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Business contest winner MicroGen plans for growth
ITHACA — MicroGen Systems, Inc. expects hiring this year in the wake of winning the $200,000 grand prize in the Creative Core Emerging Business Competition.
Consumer confidence spikes in Syracuse area in 1st quarter
Quarterly confidence gains in all New York regions Consumers’ willingness to spend rose sharply in the Syracuse metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in the first quarter
MACNY announces 2012 Wall of Fame inductees
SYRACUSE — The Manufacturers Association of Central New York (MACNY) has announced three inductees to its 2012 Manufacturers Wall of Fame. James Malvaso of the
Advanced Business Systems opens Syracuse branch
EAST SYRACUSE — The office-technology company Advanced Business Systems, Inc. is opening its first branch office in an East Syracuse building it purchased in March.
CNY Mobile Billboards takes advertising to the streets
SYRACUSE — You could say that Derek Zehr traffics in advertisements. Zehr is the operating partner of CNY Mobile Billboards, a Syracuse–based firm that rents
Brothers band together to start music store in Syracuse
SYRACUSE — Two brothers are trying to amp up retail outlets for musicians in Central New York with a new store located off Erie Boulevard
Couple brings mobile drug-testing franchise to CNY
SKANEATELES — A franchise in Central New York will hit the road to make drug testing quick and easy. “We keep the equipment in our
Nirvana to boost production, add equipment and workers
BOONVILLE — A $4.3 million Small Business Administration (SBA)-backed loan for new equipment will help Nirvana, Inc. increase its production by 67 percent and boost
New York Fed president says economic headwinds remain
Despite more upbeat data in recent months, the U.S. economy still faces some serious challenges ahead, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New
Herkimer Motel & Suites completes upgrades
HERKIMER — When brothers James and John Brown became more involved in the running of the family business, the Herkimer Motel & Suites, nearly a