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Index
■ Executive Profile: PG. 5
■ Week in Review: PG. 6
■ The List: PG. 9
■ Deal Watch: PG. 10
■ Movers & Shakers: PG. 16
■ Nonprofit Notebook: PG. 16
■ Opinion & Commentary: PG. 20
Translating Success
Glastonbury entrepreneur Francesco Pagano's
family enterprise has built both a solid reputation
— and sales and profits — linking the skills of
translators and interpreters with businesses,
hospitals, the courts, and federal, state and local
governments. PG. 3
FOCUS BIOSCIENCE
Search for Treatment
UConn Health biologist Sandra Weller is
researching treatments for a form of the herpes
virus that can cause serious problems in
newborns, including developmental disabilities
and deafness, as well as infections in organ and
marrow transplant patients. PG. 8
CT throws a
lifeline to fuel cells,
waste to energy
By Matt Pilon
mpilon@HartfordBusiness.com
A
new law passed by the state legislature without much fanfare
could have a major impact on Connecticut's energy industry,
providing a potential lifeline to two important, but struggling
sectors: fuel cells and waste-to-energy power plants.
While the two sectors are vastly different, the law provides one
common benefit: the chance for more business and revenue.
For fuel cells, the law tees up a sizable opportunity to win cov-
eted long-term power-purchase contracts with utility companies.
Startup Culture
Upward Hartford is ground zero for city's
fledgling entrepreneurial ecosystem
By John Stearns
jstearns@HartfordBusiness.com
M
ingling in Upward Hart-
ford's expansive cowork-
ing, networking and
incubator space downtown dur-
ing a recent open house, Farm-
ington angel investor and serial
entrepreneur/inventor Eric Knight
praised the new organization's
mix of ingredients.
"The integration of compa-
nies and startups, that's the
magic elixir," Knight said of
Upward Hartford's occupants.
Upward Hartford's Shana Schlossberg wants her new downtown space to be a place
where startups mix with major companies.
A mechanical claw picks up trash in a waste-to-
energy plant's holding pit. Connecticut plants,
which incinerate waste and produce sellable
energy, could benefit from new state policies.
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