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Tompkins Financial announces new stock-buyback program
ITHACA, N.Y. — Tompkins Financial Corp. (NYSE: TMP) announced Friday that its board of directors has authorized a new stock-repurchase program of up to 400,000

Carrols completes acquisition of four Michigan Burger King restaurants
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TAST) announced it has completed the acquisition of four Burger King restaurants in the Detroit, Michigan area.

Rural/Metro relocates administration, operations facility to former Marsellus Casket building
SYRACUSE — Rural/Metro Ambulance, which is changing its name to AMR (American Medical Response), recently relocated its administration, operations, training, and vehicle facility from West

People news: Herkimer College appoints Craig as dean of enrollment management
HERKIMER, N.Y. — Herkimer County Community College announced it has appointed Erin B. Craig as its new dean of enrollment management. Craig will be responsible

New York, U.S. jobless claims edge up in latest week
The number of people filing applications for unemployment benefits in New York state rose to 13,803 in the week ending June 25 from 13,600 the

Citizens Bank names Taffe its New York state president
ALBANY, N.Y. — Citizens Bank announced Wednesday that it has promoted Paul Taffe to New York president. Taffe has been a senior VP at Citizens

Search committee chair, Van Slyke, named Maxwell School dean
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The man who led the search committee to find a new dean of Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs has

Syracuse Auto Dealers Association elects Barbuto as president
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse Auto Dealers Association recently announced it has elected Gino Barbuto, East Syracuse Chevrolet owner, as its president for the coming

Cornell names Nelson dean of Johnson School
ITHACA, N.Y. — Cornell University announced it has named Mark Nelson, a professor of accounting, as the 12th dean of the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate

PAR subsidiary wins new $1.8 million U.S. Navy contract in Africa
ROME, N.Y. — PAR Technology Corp. recently announced that its subsidiary, Rome Research Corp. (RRC), has been awarded a $1.8 million prime contract to provide