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BizEventz names the 40 under FORTY class of 2016
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — BizEventz, a company in the Business Journal News Network, has announced the 40 under FORTY class of 2016. This awards program recognizes
Restaurant vet opens her own place — Dani’s Dessert & Wine Bar
BALDWINSVILLE — After working in the restaurant business for 13 years, Tammy Panebianco decided to strike out on her own and open her own eatery this spring. On April 22, she opened Dani’s Dessert & Wine Bar at 56 Oswego St. in the village of Baldwinsville — in the former location of dessert restaurant Lala
CNY region unemployment rates decline in July from a year ago
Unemployment rates in the Syracuse, Binghamton, Utica–Rome, Ithaca, and Watertown–Fort Drum metro areas fell in July, compared to a year prior, according to the latest
Max Cohen has a nose for promotion
OLD FORGE — Max Cohen has a nose for business. He also has a nose for how to draw a crowd. To help drive attendance at the Old Forge Home Show held July 30-31, Cohen convinced KCBS to certify his Great Adirondack BBQ Festival, held on the grounds adjacent to the Home Show. The barbeque
Donaghey to receive Greater Baldwinsville Chamber Business Person of the Year award
BALDWINSVILLE — Barbara Donaghey has been selected to receive the 2016 Greater Baldwinsville Chamber of Commerce (GBCC) Business Person of the Year award. She will
Smith Market wins $25,000 prize in Community Foundation’s Impact Opportunity Challenge
UTICA, N.Y. — The Community Foundation of Herkimer & Oneida Counties, Inc. has selected Smith Market as the winner of its $25,000 Impact Opportunity Challenge.
Small-group market health-insurance rates in N.Y. to rise 8% in 2017
Health-insurance premiums in the Empire State’s small-group market will rise by an average 8.3 percent in 2017, the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS), which regulates the state’s insurance market, announced Aug. 5. Health insurers had requested an average rate increase of 12.3 percent, DFS said in a news release. Premium rates for
Entrepreneur Holdrege builds an idea into Idea Kraft
BINGHAMTON — Ewelina Zajac came to America as a college-exchange student in 2002. She spent the summer at Scott’s Family Resort on Oquaga Lake, before returning to her native Poland to complete a master’s degree with honors in industrial and graphic design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw. She graduated on a Thursday
New York is investing $5 million to help create hub for upstate drone industry
New York will make an “initial” $5 million investment to help ongoing efforts to create a hub for unmanned-aerial system (UAS) “innovation” and manufacturing in upstate New York. The funding seeks to “support and grow the emerging” UAS industry in the upstate region, the office of Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Aug. 2. Unmanned-aerial systems are
Startup firm Bojaga Studios’ farmstand location app is almost ready for iPhone
SYRACUSE — Bojaga Studios, a startup company that is a virtual tenant at the Syracuse Technology Garden, has a mobile-phone application (app) that will soon be available for iPhones. The app, called Farmstand Finder, is already available for Android devices, says Alexander (Alex) Jones, the fledgling firm’s chief information officer. It’ll be available for the
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