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ConMed shareholders elect company-nominated directors, investor reacts
UTICA, N.Y. — ConMed Corp. (NASDAQ: CNMD), a Utica–based surgical-device maker, announced that shareholders have elected all eight of its director nominees. The firm is

People news: Rome Memorial names Pucillo director of Community Recovery Center
ROME, N.Y. — Rome Memorial Hospital (RMH) has named Charles Pucillo as the new director of its Community Recovery Center. Mark Snyderman, the hospital’s vice

People news: MVCC appoints Wallace as associate director of human resources
UTICA, N.Y. — Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC) has appointed Nancy Wallace as its new associate director of human resources. She has more than 10

Crouse Hospital board of directors appoints SU Chancellor to three-year term
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Crouse Hospital board of directors has appointed Syracuse University (SU) Chancellor Kent Syverud to serve a three-year term. Patrick Mannion, chair

CNSE / SUNYIT professor to use grant for additional cancer-cell research
ALBANY, N.Y. — The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) has awarded a State University of New York (SUNY) professor a $1.65 million research
Company report: Atlantic Testing Labs gets WBE certification
DeWITT — Atlantic Testing Laboratories (ATL) announced it has obtained certification as a Women Business Enterprise (WBE) from the New York State Department of Economic

First Niagara to combine consumer-banking businesses
BUFFALO, N.Y — First Niagara Financial Group (NASDAQ: FNFG) on Thursday announced plans to combine all of its consumer-banking businesses into one unit. Effective immediately,
National job growth falls short in August
ROMBEL ON BUSINESS U.S. employers added 142,000 net jobs to their payrolls in August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported Friday. That was
U.S. Health-Care Costs versus Health Outcomes
Dr. Michael Kirsch, a practicing physician and newspaper columnist, has lamented that he has difficulty answering questions about the economics of health care. One of his questions strikes at the heart of the justification for Obamacare: “Why is our per-capita health care cost so much higher than other nations that demonstrate superior health outcomes?” Implicit

AP Professionals joins CNY staffing marketplace
SALINA — AP Professionals, a Rochester–based staffing firm, is now into its fourth full month of operation at the Central New York office it opened in late May. The firm specializes in placing accounting, finance, human resources, and administrative professionals on both a direct hire and contract basis. AP Professionals on May 29 announced it
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