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US Capital Partners provides $1.5 million term loan for World of Beer franchise
US Capital Partners, LLC has provided a $1.5 million term loan for multiple franchise locations of World of Beer, a chain of craft-beer bars with

Tara Lynn named executive director of Skaneateles Chamber
SKANEATELES — Tara Lynn, director of alumni affairs at Cornell University’s Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, has been named executive director of the Skaneateles Area Chamber

StartFast Venture Accelerator to move to Madden School of Business at Le Moyne College
SYRACUSE — StartFast Venture Accelerator, LLC a startup accelerator currently operating in downtown Syracuse, has reached an agreement with Le Moyne College to move its operations into the Madden School of Business in 2015. Le Moyne College announced the agreement in a news release on April 16. Launched in 2012, StartFast Venture Accelerator LLC is
NFIB Research Foundation: Health-insurance tax to cost 152,000 to 286,000 private-sector jobs
The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Research Foundation recently released an updated study showing what it says are the “significant number of jobs” that will be lost by the national health-insurance tax (HIT) that is part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Using independent cost estimates, the Research Foundation’s BSIM (business-size impact module) predicts the rise in cost
Cuomo launches Business Mentor NY online platform to support small businesses
New York has a new online platform for Business Mentor NY, the state’s hands-on mentoring program designed to help spur growth among New York entrepreneurs
Renovations complete at Auburn Doubledays’ home field
AUBURN — Crews have completed renovations to the playing surface of Leo A. Pinckney Field at Falcon Park in Auburn, so the field is ready
Auburn Doubledays add four to front-office staff
AUBURN — The Auburn Doubledays, single-A, short-season affiliate of Major League Baseball’s Washington Nationals, today announced the hiring of four summer employees in the team’s

Miner, Maffei call for more broadband access for Syracuse
SYRACUSE — A new local coalition will advocate for more broadband-Internet access for Syracuse. The coalition, the Alliance for Reliable, Competitive High speed Internet (ARCH),

The Kitchen Store to formally open in Owego next Tuesday
OWEGO — The Kitchen Store, Inc. has relocated to Owego from Apalachin and is ready to formally mark the occasion. The Tioga County Chamber of

SBA honors five Onondaga County businesses
SYRACUSE — The Syracuse district office of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) on May 5 honored the achievements of five local businesses with excellence awards. The SBA and the New York Business Development Corporation hosted the 16th annual luncheon to recognize the accomplishments of local small businesses at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in
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