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Danlee Medical Products buys SonicBrite, launches subsidiary
DeWITT — Danlee Medical Products, Inc. of DeWitt on Aug. 21 announced it has signed an agreement to acquire SonicBrite, a brand that is focused on the cleaning and disinfecting of dental appliances. Under the agreement, the SonicBrite brand will operate as SonicBrite, LLC, a subsidiary of Danlee Medical Products, Inc. Danlee Medical didn’t release […]
New tenant arrives at Lyndale Commercial Park
SALINA — A new tenant at the Lyndale Commercial Park puts the facility, once home to Syracuse China, at just over 90 percent capacity, but there is still plenty of room for further development on the 55-acre parcel. River Valley Paper Company — a manager, processor, and exporter of waste paper headquartered in Akron, Ohio

New York egg production rises 8 percent in July
New York farms produced 119 million eggs in July, up 8 percent from the year-ago period, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National

Tech Garden fuels nine firms with Grants for Growth awards
SYRACUSE — The Tech Garden, an affiliate of CenterState CEO, on Aug. 18 provided nine area firms with a financial boost with funding awards through its Grants for Growth program. The Tech Garden awarded nearly $475,000 in the program’s 11th round, the organization said in a news release. The investments will leverage more than $919,000
CNY unemployment rates fall in July compared to a year ago
Unemployment rates in the Syracuse, Binghamton, Utica–Rome, and Ithaca metro areas fell in July, compared to a year ago, according to the latest New York

USDA awards grant funding to Empire Brewing Company, three CNY farms
The federal government is providing Empire Brewing Company of Syracuse a financial boost for its Farmstead Brewery project in Cazenovia. At the same time, grant

USDA: New York crop production primarily projected to increase this year
Farm crop-production prospects for New York state in 2014 are mostly higher compared with a year earlier, according to Blair Smith, state statistician of the

Tech Garden presents nine Grants for Growth awards
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Tech Garden, an affiliate of CenterState CEO, on Monday presented funding awards to nine recipients through its Grants for Growth program.

ANDRO seeks state funding for expansion in Rome
ROME — ANDRO Computational Solutions, LLC of Rome is seeking state funding for an expansion project that company officials hope will serve as the “catalyst of technology-sector growth” in the region. ANDRO used the phrase in a recent news release. The firm in July submitted a consolidated-funding application (CFA) to the Mohawk Valley regional economic-development
NFIB: Small-business optimism edges up in July
The National Federation of Independent Business’ (NFIB’s) latest index of small-business optimism released Aug. 12 found that optimism “technically rose” 0.7 points to 95.7 in July with “little change” in the 10 index components. The outlook for expansion and business-conditions components accounted for the small gain in the index. And even with the improvement, those
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