November 2012

Decker School grant goal: get nurse practicioners into job market faster

VESTAL — Getting nurse practitioners trained and off to work is the main intent of a $757,000, two-year grant that Binghamton University’s Decker School of Nursing received from the Health Resources a Read More

Levene, Gouldin & Thompson law firm opens new offices

VESTAL — Levene Gouldin & Thompson, LLP has opened two new law offices — one at 121 Buffalo St. in Ithaca and one at 140 N. Main St. in Spencer. George D. Patte, Jr., who operated the Patte Law F Read More

Peoples Financial profit rises in 3rd quarter

HALLSTEAD, Pa. — A strong third quarter in which earnings rose 20.5 percent to $2.24 million, or 72 cents per share, at Peoples Financial Services Corp. (OTC BB: PFIS) is just one reason why it’s expa Read More

Equifax report: one-fifth of consumer bank accounts may also be small-business owners

Up to 21 percent of a financial institution’s consumer accounts in a portfolio may also be small-business owners or principals, according to a recent data analysis by credit report and financial data Read More

InFocus Advisors begins operating Patricia D Spencer Agency

CLAY  —  InFocus Advisors, Inc. brought the operations of Patricia D Spencer Agency under its roof at the beginning of November. “To the best of my knowledge this is pretty unique,” says Dave Lavelle Read More

Upstate health-benefit costs rose 3.5 percent in 2012

Health-benefit costs increased less in upstate New York than they did nationally in 2012, according to recently released results of a survey from the human-resources consulting firm Mercer. Costs ros Read More

Michigan firm expands into New York with merger

CANTON — C2AE, an architectural, engineering, and planning firm based in Lansing, Mich., has merged with engineering firm Burley-Guminiak & Associates, Consulting Engineers, P.L.L.C. (BGA) of Cant Read More

Motherhood, apple pie, and school staffing

Growing up, I was taught that two things were sacrosanct — motherhood and apple pie. Education has added a third item: ever expanding, K-12 public-school staffing. In 1950, I was in the seventh grade Read More

First Niagara hires new chief information officer

First Niagara Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: FNFG) named a new senior vice president and chief information officer this week. The Buffalo–based banking company named Inder Koul to the posts Wednesday Read More