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Oneida Nation joins investor group buying Hofmann Sausage Company
VERONA — The new owners of Hofmann Sausage Company — a group that includes a Dallas businessman and Oneida Nation Enterprises — have big plans to launch the Syracuse–based company into the national and international spotlight. “We’re pretty excited about everything,” says Frank Zaccanelli of Zaccanelli Food Group (ZFG), which acquired Hofmann. Financial terms of […]
Health-care staffing company adds to services offered
UTICA — The Fortus Group, Inc., which has specialized in health-care staffing since the 1990s, has some new offerings on tap for 2012 that it hopes local health-care organizations and providers will find attractive. Michael Maurizio, president and CEO, founded the company in Rome in 1993, providing permanent-placement staffing services, and over the years, the
Nine teams to participate in first year of StartFast
SYRACUSE — The StartFast Venture Accelerator in Syracuse has chosen the nine teams that will participate in this summer’s inaugural StartFast program. The three month
Small business optimism posts increase in April
Optimism increased among small business owners in April, rebounding from a drop in March, according to a monthly index from the National Federation of Independent
Former CEO of furniture supplier joins e2e board
ITHACA — Peter Cohen, a co-managing director of 22 Holdings Corp., is now a member of the board of directors at e2e Materials. 22 Holdings
SOUTH EDMESTON — Greek yogurt maker Chobani is this year’s winner of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s 2012 Entrepreneurial Success of the Year Award. KeyBank,
OnRoute Digital launches mobile-marketing product
SYRACUSE — A new Syracuse company has launched a software platform for mobile marketing that its leaders intend to spread around the country and the world. Co-founders Noel Bonk and Shane Bogardus began working on the company, OnRoute Digital Media, LLC, three years ago. They first met while working together on a project for Bonk’s
M&T CEO details importance of small business to the economy
Small businesses remain a key piece of the U.S. economy, but they are struggling to create as many jobs as they have in the past, M&T Bank Corp (NYSE: MTB) Chairman and CEO Robert Wilmers said. Wilmers focused his April 17 annual message to M&T shareholders on the importance of small businesses and some of
Students take home awards in Panasci competition
SYRACUSE — A website launched in Syracuse in October that now has more than 4,000 users won the first place $25,000 prize in the annual
Business contest winner MicroGen plans for growth
ITHACA — MicroGen Systems, Inc. expects hiring this year in the wake of winning the $200,000 grand prize in the Creative Core Emerging Business Competition. The company, based in Ithaca, plans to add four to five new employees this year to its current staff of five. MicroGen had been a finalist in the Creative Core
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