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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 […]
ENDICOTT — BAE Systems won a contract to develop and manufacture the actuator control unit for the Boeing KC-46A tanker. The contract is for the
ELMIRA — First-quarter sales and profits were up at Hardinge, Inc., an Elmira–based machine-tool manufacturer. Net sales at the company grew 2 percent during the
Dallas company acquires Hofmann Sausage Co.
VERONA — Dallas-based Zaccanelli Food Group (ZFG), with Oneida Nation Enterprises as lead investor, is the new owner of Hofmann Sausage Co. of Syracuse. The
Report: Social media presents opportunity for health-care groups
About one-third of consumers use social media for health discussions, according to a report released in April by the PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) Health Industries Group.
Peoples Financial profit jumps in first quarter
HALLSTEAD, Pa. — Peoples Financial Services Corp., (OTCBB: PFIS), the parent company of Peoples Neighborhood Bank, reported that net income rose 34.5 percent to $2.4
Homer developer’s vision for Main Street area takes hold
HOMER — Builder and developer Thomas R. Niederhofer has had a vision for refurbishing the North Main Street area of Homer ever since he bought a nearby factory there in the mid-1990s. Now, it’s coming to fruition. Niederhofer, owner and manager of TN Custom Homes, recently invested in the former Briggs Hall Memorial Home, Homer
Orion Bus plant to stop making buses in a year
Exactly how many of the 400 to 500 employees will lose their jobs is still unclear ORISKANY — Daimler Buses North America’s announcement April
PAR Technology profit jumps in 1st quarter
NEW HARTFORD — PAR Technology Corp (NYSE: PAR) reported that its net earnings from continuing operations rose to $1 million, or 7 cents a share,
Local company develops mobile app for golf courses
UTICA — The warm weather of late winter and early spring brought golfers out of hibernation, and one Utica–based company believes it has the next
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