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Carrols Restaurant Group reports net loss in first quarter
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TAST) reported a net loss of $5.6 million, or 16 cents a share, in the first quarter
DEC, Great Lakes Research Consortium award $136K in grants to area schools
The Great Lakes Research Consortium (GLRC) and New York State have awarded more than $136,000 in grant funding to area schools for research projects focused
FamilyCare Medical Group affiliates with Molina Healthcare subsidiaries
Syracuse–based FamilyCare Medical Group, PC (FCMG) has affliated with two wholly owned subsidiaries of Long Beach, California–based Molina Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE: MOH). The two subsidiaries
Hill-Rom Holdings breaks ground on expansion project at Welch Allyn campus in Skaneateles Falls
SKANEATELES FALLS, N.Y. — Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: HRC) on Friday broke ground on an expansion project that will add about 100,000 square feet to
SUNY names new presidents for Jefferson and Tompkins Cortland Community Colleges
Jefferson Community College (JCC) in Watertown and Tompkins Cortland Community College (TC3) in Dryden will have new presidents for the 2017-18 academic year. The SUNY
SU professors receive nearly $1M grant to recruit “underrepresented” students in STEM fields
SYRACUSE — Four Syracuse University (SU) professors will use a grant of nearly $1 million for a program to “support recruitment and retention of underrepresented”

CH Insurance acquires Hanley & Associates
SYRACUSE — CH Insurance recently acquired Hanley & Associates, a Syracuse–based group-benefits company. The transaction closed Feb. 1, says Joseph (Joe) Convertino, Jr., president of
Survey examines generational differences in consumer involvement in health-care plans
Millennials are more involved than other generations in making health-care choices, including some that are costly for health-plan sponsors. That’s among the “key” findings on
Johnson to become SUNY’s new chancellor this September
A former official with the U.S. Department of Energy in the Obama administration is set to become the 13th chancellor of the State University of
Siena analyst: Stock market, Trump jobs message drove March surge in N.Y. consumer sentiment
New Yorkers seem very willing to spend their money, and an analyst with Siena College points to the recent stock-market rally and the jobs message