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Patent activity increases in Syracuse area
Patent applications and the number of patents issued in the Syracuse area rose in the second quarter to record high levels, according to an analysis
Chobani opens yogurt bar in SoHo
NEW BERLIN — The latest project for the Greek yogurt maker Chobani is Chobani SoHo, a yogurt bar that opened July 25 in New York
MedTech president to depart next week
SYRACUSE — MedTech President Heather Erickson is leaving the organization after nearly eight years. Erickson will leave MedTech Aug. 1. She has been named CEO
High school students to receive business training
SYRACUSE — Some local high school students will spend this week in entrepreneurship training and mentoring with the Martin J. Whitman School of Management at
ITHACA — A local software development company has added more than 100 employees in the past three years, and by the end of 2012 expects to reach more than $15 million in revenue. Around 2009, Envisage Information Systems, which provides recordkeeping systems and other software products for the retirement industry, had about 30 employees and
retz advertising + design draws inspiration from new home
SYRACUSE — Donald Retz says his firm’s new headquarters on Syracuse’s Burnet Avenue is an ideal backdrop for the company. “Creatively, it’s inspiring to us,” says Retz, owner and creative director of retz advertising + design. “I love the noise of Interstate 690. It clears my head. It feels like you’re in Manhattan. For me,
Houston company to acquire NYSEG Solutions, Energetix
BINGHAMTON — Houston-based Direct Energy, will acquire NYSEG Solutions, Inc. and Energetix, Inc., both wholly owned subsidiaries of Iberdrola USA for $110.2 million in cash
Deadline for state funding applications approaches
The deadline for project applications in the second round of the state’s Regional Council initiative is Monday, according to the Central New York Regional Economic
Small-business owners slash optimism in June
Small-business owners’ plans to hire dried up in June, helping to cause a monthly optimism index to sag to its lowest level since October 2011. The Small Business Optimism Index, measured by the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), slipped 3 points to 91.4 in June. It hit its lowest point since registering 90.2 last
Small business optimism dives in June
Small business owners’ optimism plunged to its lowest level since last fall with a three-point drop in June, according to a monthly reading from the
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