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Brown and Brown profit rises 24 percent in the second quarter
Brown & Brown, Inc. (NYSE: BRO), the Florida–based parent of Syracuse–based Brown & Brown Empire State, reported it earned more than $52 million, or 36
Syracuse Opera board names new officers, members
SYRACUSE — The Syracuse Opera board of directors has elected a new slate of officers and appointed four new board members to serve the nonprofit,
Lockheed Martin announces 300 layoffs companywide
SALINA — Defense contractor Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT) today announced it is cutting 300 jobs in its Mission Systems and Training business in the
Foundation for Upstate Medical University sets fundraising ‘record’ in 2012
The Foundation for Upstate Medical University today announced it raised $9.4 million in 2012, the largest amount the organization has collected in its 36-year history.
Empire State Survey: N.Y. manufacturing conditions ‘improve modestly’
Business conditions for New York manufacturers continued to “improve modestly,” according to the July 2013 Empire State Manufacturing Survey that the Federal Reserve Bank of
Rescue Mission opens Baldwinsville bottle and can redemption center
BALDWINSVILLE — The Rescue Mission Alliance of Syracuse on Friday opened a bottle and can redemption center in Baldwinsville, the organization’s 12th location of what
Welch Allyn introduces two ECG devices
SKANEATELES FALLS — Welch Allyn, a medical-device maker based in Skaneateles Falls, today announced the availability of two “connectivity-ready” electrocardiograph (ECG) devices in the U.S.
NFIB: Small-business optimism dips in June
Small-business optimism fell nearly a point in June to 93.5, remaining in “tepid territory,” according to the monthly economic index released by the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) on July 9. The 0.9 drop in the index effectively ends “any hope of a revival in confidence among job creators,” the NFIB said in a
BAE Systems Endicott plant to develop spoiler-control electronics on Boeing 737 MAX
ENDICOTT — The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) has selected BAE Systems Plc (OTC: BAESY) to provide the spoiler-control electronics for the new Boeing 737 MAX. The Endicott location of BAE Systems, a global-defense contractor, will develop the spoiler-control electronics that the company’s Fort Wayne, Ind. facility will manufacture, BAE said. Neither side is disclosing terms
Indium thrives in a volatile economic climate
CLINTON — “We need to be physically close to our customers,” says Gregory Peter Evans, the president and CEO of the Indium Corporation, headquartered in Clinton. “Our business is highly competitive, and it’s critical that we have short lead times.” Indium supplies materials to the global electronics-assembly, semiconductor-fabrication and packaging, solar-photovoltaic, thin-film, and thermal-management industries.
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