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Company news: Brazzlebox relaunches website
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Brazzlebox, a Syracuse company that says it operates a “national community network for small and home-based businesses,” relaunched its website early Tuesday
Café Kubal picked to replace Tim Hortons at Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Advocates for Upstate Medical University has selected Café Kubal to fill the space that Tim Hortons Café & Bake Shop vacated

Syracuse University selects Linda Hartsock to lead Blackstone LaunchPad project
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The woman who served as director of Syracuse University’s Connective Corridor project is now leading a new effort aimed at spurring entrepreneurship
Cortland County real-estate firms to merge this month
CORTLAND, N.Y. — Cortland–based Yaman Real Estate will merge with Cinquanti Real Estate of Homer in a deal that takes effect March 20. The new
CNY unemployment rates decline in January compared to a year ago
Unemployment rates in the Syracuse, Binghamton, Utica–Rome, Ithaca, and Watertown–Fort Drum metro areas fell in January, compared to a year ago, according to the latest

The Owego Kitchen to formally open on March 22
OWEGO, N.Y. — The Owego Kitchen, a new rustic coffee shop and café, announced it will formally open Tuesday, March 22 at its location at

Stewart’s Shops plans to open Baldwinsville store this summer
BALDWINSVILLE — Stewart’s Shops Corp. — a privately-owned, convenience-store chain headquartered near Saratoga Springs — plans to open a new Baldwinsville store this summer, its second location in Onondaga County. Stewart’s Shops has been successful with its first Onondaga County location on Morgan Road in Clay, which opened in October 2014. And the company wants

Utica’s Mothership lands in Bagg’s Square
UTICA — Someone says “mothership,” and you instinctively think of the Alliance Fleet, cuddly robots, Death Stars, and galaxies far distant from the earth. What if I told you that the mothership has landed in Utica’s Bagg’s Square, only this time Luke Skywalker has been replaced by Tim Hardiman and Chris Talgo who are acting

SBA seeks applicants for next class in its Emerging Leaders initiative
SYRACUSE — More than 75 Central New York entrepreneurs have participated in and completed the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Emerging Leaders initiative. And the SBA is now looking for new participants. The agency’s Syracuse district office is recruiting for this year’s training program under its Emerging Leaders initiative for Syracuse–area small businesses. The business-training
The Agency announces four new board members
BINGHAMTON — The board of directors of The Agency, which governs the Broome County Industrial Development Agency and Broome County Local Development Corp., has announced the following four new members for 2016. Richard A. Bucci was appointed to a one-year term on the board that will expire at the end of this year, according to
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