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Sports PT looks for steady growth after ‘year of relocation’
DeWITT — Sports Physical Therapy of New York, PC (Sports PT) is looking forward to solid growth in 2012 after it moved nearly a quarter of its offices last year. The company, which is headquartered at 6319 Fly Road in DeWitt, did not move any of its three Syracuse–area locations in 2011. Last year’s relocations […]
Treasury report: Federal fund increased small business lending in N.Y.
New York banks have increased small business lending by $243.2 million since receiving capital through the federal government’s Small Business Lending Fund (SBLF), according to
Binghamton Airport lands new ground handling service
BINGHAMTON — The Greater Binghamton Airport has a new ground handling service. Eagle Ground Handling, American Eagle’s ground handling business, won a contract to handle
Program to train domestic violence victims in entrepreneurship
SYRACUSE — The WISE Women’s Business Center, Vera House, Inc., and Syracuse University’s South Side Innovation Center (SSIC) are launching a program to help Central
Business Plan Competition finalists named
BINGHAMTON — The Binghamton Local Development Corporation (BLDC) named nine finalists in the 2012 BLDC/Entrepreneurial Assistance Program (EAP) Business Plan Competition. “We had a great
Competitions award seed funding
SYRACUSE — The third annual Emerging Talk event brought 37 startup companies more than $150,000 in seeding funding. The event took place March 29 and
Small business optimism dips in March, halts six-month climb
Small business owners soured on their prospects for the future during March, according to a monthly survey conducted by the National Federation of Independent Business
Nirvana lands SBA loan for new equipment
BOONVILLE — Nirvana, Inc. will receive a $4.3 million Small Business Administration loan to expand the business and create 60 new jobs. The bottled-water company
EI focuses on website marketing
ENDICOTT — With a new website and a new quarterly electronic newsletter, Endicott Interconnect Technologies (EI) is hoping to continue its bounce back from the
Layoff leads to new business venture
VESTAL — After spending 36 years working in the electronics industry, John Giangrieco is finally doing something he always wanted to do — run his own business. Giangrieco spent 34 years working at Universal Instruments, a Conklin–based provider of automation and assembly equipment products for the electronics-manufacturing industry, before the company downsized and left him
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