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Danish company to acquire Syracuse engineering firm OBG
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A Danish engineering firm announced it has agreed to acquire Syracuse–based OBG, making it part of a new business unit covering the

Daoust, other officials discuss renovated birth center at Upstate’s Community Campus
Nancy Daoust shared remarks at a Dec. 5 ceremony in which the Community campus formally opened the center following the renovation work. “We started out

ConMed acquires Buffalo–area firm that specializes in surgical-smoke evacuators
UTICA, N.Y. — ConMed Corp. (NASDAQ: CNMD), a Utica–based surgical-device maker, announced it has agreed to acquire privately-held Buffalo Filter LLC for $365 million in
Genius NY program announces finalists for its third round
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Genius NY, a business accelerator program at CenterState CEO’s Tech Garden, has announced the five companies selected as finalists for its third

Onondaga County, City of Syracuse announce extension of sales-tax agreement
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Onondaga County and the City of Syracuse have reached an agreement to extend a sales-tax sharing pact that was first reached in

Syracuse University extends Babers’ contract using athletic department money, Wildhack says
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A day after Syracuse University announced it has extended the contract of football head coach Dino Babers to keep him in his

Shiroff sells Metro Mattress to other shareholders
The news release, titled “Business as usual at Metro Mattress,” didn’t offer transaction details such as financial terms. “Over the course of the last 18

Onondaga County announces plan for “enhanced” village-improvement program
Lawmakers will vote on the plan at either their Dec. 18 meeting or the Jan. 2 meeting, Knapp said as the group addressed reporters in

Town of Salina Supervisor Nicotra to step down, take job with Onondaga County
Nicotra’s responsibilities will include the dissemination of public communications and information with various government, private and nonprofit partners in the community, McMahon’s office said in

Onondaga County, City of Syracuse seek proposals for homeless workforce-development program
The entities issued a request for proposals (RFP) seeking “qualified partners” on Monday morning. Proposals are due by 4:00 p.m. on Jan. 11, 2019, per