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X official, SU grad to keynote CenterState CEO annual meeting
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A Syracuse University (SU) graduate who works at X, formerly Google[x], will be the keynote speaker for the upcoming 2016 annual meeting

Answer Watertown relocates office
WATERTOWN, N.Y. — Answer Watertown has relocated its office to a 1,600-square-foot space at 522-A Bradley St. in the Jefferson County community. Answer Watertown is
Company news: Brazzlebox relaunches website
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Brazzlebox, a Syracuse company that says it operates a “national community network for small and home-based businesses,” relaunched its website early Tuesday

Syracuse University selects Linda Hartsock to lead Blackstone LaunchPad project
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The woman who served as director of Syracuse University’s Connective Corridor project is now leading a new effort aimed at spurring entrepreneurship
Air Force Research Lab in Rome awards PAR Government $3.4M cyber-defense contract
ROME, N.Y. — Rome Lab has awarded PAR Government Systems Corp. a multi-year, $3.4 million contract for cyber defense work. Rome Lab is known officially

Site-prep work underway for Austrian firm’s facility at Nano Utica site
MARCY, N.Y. — Preliminary site work has started for the upcoming wafer-fabrication facility at the Nano Utica site in Marcy. Austrian–based company ams AG will

Syracuse startup develops fashionable technology that may save pedestrians’ live
SYRACUSE — Exercising outside in the dark can be a safety hazard for pedestrians because drivers can’t see them, especially if they’re wearing dark clothing. A fledgling local business called EB Active may have a solution. EB Active, an activewear company based in Syracuse, recently sent its first product prototype — a jacket with LED

Whitman School starts graduate-degree program in business analytics
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management is launching a graduate-degree program in business analytics, available both online and on campus.

SRC names Hair to new COO position
CICERO, N.Y. — SRC, Inc. has promoted Kevin Hair to the newly created position of chief operating officer. Hair has worked for SRC for more

Lockheed Martin Salina plant to work on radars in contract with Romania
SALINA, N.Y. — The Salina plant of Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT) will work on two new TPS-77 radars for Romania under a new contract
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