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SBA, Women’s Business Center to hold disaster-planning workshop in Utica
UTICA — The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Women’s Business Center of New York State have scheduled a disaster-planning workshop for Mohawk Valley business owners. The event, titled “When Disaster Strikes, Is Your Business Ready,” is set for Sept. 19 from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at the Radisson Hotel-Utica Centre in downtown […]

SkyWolf Wind Turbine Corp. inks deal to distribute its wind turbines in Colombia and other markets
GENESEO — SkyWolf Wind Turbine Corp. — a Finger Lakes–based company that designs, manufactures, and sells small wind turbines — recently announced that it has signed an agreement with a company to sell its products in overseas markets including Colombia. SkyWolf Wind Turbine inked a 10-year international-representation agreement with SkyWolf Eco-Energies Colombia (SWEEC) SAS, which

DiNapoli: municipal spending on infrastructure declines in NYS, not meeting needs
Local government capital spending on roads, bridges, and water and sewer systems in the Empire State declined about 8 percent between 2010 and 2012. That’s
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

SALT Makerspace formally opens in Syracuse
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Inventors, tinkers, and creative types in Syracuse now have a place where they can come together to make anything from anything. The

New York state cheese production rises nearly 4 percent
New York farms’ total production of cheese, excluding cottage cheese, rose 3.5 percent to 777 million pounds in 2013 compared to 2012, according to a
Hardinge to acquire grinding business from German firm
HORSEHEADS, N.Y. — Hardinge Inc. (NASDAQ: HDNG) today announced plans to acquire the assets of the Voumard internal diameter (ID) grinding business from Rendsburg, Germany–based

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

Schumer: USDA to purchase up to $25M in surplus grape juice
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will use up to $25 million in Section 32 program funds to purchase concord-grape juice for use in domestic-nutrition
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