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Excellus pays $995,000 state fine
Excellus Health Plan, Inc. has paid a $995,000 fine levied by the state Department of Financial Services (DFS) for incorrectly denying emergency room claims and
Boot camp gets more funding from bar foundation
SYRACUSE — The Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities is getting the second portion of a $250,000 grant from the New York Bar Foundation. The
Foreman faces prison for hiring illegal aliens
SYRACUSE — A Florida man pleaded guilty Friday to employing illegal aliens for agricultural work in Cayuga County. Salvador Hernandez, 50, of Belle Glade, Fla.,
CXtec to pay $2 million in settlement with government
SALINA — CXtec will pay $2 million to settle claims it supplied government customers with products made in China. The Department of Justice said the
State tax collections higher than estimated
New York tax collections through February were higher than estimates in the state’s updated 2011-2012 Financial Plan, according to a report New York Comptroller Thomas
AG files suit against cigarette vendor in DeWitt
The state attorney general has filed a federal lawsuit against a DeWitt business, accusing it of evading cigarette taxes while allowing customers to roll their
Excellus agrees to settlement over screening test denials
The New York State Attorney General’s office has reached a settlement with Rochester–based Excellus BlueCross BlueShield that will require the insurer to issue refunds after
SU to host debate on health-care reform law in Washington
Syracuse University (SU) plans to host a debate on the federal health-care reform law at the end of March as part of a speaker series
Governor starts surety-bond assistance program
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has launched a statewide surety-bond assistance program in a bid to boost state contracting among small businesses and businesses owned
2011 sales-tax collections grew fastest in Southern Tier
New York’s Southern Tier was home to the strongest growth in county sales-tax collections in 2011, according to a report state Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli
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