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VERONA — The Oneida Indian Nation is taking convenience to the next level now that four of its SavOn Convenience Stores feature drive-thru windows. The
Event planner opens party-supply store, Heart and Soul
MOHAWK — A little less than a year after winning a $25,000 business grant from Intuit, Heart and Soul Events LLC owner Connie Castellano has
Upstate Shredding plans Albany port
OWEGO — The state’s largest scrap-yard business has plans to get even bigger. Upstate Shredding, LLC plans to open a scrap yard and deep-water port
Harden Furniture invests in new equipment to transform business
MCCONNELLSVILLE — New woodworking equipment and engineering software arriving later this month will alter the way Harden Furniture Co. does business. It’ll transform the 168-year-old
Downtown Utica Development Association launches downtown art project
UTICA — The Downtown Utica Development Association (DUDA) hopes that art will add a little business lift to the downtown Utica area. DUDA kicked off
Advanced Manufacturing Thermal and Environmental Control Systems Cluster Accelerator awarded grant
The federal government will provide nearly $1.9 million for Syracuse University initiative aiming to boost high-tech manufacturing in Central New York. The initiative, known as the Advanced Manufacturing Thermal and Environmental Control Systems Cluster Accelerator, is set to focus on small- and medium-sized businesses manufacturing thermal-control systems and environmental-control systems. It will attempt to boost access
NBT-Alliance deal driven by the need to grow
SYRACUSE — Leaders at Alliance Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: ALNC) didn’t decide to sell their banking company because it was buried by bad lending decisions or mortgage-backed securities. In fact, Alliance’s balance sheet is “pristine,” said Martin Dietrich, president and CEO of NBT Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: NBTB), which announced plans to acquire Syracuse–based Alliance Financial on
Canadian company expects to grow Ithaca presence
ITHACA — A Canadian company specializing in spectroscopy technology expects to grow a facility it has in Ithaca in the coming years. Tornado Medical Systems,
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 —
United Healthcare survey finds that few consumers comparison-shop health-care prices
Most consumers don’t use online resources to compare health-care prices, according to a survey that UnitedHealthcare recently released. Just 14 percent of adults ages 18 and older turn to services on the Internet to look at prices for health-care treatments, procedures, and services, according to the survey. That’s lower than the 50 percent of consumers
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