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www.HartfordBusiness.com May 11, 2015 • Hartford Business Journal 7 WHAT'S AHEAD: ■ 518/ Focus: Tourism ■ The List: Most visited tourist destinations in CT ■ Nonprofit Profile: CT Food Bank CALENDAR TUESDAY, MAY, 19 Terminating Employees: The Dos and Don'ts The process for terminating an employee has become an art — and a complex one at that — fraught with potential pitfalls that could land you in court for labor law violations or even in the news should a former employee turn violent. The Connecticut Business & Industry Association is hosting a May 19 seminar, from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. at 350 Church St., Hartford, for employers on how to choreograph a termination to limit liability and risk of workplace violence. Topics covered include learning how to justify and document the termination; lessons learned from others' mistakes and the potential consequences of repeating them; and a review of likely scenarios that could occur in a termination meeting and the best practices for handling each. The seminar will be presented by David Lewis, founder and president of OperationsInc. Cost to attend is $15.95 for CBIA members; $37.22 for nonmembers. For more information or to register go to: https:// www.eventbrite.com/e/terminating-employees-the-dos-and-donts- tickets-16022277062. TRANSPORTATION CTfastrak: 150,000 rides in first five weeks The state's new dedicated New Britain-Hartford busway pro- vided more than 150,000 rides since it began running March 28, officials announced. More than 7,000 riders per day have used CTfastrak, in addi- tion to the 7,000 that use existing CTtransit routes. The first nine days of the service were free of charge. CTfastrak provides service to and from Waterbury, Cheshire, Southington, Bristol, Plainville, New Britain, Newington, West Hart- ford, Hartford, East Hartford and Manchester. ACCOUNTING O'Connor Davies merging with N.J. firm CPA and consulting firm O'Connor Davies, which has Wethersfield and Stamford offices, said it has merged with a fellow CPA firm in New Jersey. McEnerney, Brady & Co., which specializes in closely-held, family- owned companies as well as government entities and labor unions, will operate as an O'Connor Davies division, the company said. O'Connor Davies' also has offices in New York and Maryland. Financial terms were not disclosed. INSURANCE Stag gets A.M. Best upgrade Insurance ratings provider A.M. Best has upgraded The Hart- ford Financial Services Group's credit and debt ratings, which it said reflects reduced risk from variable annuities. The Hartford has less risk from variable annuities following the sale of its Japanese annuity unit last year, according to A.M. Best, which increased the Stag's issuer credit rating from "bbb+" to "a-". A.M. Best also upgraded the financial strength from "excellent" to "superior" and credit rating from "aa" to "a+" for subsidiary Hartford Fire Insurance Co. and its own subsidiaries and affiliates, which are known as the Hartford Insurance Pool. However, it re- vised the pool's outlook from "positive" to "stable." BIOSCIENCE CT Innovations invests $330K in diagnostics maker Connecticut Innovations said it has invested $330K in New Haven's Bioarray Therapeutics, which is developing a predictive test for cancer treatment. The company, founded in Boston, was previously housed at UConn's Technology Incubation Program in Farmington. The investment is part of a $600,000 Series A round that also included participation from Angel Investor Forum and Boston Har- bor Angels. 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