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Miner to use special lighting fees to create infrastructure-expense fund
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner has plans to create an infrastructure-expense fund as part of the city’s capital-improvement program. The City of Syracuse
Rome Memorial Hospital to open new women’s health practice in March
ROME, N.Y. — Rome Memorial Hospital announced today that it will open a new women’s health practice in March to provide obstetrical and gynecological services.
ConMed profit rises in Q4, slips during 2014
UTICA, N.Y. — ConMed Corp. (NASDAQ: CNMD) on Tuesday reported net income of $11.3 million, or 41 cents a share, in the fourth quarter. That’s
POMCO to add 55 new jobs at Syracuse headquarters
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — POMCO Group, a third-party administrator of self-funded health-care and risk-management plans, says it’s looking to hire 55 new customer-service employees at its
State announces 18 more START-UP NY businesses, including firms at SUNY-ESF, Canton
A new Syracuse–area wood-products manufacturer and an existing North Country firm providing environmental-consulting services are among 18 additional businesses participating in the START-UP NY program,
CNY unemployment rates decline in December from a year ago
Unemployment rates in the Syracuse, Binghamton, Utica–Rome, and Ithaca metro areas fell in December, compared to a year ago, according to the latest New York
Lockheed Martin earnings climb in Q4 and 2014
Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT) on Tuesday reported net earnings from continuing operations of $904 million in the fourth quarter, compared to $488 million in
Binghamton law firm announces two new offices and hires
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Hinman, Howard & Kattell LLP (HH&K), a Binghamton–based law firm, has opened two new offices in Edmeston and Morris in Otsego County,
MedTech Association joins call for medical-device tax repeal
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse–based MedTech Association is among the organizations urging Congress to repeal the medical-device excise tax. MedTech signed a letter to Congressional leadership
New York state home sales slip in 2014; CNY numbers up
New York state realtors completed the sale of 106,919 previously owned homes in 2014, down 1.3 percent from the 108,367 sold in 2013. That’s according