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Sitrin Health Care CEO to step down, CFO to assume top job
NEW HARTFORD — Sitrin Health Care Center of New Hartford announced that Richard Wilson will step down as president and CEO. He’s stepping down after
Cuomo launches tax-free zones near college campuses to attract start-ups
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on May 22 unveiled Tax-Free NY, an initiative intended to “transform” university campuses statewide into tax-free zones that attract start-ups, venture capital, new business, and investments from around the world. Tax-Free NY offers new businesses the chance to operate completely tax free, including no income tax for employees and no sales, property,
Support provider Tech Geekery gets a reboot
SYRACUSE — Tech Geekery, Inc., which provides technical-support assistance and training on computers and iPhones, is a startup that’s a reincarnation of a business one of its co-owners had launched back in 2009. With downtown operations based at the Syracuse Technology Garden, Tech Geekery is a mobile service that provides assistance that could include installing
Oneonta firm to research ultracapacitors
ONEONTA — Most people don’t think about capacitors, unless they’re talking about the flux capacitor in the DeLorean time machine in the 1985 movie “Back to the Future,” but capacitors help make our modern world go around. Capacitors, which are energy-storage devices, are in just about everything from our cars to our cellphones, according to
Cuomo announces tax-free zones near college campuses to attract start-ups
Gov. Andrew Cuomo today unveiled Tax-Free NY, an initiative intended to “transform” university campuses statewide into tax-free zones that attract start-ups, venture capital, new business,
Raymond Corp., Binghamton University students team up on electric go-kart project
GREENE — Students from Binghamton University’s engineering school and engineers from the Raymond Corp. recently teamed up on a project to convert a gas-powered go-kart
Alfred University appoints new provost
ALFRED — W. Richard Stephens, Jr., the current provost at Catawba College in Salisbury, N.C., will join the administrative team at Alfred University as provost and
UnitedHealthcare expands Community Plan service area in New York
UnitedHealthcare (UHC) Community Plan has expanded its state-government sponsored health-insurance programs to include 13 additional counties, doubling the number of counties where the plan is
The Key to True Health-Care Reform: Be Well
Even though the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was signed into law more than three years ago, many employers are still wondering about the purpose and impact of the new measure. In short, the law is intended to ensure that everyone has access to affordable health care, and the law calls for employers
Cornell, Iowa share $10.6 M obesity, hypertension NIH grant
ITHACA — A Cornell University researcher working with other researchers at the University of Iowa is part of a five-year, $10.6 million grant to study
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