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Global fruit-prep firm to build $50M Lysander plant, create 120 jobs
LYSANDER — Agrana Fruit US, Inc., which produces fruit preparations for the dairy industry, plans to invest more than $50 million to build a fruit-processing plant in Lysander that will create about 120 jobs, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s office announced today.Agrana expects to break ground on the new 100,000-square-foot manufacturing and distribution plant in […]
Unemployment rate moves higher in metro areas in January
The unemployment rate throughout upstate New York rose in January, according to data released today by the state Labor Department. The unemployment rate in the
Scotsman ends Pennysavers, eliminates 60 jobs
SYRACUSE — Scotsman Media Group of Syracuse is ending publication of its Pennysaver newspapers and as a result is cutting 60 jobs, or about one-third
NBT hires Bulger as director of retail sales
NORWICH — NBT Bank announced it has hired Steven Bulger as senior vice president and director of retail sales. In this position, Bulger is responsible
Union membership in New York falls
Union members made up 23.2 percent of all wage and salary workers in New York state in 2012, down from 24.1 percent the year before,
Job count rises statewide, picture mixed Upstate
New York added jobs in January, although the growth was not enough to put a dent in the unemployment rate and parts of upstate New
Tim Birnie: Steering the company to success through diversification
ROME — “All you men want to do is talk about buses,” Timothy (Tim) Claude Birnie remembers his mother saying. Birnie is the president of Birnie Bus Service, Inc. with headquarters located at 248 Otis St. at the Griffiss Business & Technology Park in Rome. “My father, Martin K. Birnie, joined his brother-in-law [Martin J.
Binghamton University seminar on exit planning for closely held businesses set for Feb. 27
BINGHAMTON — As many private business owners near retirement age, they face the increasingly thorny issue of what to do with their business so they
Little Falls Hospital appoints senior director of human resources
LITTLE FALLS — Marlene E. Little has joined Bassett Healthcare Network as senior director of human resources at Little Falls Hospital. Before joining Bassett, Little
Shared Work program retained 3,300 jobs, NY state estimates
Employers in New York avoided cutting more than 3,000 jobs in 2012 by using a shared work program, with Central New York and the Mohawk
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