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Kost Tire to pay nearly $300,000 to settle state AG accusations over customer oil-change fees
Kost Tire Distributors, Inc. will pay the state of New York almost $300,000 to settle accusations that it collected a fee from consumers that state

New York manufacturing index plummets back to negative territory in May
Manufacturing activity in New York state contracted in May after two months of expansion, according to results of the latest Empire State Manufacturing Survey issued

Upstate Medical to use nearly $200,000 in NSF funding to fight Zika virus
Upstate Medical University will use almost $200,000 in grant funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to “treat, prevent and understand” the Zika virus. Researchers

MAS to retain, add jobs after getting state contract extension for Hudson Valley service
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Medical Answering Services, LLC (MAS) will continue providing Medicaid-transportation services to the Hudson Valley region. The New York State Department of Health

Chemung Canal Trust CEO Bentley to retire at year’s-end, COO Tomson to succeed him
ELMIRA, N.Y. — Ronald Bentley, CEO of Chemung Canal Trust Company and Chemung Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: CHMG), plans to retire on Dec. 31. Upon his

New York jobless claims jump nearly 80 percent in latest week
The number of people filing applications for unemployment benefits in New York state soared 79 percent to 33,159 in the week ending May 7 from

New York honey production rises 9 percent in 2015, ranking state in top 10 nationally
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York state generated a 9 percent increase in honey production in 2015, and moved into the top 10 among U.S. states

State comptroller, Syracuse mayor say the city is not “fiscally stressed”
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The City of Syracuse isn’t considered “fiscally stressed.” That’s according to New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s fiscal-stress monitoring system, which gave

RIT president Destler to retire in 2017
HENRIETTA, N.Y. — William Destler, president of the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), announced Monday that he plans to retire at the end of the

Health Foundation leadership-fellows program graduates include 9 from CNY
Nine Central New Yorkers are among 36 graduates in the 2016 class of health-leadership fellows. The Health Foundation for Western & Central New York on
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