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New York manufacturing index in November hits highest level in a year
The general-business conditions index of the Empire State Manufacturing Survey rose 8 points to 18.7 in November, its fourth positive reading in the past five
BiRed Imaging wins $10K Rothschild Award for AI-powered breast-cancer screening technology
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — BiRed Imaging Inc. on Wednesday night was selected as the winner of the $10,000 Alan W. Rothschild Innovation Award at the Biotech
New IAED leader begins duties in January
ITHACA, N.Y. — Ithaca Area Economic Development (IAED) describes its next president as someone who brings more than three decades of economic-development experience across the U.S. and a “proven track record of attracting business investment” to the role. IAED on Nov. 4 announced it has selected Kurt Foreman to lead the organization beginning in January
PAR Technology posts narrower net loss in third quarter
NEW HARTFORD, N.Y. — PAR Technology Corporation (NYSE: PAR) recently reported a net loss of nearly $18.2 million for the third quarter ending Sept. 30. It was a narrower loss than the more than $19.8 million loss (or almost $20.7 million for continuing operations only) that the New Hartford–based company posted in the third quarter
The Agency starts planning process for manufacturing workforce-training center
DICKINSON, N.Y. — The Broome County Industrial Development Agency (The Agency) on Nov. 12 issued a request for qualifications and proposals (RFQ/RFP) to plan the creation of a regional advanced manufacturing workforce-training center. The Agency describes it as a “first-of-its-kind facility designed to strengthen the Southern Tier’s growing innovation and manufacturing economy.” The proposed hub
ANDRO wins patents in cyber/electromagnetics technologies
ROME, N.Y. — The United States Patent Office recently awarded ANDRO Computational Solutions, LLC of Rome two utility patents in the area of wireless cyber, command/control, and communications networking that exploits novel radio frequency machine learning operations (RFMLOps) technologies. The patented invention, titled, “Radio Frequency Fingerprinting Using Attentional Machine Learning” (U.S. Patent No. 12,369,038) applies
Tompkins Financial boosts quarterly dividend by nearly 5 percent
ITHACA ,N.Y. — Tompkins Financial Corp. (NYSE: TMP) recently announced that its board of directors has approved payment of a regular quarterly cash dividend of 65 cents per share for the fourth quarter, up 4.8 percent from the 62 cents it paid last quarter. The new dividend was payable on Nov. 14, to common shareholders
Pathfinder Bancorp posts profit improvement in Q3
OSWEGO, N.Y. — Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: PBHC), the holding company for Pathfinder Bank, reported net income attributable to common shareholders of $626,000, or 10 cents per share, in the third quarter of this year. That’s a significant improvement from $31,000, or less than 1 cent a share, in the second quarter of this year,
Greek Peak Mountain Resort begins making snow ahead of new ski season
VIRGIL, N.Y. — Greek Peak Mountain Resort says it started making snow on Monday evening, Nov. 10, ahead of the upcoming 2025-2026 ski season. The effort continued into the following day with coverage on the Karyatis Way, Meadow, Platonic, Lower Platonic, Elysian Fields, Stoic, and Odyssey trails, as well as the tubing hill. Greek Peak
Ithaca–based startup wins grand prize in FuzeHub commercialization competition
ITHACA, N.Y. — A startup company based in Ithaca captured the $150,000 grand prize in FuzeHub’s 2025 commercialization competition, which was held as part of
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