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Governor Cuomo launches START-UP NY approval board
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Feb. 26 announced the launch of the START-UP NY approval board with the appointments of Edward Cupoli, Abraham Lackman,
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Gillibrand pushes for USDA disaster declaration for freeze-affected Upstate farms
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D–N.Y.) is calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to issue an agriculture-disaster declaration with upstate New York in mind. Such a declaration would mean federal relief for Upstate grape farms and vineyards in the Finger Lakes and Western and Central New York “damaged by a long winter of sub-zero
Cornell president, Skorton, to depart for Smithsonian in 2015
ITHACA — Dr. David Skorton, president of Cornell University, will leave in mid-2015 to become the next secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the university announced
Inficon plans $20M expansion of manufacturing operations in DeWitt
DeWITT — Inficon, Inc. plans to expand its manufacturing operations in DeWitt, creating 40 new “high-paying” jobs and retaining 240 existing positions. The company will
Advanced Motors & Drives to cut 72 jobs in DeWitt
DeWITT — Advanced Motors & Drives, a subsidiary of Nidec Corp. (NYSE: NJ), announced it will eliminate 72 jobs at its DeWitt plant in the
Boeheim Foundation awards Upstate Medical $100K for pediatric-cancer research
SYRACUSE — The Jim and Juli Boeheim Foundation has awarded the Foundation for Upstate Medical University a grant of $100,000 for pediatric-cancer research. Upstate Medical announced the grant in a news release on its website. Its foundation is its fund-raising arm. Established in 2009 by the Syracuse University men’s basketball head coach and his wife,
State awards three CNY organizations funding to develop advanced energy-storage technologies
New York state has awarded two Central New York companies and a university $250,000 each for their work on new technologies in battery and energy
Elmira Savings Bank to pay cash dividend of 23 cents a share
ELMIRA — The Elmira Savings Bank (NASDAQ: ESBK) board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 23 cents per share on its common shares outstanding. The company will pay the dividend on March 28 to shareholders of record March 13. It’s the same cash-dividend amount the banking company paid in December. However, Elmira
New York’s initial jobless claims tumble 16 percent in latest week
The number of people applying for new unemployment-insurance benefits in New York state in the week ending Feb. 22 plummeted by 3,572, or nearly 16
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