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Highfield answers energy company’s call with expansion
SYRACUSE — A Syracuse–based call-center firm is lined up for growth over the next several months thanks to a new contract with an energy company. Highfield Call Centers, based at 807 N. Salina St. in Syracuse, has signed a contract with a Canadian firm, Superior Plus Corp. (TSX: SPB), and its upstate New York arm, […]
Former Hancock lawyers start new firm, Crisafulli Gorman, PC
FAYETTEVILLE — A new law firm is aiming to tap into the potential of the region’s small, emerging companies. “We really think that this area is headed where they’re headed,” attorney Douglas Gorman says of the region’s startups. “The more we can nurture them and make them our focus the better.” Gorman and his partner,
Small Business Health-Care Credit Alert
Arguably the most sweeping change to U.S. health care since the passage of Medicare and Medicaid is upon us. The combination of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Healthcare and Education Reconciliation Act create myriad changes in health care. Most major provisions will be effective by January 2014, with others being phased
HealtheConnections’ HIE moves past 1 million CNY patient records
SYRACUSE — Central New York’s health information exchange (HIE) now covers patient records for more than 1 million people in its 11-county region, its overseeing
New bill would encourage high-tech growth
SYRACUSE — New legislation pushed by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand aims to encourage the growth of high-tech jobs across the country. Gillibrand announced the America Innovates
SBA names top Central New York lenders in 2012 fiscal year
SYRACUSE — M&T Bank, NBT Bank, Adirondack Bank, and Solvay Bank topped lists of the most active lenders in the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA)
Nortek Powder Coating adds Web store, plans expansion
ROME — A new Web-based service allowing customers to purchase powder paint from Nortek Powder Coating, LLC should accomplish two goals for the Rome company. First, it will allow existing and new customers to order powder paint easily online, sparing the need to make a phone call to place an order. Second, it will free
Countryside Federal becomes SBA 7(a) lender
DeWITT — Countryside Federal Credit Union agreed this morning to participate in the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) main business loan program. Countryside Federal is
N.Y. small business leaders brighten six-month outlook, survey says
New York’s small business owners are more hopeful about their companies’ prospects than they were in the spring, according to a recently released survey. The
SBA guaranteed $923 million in exporter loans in FY2012
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) backed more than $923 million in loans to exporters during the fiscal year 2012, it reported today. Those loans
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