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Berkshire adds to commercial, retail groups
Berkshire Bank added two new bankers to its retail and commercial teams in Central New York. Christopher Papayanakos is now senior vice president of commercial
Internal Audits for Fraud Protection
“I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.” — George Washington The “American Greed” TV show on CNBC chronicles the dishonesty of white-collar criminals. Along with “Dateline NBC” and “60 Minutes,” there appears to be no
Binghamton University names Yarosh director of media and public relations
VESTAL — Binghamton University announced today that it has named Ryan Yarosh its director of media and public relations. Yarosh has served Binghamton University as
Vets institute partner program graduates first class
GE’s Get Skills to Work initiative graduated its first class of veterans today. Syracuse University’s Institute for Veterans and Military Families is a partner in
Global fruit-prep firm to build $50M Lysander plant, create 120 jobs
LYSANDER — Agrana Fruit US, Inc., which produces fruit preparations for the dairy industry, plans to invest more than $50 million to build a fruit-processing plant in Lysander that will create about 120 jobs, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s office announced today.Agrana expects to break ground on the new 100,000-square-foot manufacturing and distribution plant in
New generics could save millions in upstate NY
Generic drugs coming on the market in the next two years could save upstate New Yorkers more than $447 million a year, according to a
Upstate Shredding to grow 29 percent in 2013
OWEGO — Upstate Shredding, LLC., the largest, privately owned scrap dealer on the East Coast, is projecting it will continue its fast-growing ways this year with nearly 30 percent revenue growth. One of the drivers of that growth will be the company’s recent move in Albany. Upstate Shredding, headquartered at 299 Corporate Drive in Owego,
SUNY starts program to boost undergrad STEM research opportunities
The State University of New York (SUNY) and its Research Foundation have introduced a new program to give undergraduate students more chances to get involved
Grant to support learning outside the classroom at CCC
AUBURN — The Cayuga Community College Office of Experiential Learning will use a $7,000 grant to support and expand cooperative education, internships, and service learning
Cornell names latest JumpStart companies
ITHACA — Two companies will participate in the spring semester JumpStart program from the Cornell Center for Materials Research. Empire State Development’s Division of Science,
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