January 2012

Venture event seeks applicants

The 2012 Venture Forum, a partnership between the Center for Economic Growth (CEG) SmartStart UNYTECH program and Western New York’s Bright Forum, is looking for companies to present to potential inve Read More

St. Joseph’s ready to open emergency services building

SYRACUSE — St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center prepared to open a new emergency services building by holding a ribbon cutting and blessing ceremony this morning.The building, named the Ralph and Chris Read More

New Internet-Security Standards for Financial Institutions

The Federal Financial Institutions examination Council (FFIEC) — a group of federal financial regulators empowered to issue uniform standards for most of the financial institutions in the United State Read More

Cuomo Shows the Courage to Tackle the Extreme Left

New York’s Gov. Andrew Cuomo intrigues me. What he is trying to do may impact the entire country some day. Cuomo is from the left, of course. He gets a lot of campaign money from the left. Teachers’ Read More

Gentiva Health Services moving Oswego office

OSWEGO  —  Gentiva Health Services will relocate its Oswego office in February. Gentiva, a national home health and hospice company based in Atlanta, will move its Oswego location from 335 W. First S Read More

Profit at Alliance unchanged in Q4, earnings rise in 2011

SYRACUSE – Alliance Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: ALNC) earned $2.8 million in the fourth quarter, unchanged from a year earlier. Earnings per share in the period totaled 60 cents, up from 59 cents in the Read More

NBT profit slips in 4th quarter, but annual net income rises

NORWICH — NBT Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: NBTB) closed out 2011 with the second-highest annual earnings in the company’s history, but saw its earnings slip in the fourth quarter. For the fourth quarter of Read More

Coughlin & Gerhart opens consolidated Bainbridge office

BAINBRIDGE — Coughlin & Gerhart, L.L.P. has combined its Afton and Unadilla branches into one new location at 29 N. Main St. in Bainbridge in the former offices of attorney David DeClue. The new Read More

CNY Elevator Inspections seeks growth with work in Syracuse

SYRACUSE  —  The owners of CNY Elevator Inspections, Inc. say they’re thrilled to be able to put the company to work in their home city of Syracuse. “In the last few weeks, we’ve been able to offer o Read More