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Starting a business on a bus

Ithaca College professor participates in StartupBus entrepreneurial competition Launching a startup is hard enough, never mind doing it with complete strangers. And, on a bus with spotty Internet access, in 72 hours. That’s exactly how Ithaca College Professor Adam Peruta spent three days in March as part of the StartupBus entrepreneurial competition. Ten different groups set

Bonadio Group stays focused on expansion, expects more mergers

SYRACUSE — Growth in Central New York continues to be a priority for accounting firm The Bonadio Group, even after it acquired the Syracuse operations of Philadelphia–based ParenteBeard last year. The deal added all 25 people from ParenteBeard’s Syracuse office, including four partners, to bring Bonadio’s total work force in Syracuse to 55. The Bonadio

Different decades headline 10th annual WISE Symposium

SYRACUSE — Lunchtime at this year’s Women Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship (WISE) Symposium will span nine decades. That is, women in nine different decades of life will take part in a roundtable discussion starting at 12:30 p.m. at the April 3 symposium. Ages represented in the discussion will range from the 10s — a

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CSI/SBE Construction Outlook 2012 offers some optimism

DeWITT  —  Speakers at this year’s local Construction Outlook conference took on a more hopeful tone than in previous years, Stephen Poplarski said at the close of the event. “From what I’ve seen and heard today from our speakers, I think the outlook is much brighter than it has been in the last four years,”

New iSchool certificate takes on big data

SYRACUSE — A new certificate at the Syracuse University School of Information Studies (iSchool) aims to give students the tools to analyze the massive amounts of information generated pretty much everywhere in the modern world. The school announced the certificate March 21. It’s the first state-approved certificate of advanced study in the topic area of

The income gap: Reframing the debate

In his January State of the Union address, President Barack Obama declared that the American dream was under siege. The president promised to shrink the income gap between rich and poor, calling it “the defining issue of our time … No challenge is more urgent. No debate is more important.” The president continued, “We can

Andrew Cuomo: A report card

Bravo! As I write this editorial, the pundits are 99 percent certain that our elected officials will present us with another on-time budget for New York State. Kudos to Gov. Andrew Cuomo for encouraging the state legislature to complete its work in a timely fashion. Of course, the governor made it clear that he would

Syracuse Behavioral Healthcare purchases Learbury Centre

SYRACUSE  — Syracuse Behavioral Healthcare (SBH) has acquired the Learbury Centre at 329 N. Salina St. in a deal that closed March 21. The purchase gives SBH, which provides treatment and rehabilitation services for people with drug and alcohol addictions, a new home for its Syracuse outpatient clinic. And in 2013 the nonprofit organization plans

First Niagara plans push on small-business banking

First Niagara Financial Group (NASDAQ: FNFG) is planning a new focus on small-business banking. “It’s an untapped market for us,” First Niagara Retail Banking Director Scott Fisher says. “We were missing a slice of the market.” The Buffalo–based banking company added a new team of 40 bankers throughout its footprint who will focus on small

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