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New alternate dispute-resolution firm opens in Syracuse
SYRACUSE — ADR-Chiefs, an alternate dispute-resolution services firm that recently opened in Syracuse, is banking on the growing trend of using mediation to solve legal disputes. “Mediation in other parts of the United States is very popular and very much in vogue, especially out West,” ADR-Chiefs Partner Gustave J. DiBianco says. “We’re hoping that someday […]
OIG finds $41.6 million in federal overpayments to Excellus
The federal government issued about $41.6 million in overpayments to Excellus BlueCross BlueShield in 2007, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Health
Green & Seifter, Certified Public Accountants takes new name
SYRACUSE — A Syracuse accounting firm has put the names of its managing partners on the books. Green & Seifter, Certified Public Accountants, PLLC changed its name in a move effective Sept. 28. The firm is now known as Grossman St. Amour Certified Public Accountants PLLC. The new name reflects the firm’s managing partners —
Green & Seifter CPA firm changes name
SYRACUSE — Green & Seifter, Certified Public Accountants, PLLC has a new name. The accounting firm is now known as Grossman St. Amour Certified Public
New Bonadio Group division to focus on construction industry consulting
A new consulting division at The Bonadio Group plans to deepen the firm’s work with the construction industry even further. The Rochester–based accounting firm already has more than 200 construction clients across the state. Its new Bonadio Construction Consultants Division (BCC) is aiming to serve those clients as well as other contractors and construction-related businesses
Bonadio Group launches construction consulting division
The Bonadio Group is forming a new consulting division focused on the construction industry. The Rochester–based accounting firm’s Bonadio Construction Consultants Division (BCC) will provide
A.G. settles with companies in home-value inflation case
The office of New York’s attorney general has reached a $7.8 million settlement with companies it says contributed to the housing-market meltdown by helping to
Equity Crowdfunding: Issuers Assemble
More than five months have passed since enactment of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the JOBS Act), and its much-heralded third article, the Capital Raising Online While Deterring Fraud and Unethical Non-Disclosure Act (the CROWDFUND Act). Only four months remain until the acts’ provisions are scheduled to go into effect, and for a business
Survey: Small-business owners uncertain about new 401(k) fee notices
New U.S. Department of Labor required 401(k) fee disclosures haven’t given small-business owners a shot of confidence about explaining their retirement-plan offerings, according to a new survey. The rules, which the Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration put into effect this summer, require plan administrators to provide participants and beneficiaries with plan-related information like
Governor: NY property tax average stayed within cap last year
Property taxes in New York grew by an average of 2 percent in the first year since a law capping them passed, according to a
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