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Brown & Brown advises clients on health-care reform, adds employees
SYRACUSE — Brown & Brown Empire State, a unit of Florida–based Brown & Brown, Inc. (NYSE: BRO), has added employees to its Syracuse office in
Nationwide Credit to add 300 jobs in Vestal
VESTAL — Nationwide Credit, Inc. (NCI), an Atlanta–based collection agency, today announced plans to add 300 customer-service jobs in Vestal.NCI, a subsidiary of Altisource Portfolio
KeyCorp profit edges up in first quarter
KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY), which has a major presence in Central New York, earned net income from continuing operations of $196 million, or 21 cents per
Anaren forms committee to review purchase offer
DeWITT — Anaren, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANEN) today announced it has formed a committee of independent directors to review and evaluate the recent purchase offer it
Florida investment firm offers to buy Anaren
DeWITT — Anaren, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANEN) has received a purchase offer from one of its investors, according to a document filed Monday with the U.S.
Mohawk Global Logistics acquires Chicago company
SALINA — Mohawk Global Logistics has acquired a Chicago competitor, OEC Freight Chicago, Inc., the local company announced. Neither business released financial terms of the
CDPHP files to take part in New York health-insurance exchange
Capital District Physicians’ Health Plan (CDPHP) today announced it has filed an application for participation in the New York Health Benefit Exchange. Consumers can purchase
Unemployment claims from NY mass layoffs increased last year
New York employers reported about 1,250 mass layoffs in 2012, resulting in more than 141,000 job cuts, as measured by new filings for unemployment- insurance
Poll: 46 percent of New Yorkers say they paid too much in taxes
As last-minute filers scurry to submit their federal- and state-tax returns or file for extensions, a new poll finds about 46 percent of New Yorkers
Maffei releases jobs plan to mark 100 days in office
SYRACUSE — U.S. Rep. Daniel Maffei (D–Syracuse) today announced what he called a “blueprint” for expanding the region’s middle class, growing its economy, and creating