February 2017

SBA presents $750,000 check to New York’s Excelsior Growth fund

ALBANY, N.Y. — The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has awarded $750,000 to the Excelsior Growth Fund (EGF) to benefit startup and existing entrepreneurs in New York. Bernard J. Paprocki, exe Read More

ConMed to pay quarterly dividend of 20 cents in April

UTICA, N.Y. — ConMed Corp. (NASDAQ: CNMD), a Utica–based surgical-device maker, announced Tuesday that its board of directors has declared a cash dividend of 20 cents a share for the latest quarter. Read More

State accepts Southern Tier Technologies into START-UP NY program

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — A Southern Tier startup company is among 43 businesses that New York State has accepted into the START-UP NY program. Southern Tier Technologies is a new engineering business in th Read More

People news: Indium hires Twining as VP of marketing

CLINTON, N.Y. — Indium Corp. has hired Tim Twining as the company’s new VP of marketing. He is responsible for leading the development, implementation, and oversight of Indium’s market strategies. T Read More

Summit Federal Credit Union plans to relocate Cortland branch to new site in Cortlandville

CORTLANDVILLE, N.Y. — The Summit Federal Credit Union has announced plans to relocate its Cortland branch to a new building set for construction in the town of Cortlandville. The credit union current Read More

M&T Bank president and COO, Mark Czarnecki, dies

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Mark Czarnecki, president and COO of M&T Bank (NYSE: MTB), died Sunday “after an extended illness.” He was 61. Czarnecki served as president of M&T Bank for the past decade, t Read More

Study: Immigrants contributed $1.7 billion to Syracuse GDP in 2014

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Immigrants living in the Syracuse area in 2014 contributed $1.7 billion to the metro area’s gross domestic product (GDP). That’s among the findings in a “year-long” study that Center Read More

Weekly Poll Results: February 27, 2017

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