Harriet Jones

6 days ago | hartfordbusiness.com | Harriet Jones

RELATED: Otis lists 188,000-sq.-ft. Bloomfield customer service, light manufacturing center for sale More Information In the lobby of Otis Worldwide’s elevator test tower in Bristol sits a vintage machine, in front of a huge aerial photo of the Empire State Building. This hulking green piece of metal is the drive for the original elevator inside the iconic building’s mast — installed by Otis in 1931. It was removed in a renovation project finished in 2021.

6 days ago | hartfordbusiness.com | Harriet Jones

Women’s sports is having a moment — as the Husky-crazed residents of Connecticut know better than anyone else. Last year was record-breaking for women’s teams across all professional sports, as they generated $1.88 billion in revenue, according to Deloitte. The global CPA firm’s recent report projects women’s sports will top that in 2025, generating a forecasted $2.35 billion. It’s in this promising landscape that an entirely new league is getting in on the action.

6 days ago | hartfordbusiness.com | Harriet Jones

Travelers Cos. and The Hartford both held their annual meetings on the same day last month, and both were attended by climate protests, as they have been consistently in recent years. But there was a key difference. While Travelers welcomed shareholders in person at Hartford’s Marriott Downtown on Columbus Boulevard, The Hartford’s shareholders convened entirely virtually, welcomed to an online meeting after entering a 16-digit control number found on their proxy card.

6 days ago | hartfordbusiness.com | Harriet Jones

RELATED: In CT, engineers shape key part of Otis’ future business — modernizing the world’s aging elevators, escalators More Information Farmington-based elevator and escalator maker Otis Worldwide recently put up for sale a 188,430-square-foot Bloomfield industrial/office building that houses its customer service center supporting the U.S. and Canada, with the intent to lease it back for a period of time.

2 weeks ago | hartfordbusiness.com | Harriet Jones

Gov. Ned Lamont’s Office of Workforce Strategy (OWS) has launched an updated strategic plan, and is seeking to get control of its remaining $30 million budget to implement new initiatives, including an artificial intelligence tech talent accelerator program. The office was originally created under the Department of Economic and Community Development, where the bond funding still resides, but has since become an independent entity.