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Challenger report: Employers cut 53 percent more jobs in May
Announced job cuts in the United States expanded to their highest level in eight months in May, according to a report from the Chicago–based global
Alliance Financial declares quarterly dividend of 31 cents a share
SYRACUSE — Alliance Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: ALNC), the holding company for Alliance Bank, N.A., has declared a quarterly dividend of 31 cents per common share. The dividend is payable
Comptroller’s report details state’s ongoing struggles
Although New York regained 95 percent of the jobs lost during the recession in the past two years, some regions continue to struggle and the
State’s regions a mixed bag of construction job gains, losses
Construction employment declined over the past year in 157 out of 337 metropolitan areas, including Syracuse, according to the Associated General Contractors of America. According
First Niagara completes HSBC conversion
HSBC branches across upstate New York reopened this morning for the first time as First Niagara Bank locations. Buffalo–based First Niagara closed its acquisition of
Alternatives to host author at annual meeting
ITHACA — Alternatives Federal Credit Union will host author Michael Shuman as the featured speaker for its annual meeting June 5. The meeting, open to
ESF students win EPA grant to study fertilizer from animal manure
SYRACUSE — A team of students from the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) will use a $90,000 grant to study the marketability of fertilizer recovered from animal manure. The graduate students, Doug Mayer, Fred Agyeman, and Lee Martin, won the two-year grant through the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA)
Hofmann, Heid’s start distribution, promotion partnership
SYRACUSE — Hot on the heels of the announcement of its new ownership, Hofmann Sausage Company revealed that it has once again started distributing its products directly to the well-known Heid’s of Liverpool hot-dog restaurant. The deal also includes co-promotion of the Hofmann and Heid’s brands through website ads and links. The businesses provided no
“What do you mean, there is more to regulatory compliance than Medicaid or Medicare?” “Why do these government enforcement agencies keep pestering us?” “Don’t they know our budgets are tight and we don’t have time or money for self-policing ourselves?” If you could be a fly on the wall, you could have heard the above
Amendment targets cyber security
ROME — An amendment passed by a Senate committee requires the U.S. Air Force to establish a strategy to strengthen America’s cyber security with new
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