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Lourdes completes $70M Mission 2012 project
BINGHAMTON — After three years and $70 million, Lourdes Hospital completed its Mission 2012 project and celebrated with an open house at the new facility
Hardinge reports improved first quarter
ELMIRA — Machine-tool manufacturer Hardinge, Inc. continued its return to profitability with a strong first quarter in which profit jumped and sales edged up. Hardinge
Bankers Healthcare Group reaches $1 billion in loans
SYRACUSE — Reaching $1 billion in loans is just another milestone for a company that has averaged 2,526 percent growth over the last decade. This sustained expansion has earned Bankers Healthcare Group, Inc. (BHG) continued recognition on Inc. magazine’s list of the fastest-growing companies in America. BHG is a private-equity corporation that originates, funds, and
Busy summer construction season set for SUNY Oswego
OSWEGO — The State University of New York (SUNY) Oswego will be humming with construction activity this summer as the school nears the end of a $300 million expansion plan that began in 2008. This summer, a $17.2 million project will begin that will connect Oswego’s two School of Education buildings. The university’s Park Hall,
American Granby seeks growth in Canada
CLAY — American Granby Inc. has a new pipeline into Canada. It’s a line laid on March 20, when American Granby owner John Lowe acquired a group of five Canadian companies based in Burnaby, British Columbia, near Vancouver. The Canadian firms will give American Granby, a Clay–based distributor, access to an enlarged distribution network north
Currier Plastics ready to start expansion in Auburn
Plans to add 50 new jobs over three years AUBURN — Currier Plastics, Inc. is moving forward on a 55,000-square-foot expansion project that was in limbo at the end of last year. The project is nearing a groundbreaking after Empire State Development awarded the Auburn manufacturer a $750,000 Economic Transformation Grant — a grant
New York manufacturing conditions improve in May
Business activity on New York’s factory floors picked up in May, according to a monthly survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The general business conditions index in the New York Fed’s May Empire State Manufacturing Survey jumped 10.5 points to 17.1. That indicates manufacturing activity expanded at a “moderate” pace, according to
Seminar: Uncertainty remains regarding health-care reform
Employers have plenty of changes to keep track of this year due to the 2010 federal health-care reform law, even though it faces an uncertain future, according to speakers at a health-care seminar May 11 in Syracuse. “Two years into it, we’re still left with a lot of uncertainty and a lot of court challenges,”
Venture Forum draws 300 to Buffalo
More than 30 companies from around the state participated this week in the 2012 Venture Forum in Buffalo. The event, which took place Wednesday and
MVP expands self-funded insurance offerings to mid-sized businesses
MVP Health Care, Inc. has seen plenty of interest after launching a self-funded insurance option for mid-sized businesses, according to the Schenectady–based insurer’s vice president of corporate affairs. The mid-sized self-funded insurance option, which MVP launched in March under the name SelectSuite, targets companies with between 51 employees and 149 employees. MVP hadn’t previously offered
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