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Small-group market health-insurance rates in N.Y. to rise 8% in 2017
Health-insurance premiums in the Empire State’s small-group market will rise by an average 8.3 percent in 2017, the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS), which regulates the state’s insurance market, announced Aug. 5. Health insurers had requested an average rate increase of 12.3 percent, DFS said in a news release. Premium rates for […]
Entrepreneur Holdrege builds an idea into Idea Kraft
BINGHAMTON — Ewelina Zajac came to America as a college-exchange student in 2002. She spent the summer at Scott’s Family Resort on Oquaga Lake, before returning to her native Poland to complete a master’s degree with honors in industrial and graphic design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw. She graduated on a Thursday
PAR Technology unit wins federal contract award of nearly $14M
ROME — Rome Research Corp. will use a $13.8 million contract award to provide operations and maintenance support for the Washington, D.C.–based Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG). Rome Research is a subsidiary of PAR Technology Corp. (NYSE: PAR) and part of PAR’s government business. Based in New Hartford, PAR Technology is a provider of restaurant/retail-management
New York is investing $5 million to help create hub for upstate drone industry
New York will make an “initial” $5 million investment to help ongoing efforts to create a hub for unmanned-aerial system (UAS) “innovation” and manufacturing in upstate New York. The funding seeks to “support and grow the emerging” UAS industry in the upstate region, the office of Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Aug. 2. Unmanned-aerial systems are
NYSTEC prospects for technology gold
ROME — In the California Gold Rush of 1848, mining technology initially included pans, picks, and shovels. Some prospectors quickly learned that gold extraction was quicker and more reliable with devices designed to drop the heavy metal through a sifting screen. It wasn’t long before the image of the lonely gold-panner crouching in a stream
Startup firm Bojaga Studios’ farmstand location app is almost ready for iPhone
SYRACUSE — Bojaga Studios, a startup company that is a virtual tenant at the Syracuse Technology Garden, has a mobile-phone application (app) that will soon be available for iPhones. The app, called Farmstand Finder, is already available for Android devices, says Alexander (Alex) Jones, the fledgling firm’s chief information officer. It’ll be available for the
The business unit of Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT) that operates locations in Salina and Owego will have a new name in early September. The unit, which is currently called mission systems and training, will soon become Lockheed Martin’s rotary and mission systems (RMS) business area, the Bethesda, Maryland–based defense contractor said in a news
ACR Health has promoted CARI MCAVOY to the position of Northern New York regional manager and development associate based in ACR Health’s Watertown office. She worked with ACR Health previously as a youth education coordinator and development associate in charge of the First Frost AIDS Walk/Run. McAvoy returned to ACR Health following work as educational
Fortus Healthcare Resources has appointed ANDY BARBERIO as director of sales and development. He started at Fortus in 2007 as project coordinator. He soon assumed an account executive role within the Dialysis Division. In 2014, Barberio took on the challenge of leading the Ambulatory and Perioperative Division. Contact The Business Journal News Network at news@cnybj.com
NICOLE CARFI has joined Beardsley Architects + Engineers as intern civil engineer. She is a recent graduate of Clarkson University with an EIT degree and is LEED-certified. At Beardsley, Carfi is currently working on site-improvement projects for the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Contact The Business Journal News Network at news@cnybj.com
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