Business Journals which included images of Nicaragua's poor and [...]

There were 11.1 million skateboarders across the nation in 2003, according to the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association. The mostly young, agile and avid boarders perform kick flips and 360-degree spins [...]

When Mark Schiowitz was in 5th grade, he had what he describes as a pretty 'souped-up calculator.' But he said he understood it immediately. His knack for technology continued while [...]

The Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority (CRRA) and Enron North America Corn., Houston, Texas, view a move by the Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control (DPUC) in rejecting a proposal to [...]

Back in the 1980s, the AIDS epidemic led to the introduction of a financial alternative known as 'viaticals.' At that time, viaticals (the name comes from Latin and means 'supplies [...]

Visitors entering Park City Plaza can be forgiven if they forget for a moment that they're in the middle of Bridgeport. Passing through glass doors, they encounter a Japanese garden [...]

The task of ensuring that children receive the education and attention they need to excel academically is a daunting one. It is an uphill climb for parents who have kids [...]

It takes weeks or months to process routine medical claims -- and then the results are often riddled with errors. The accuracy problem is so acute that the Health Insurance [...]

On June 11, West Virginia Attorney General Darrell V. McGraw Jr. filed a lawsuit against Stamford-based Purdue Pharma L.P. of Stamford, manufacturer of the prescription pain medication OxyContin. In the [...]

All of us hate those annoying computer error messages, system failure symbols and other computer jargon that basically tell us: 'This computer will not allow you to complete your work [...]

Kenneth Myatt, Jeffery Samonick, Stanley Hill and Edward Meyers had one thing in mind when they met in the dining room of Meyers' house. It was 1989 and the country [...]

More than 200 local area businesses took part in the eighth annual Business Showcase sponsored by community chambers of commerce and local businesses. The event was held on May 16 [...]

After three years of negotiations, meetings and planning, James Friend, president of Friend Development Group in New York City, is developing a $15.5 million Staybridge Suites by Holiday Inn at [...]

Local state and federal dollars will hopefully cement a multiphase multimillion dollar initiative the Bridgeport Regional Business Council (BRBC) is pushing to redevelop an ailing section of Bridgeport. Dubbed 'The [...]

Connecticut's biotechnology companies have found a unique approach to recruiting employees for jobs in its industry. But these potential employees are still in school -- middle and high school to [...]

Delcath Systems developing new cancer treatment For thousands of Americans suffering from inoperable liver cancer, loss of hair, weakness, vomiting and thrush are common side effects they sadly encounter if [...]

Syndicated columnist and small-business author Tom Culley wants small businesses in Fairfield County and across the country to get back to the basics. But that's not the news. The news [...]

No longer will area corporations have to usher guests to the New Haven Coliseum, or the Hartford Civic Center, or, for that matter, to Madison Square Garden or the Nassau [...]

Robert Priest describes what he went through in 1985 as an 'entrepreneurial seizure.' He had a bachelor's degree in economics from Rutgers University and worked for seven years in the [...]

After more than 40 years in Milford, BIC USA Inc. said it will acquire a two-story building at 1 Research Drive in Shelton to house 350 administrative employees. The 155,571-square-foot [...]

Daniel Oprea says the most exciting thing about his business right now is that people are spending more than they did during past recessions. As a result, his clients can [...]

Connecticut has been ranked by a research group among the nation's top five costliest states in which to do business, especially because of its high taxes, energy costs and office [...]

Frank Sparagna gets excited when customers call him to compliment for a job well done. 'How's everything else going?' the owner of Independent Refuse Service Inc. usually asks to keep [...]

James Bond's private eye skills involved spying on criminals, running background checks on suspects and using oculars to get a close look at who he was going after. Shelton-based Security [...]

Recognizing opportunity and going after it has brought success to Nick Curci and the Westport-based Connecticut Expos L.L.C. he and business partner Brian Vargas launched four years ago. The consumer [...]

In the 1989 movie 'Field of Dreams,' a farmer, following a voice that told him 'if you build it, they will come,' built a baseball park in his corn field [...]

To Jeff Butchen, there's nothing like calling a single-mom struggling in Washington D.C., to tell her that she's won $250,000, a $60,000 scholarship for her children and a Volkswagen Beetle. [...]

When Ashok Vasudervan speaks, you can hear the passion in his voice. In a thick Indian accent, he asks, 'Is mainstream going natural or is natural going mainstream?' The reference [...]

In a sign of cooperation between the developer and the city of Norwalk, 20 of 197 proposed residential units to be built across from The Maritime Aquarium will be available [...]

Exhausted from commuting to their account executive jobs with a New York City public relations firm, Greenwich residents Ian and Shep Murray grappled with a question: How could they bring [...]

In 1987, Kerry Smith and his father, also Kerry, started PROMO magazine to target marketing professionals. But 'The first four years was absolute hell. Sometimes we didn't leave the office [...]

Checks and balances aren't only for the branches of government, as Pedro Wasmer found out. Customers were flocking to his equipment leasing company in the 1990s. But for some strange [...]

Actress Lily Tomlin's role as Ernestine, a switchboard operator who, asked hone company customers, 'Have I reached the party to whom I am speaking?' is etched in the annals of [...]

A stag party for a friend was the start of many things for entrepreneur David Grant. In 1974, he was asked to cater his friend's party. From the basement of [...]

As early as the 1950s, anyone who shopped in the county s famous department stores, such as Howlands or C.O. Miller Co., could get gift boxes with the store names [...]

Having a seamstress in Hawaii sew together swimsuit designs was the first challenge that sisters Lisa Letarte Cabrinha and Michele Ross faced five years ago. The two had decided to [...]

Bing Carbone remembers driving into Bridgeport and seeing flames and billowing smoke rise from the business his grandfather started in 1945. The building was almost destroyed by arson 27 years [...]

Sixteen of 20 Fairfield County municipalities listed with the state Department of Economic and Community Development lack sufficient affordable housing. To meet affordable housing criteria, municipalities must have more than [...]

When a CBS facility in Stamford closed, Chris Thomas saw an opportunity of a lifetime. An auction was being held to sell off video equipment the TV network had used. [...]

While Alexander Isley attended college to earn a bachelors degree in environment design, he thought he should begin saving toward starting his own business. 'I wanted to go into the [...]

Before going off to college, David Hoffman would dabble in his father's uniform business, H.J. Hoffman Co., located in Bridgeport. David's dad, Henry Hoffman, supplied uniforms for local gas stations, [...]

Richard Garber was the chief operationing officer for a $60 million healthcare service company in New York City. In 2000, Garber's division was sold. His 20 years of work in [...]

In 18 months Ted Davis and his business partner Michael Sperling are planning to grow their business enough that it will generate $4 million in revenues. The partners' dreams are [...]

Bridgeport's long-abandoned buildings and properties are quickly becoming fertile ground for real estate developers looking for good deals in order to transform them into moneymaking machines. Philip Clark, president of [...]

The real estate market was flat in 980. Gary Unger, however, held an attractive job as head of facilities for American Express Worldwide. He was in charge of designing new [...]

As a young boy, David Levy's grandfather left an indelible impression on him. In the 1940% his grandfather, Jack Smolensky, opened a shoe store in Port Chester, N.Y. As one [...]

Howard Chubinsky's small New York City law firm was budding in 2000. He was an experienced trial attorney and had a strong connection to the New York State Bar Association. [...]

Michael Actis-Grande III had worked with accounting firm Coopers and Lybrand for eight years before he decided to branch out and start his own business. In 1982, from the basement [...]

Pavlov's dog would probably be barking his acknowledgement of Wilton-based The Canine Fence Company Inc. The company has come a long way since its humble beginnings in the basement of [...]