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Fastrac Markets opens new store in Pulaski

PULASKI — Fastrac Markets, an upstate New York chain of gas station/convenience stores, has opened a new store in the village of Pulaski. Fastrac last fall acquired the property at 3821 Rome Road, which was formerly home to a Nice N Easy store, Jim Allen, Fastrac’s VP of marketing, tells CNYBJ in an email. The […]

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Lockheed Martin wins $25M add-on to undersea warfare combat system contract

Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) Rotary and Mission Systems unit has recently awarded a nearly $25.4 million modification to a previously awarded contract from the U.S. Navy.  It will exercise an option and provide incremental funding in support of the continued development, integration, and production of the Navy’s AN/SQQ-89A(V)15 Surface Ship Undersea Warfare (USW) System, the U.S.

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New York manufacturing index declines in July

Reading still shows “robust growth in the industry” The Empire State Manufacturing survey general business-conditions index dipped more than 2 points to 22.6 in July from 25 in June, which was an eight-month high.  The latest reading still indicates that manufacturing business activity “continued to grow at a fairly brisk pace in New York” in

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Upstate, statewide consumer sentiment rises in Q2

Consumer sentiment in upstate New York was measured at 90.7 in the second quarter of 2018, up 6.8 points from the last reading of 83.9 in the first quarter of 2018. That’s according to the latest quarterly survey of upstate and statewide consumer sentiment that the Siena Research Institute (SRI) released July 11.  Upstate’s overall sentiment

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Menter, Rudin & Trivelpiece to combine with Barclay Damon

SYRACUSE — Barclay Damon LLP on July 17 announced that the lawyers and staff of Menter, Rudin & Trivelpiece, P.C. are joining the firm, effective Aug. 1. The Menter firm’s 31 employees, including 14 attorneys, will become part of Barclay Damon, the firm tells CNYBJ. Nine of its 14 lawyers are joining Barclay Damon as

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M&T Bank rolls out new services for small businesses

M&T Bank (NYSE: MTB), which banks number one in deposit market share in the 16-county Central New York area, on June 19 announced a series of new and upcoming services for its small-business customers. They include a new online business-loan application, new business credit cards, and a new business cash-management platform.  Online-lending platform  M&T Bank

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New NFIB state director hears similar concerns as in last job

Former Unshackle Upstate leader tackles related issues ROCHESTER — Two weeks into his new job, NFIB New York State Director Greg Biryla says he is hearing many of the same concerns that he heard when he was executive director of Unshackle Upstate. “It’s tax-burden issues, regulatory issues,” he says in a July 13 phone interview

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Diversifying Outside of Your Small Business

Small-business owners are especially vulnerable to a dangerous investment practice: under-diversification.  For many, their business represents the lion’s share of their net worth. With fortunes riding largely on the success or failure of a single business in a single industry, business owners are exposed to heightened levels of investment risk. Recognizing that risk and understanding

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Watertown, Cortland to use DRI funding for small-biz projects

Both Watertown and Cortland plan to use a portion of their respective $10 million funding awards in the state’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative (DRI) on projects to help small businesses. The projects involve both funding and spaces for operations. The office of Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the projects for Watertown on July 11 and the initiatives for

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What to know about using technology for your company’s benefits administration

Human resources has slowly moved away from being a paper driven industry to an automated, system-driven one. Not all organizations know how to tell if a “system” is right for them, though. In some companies, the current way of doing things is steeped in tradition and the thought of abandoning the familiar is daunting. Factor

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