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Leadership Greater Syracuse announces Class of 2018
DeWITT, N.Y. — Leadership Greater Syracuse (LGS), a nonprofit offering a yearlong civic-engagement training program, has announced its 54-person class of 2018. The DeWitt-based organization

Tioga Downs formally opens new hotel in Nichols
NICHOLS, N.Y. — Tioga Downs has formally opened the new hotel at its racing, casino gaming, and entertainment complex in Nichols in Tioga County. Lt.

Ithaca–based law firm Blumkin & Finlay joins Coughlin & Gerhart
Joy A. Blumkin and Marcie A. Finlay have become “of counsel” to Coughlin & Gerhart and will remain in their current offices in the Gateway
People news: Herkimer College appoints Luppino as assistant director of campus safety
HERKIMER, N.Y. — Herkimer College announced it has named Martin Luppino assistant director of campus safety. Luppino will assist the college’s director of campus safety

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University will use a donation of $3.5 million for “significant” renovations to Archbold Gymnasium. The improvements will include the creation of
Greater Utica Chamber names 15 finalists for 2017 Business of the Year Awards
UTICA, N.Y. — The Greater Utica Chamber of Commerce has announced the 15 finalists for its 2017 Business of the Year Awards. The organization will
People news: Citizens Bank adds Bliek to Rochester corporate banking team
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Citizens Bank announced it has hired Bill Bliek to expand its corporate banking team in Rochester and Western New York. Bliek has
Here are some recent tweets that came across the @cnybj Twitter feed, offering various business, career, personal, and digital/social-media tips. Dawn Gribble / Virtual Solutions @Dawn_VirtualSDealing With Negative Reviews https://goo.gl/YFGk47 #Business #Tips #Review Robert Half MR @RobertHalfMRIt’s hard to assess the performance of your #accounting & #finance function without some way to measure & compare
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Here are some recent tweets that came across the @cnybj Twitter feed, offering various business, career, personal, and digital/social-media tips.
Dawn Gribble / Virtual Solutions @Dawn_VirtualS
Dealing With Negative Reviews https://goo.gl/YFGk47 #Business #Tips #Review
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It’s hard to assess the performance of your #accounting & #finance function without some way to measure & compare it to what other companies are doing. That’s why we created this report: http://ow.ly/gLnC30gEFCu
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What Kind Of Posts Should A Business Blog Have? http://bit.ly/2zHnT9Q via @amandamricks
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Use these 5 smart tips to help your #smallbiz succeed at #blogging: http://xsoc.so/151305
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M&T Bank to pay quarterly dividend of 75 cents a share in late December
M&T Bank Corp. (NYSE: MTB) recently announced that it has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 75 cents per share on its common stock. The dividend will be payable on Dec. 29 to shareholders of record at the close of business on Dec. 1. The dividend amount is the same that the Buffalo–based banking company
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M&T Bank Corp. (NYSE: MTB) recently announced that it has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 75 cents per share on its common stock.
The dividend will be payable on Dec. 29 to shareholders of record at the close of business on Dec. 1.
The dividend amount is the same that the Buffalo–based banking company has paid in each quarter of 2017, after it boosted the dividend by 5 cents a share, or 7 percent, from the previous 70 cents a share that M&T had paid quarterly since September 2007.
M&T Bank in mid-October reported that its net income in this year’s third quarter totaled
$356 million, up 2 percent from the $350 million it generated in the third quarter of 2016.
The banking company operates branches in New York, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Connecticut, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia.
M&T Bank ranks number one in deposit market share in the 16-county Central New York area.
Dr. David M. Albala, medical director of Associated Medical Professionals (AMP), was recently elected to LUGPA’s 2018 board of directors. Albala oversees the clinical operations of 30 physicians at AMP, the organization said in a news release. He is also chief of urology at Crouse Hospital, where he focuses on robotic, laparoscopic, stone, and endourological
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Dr. David M. Albala, medical director of Associated Medical Professionals (AMP), was recently elected to LUGPA’s 2018 board of directors.
Albala oversees the clinical operations of 30 physicians at AMP, the organization said in a news release. He is also chief of urology at Crouse Hospital, where he focuses on robotic, laparoscopic, stone, and endourological research.
LUGPA (lugpa.org) is an association representing independent urology group practices in the U.S. It includes more than 2,300 physicians who make up over one-fourth of the nation’s practicing urologists, and provide more than 30 percent of the total urologic care in the U.S. Albala is the associate editor of Reviews in Urology, the official journal of LUGPA.
“Dr. Albala’s diverse background in both academic medicine and private practice has thoroughly prepared him to assist this organization in furthering urologic collaboration, cooperation and commitment,” Celeste Kirschner, CEO of LUGPA, said in the release.
Albala was previously director of minimally invasive and robotic urologic surgery at Duke University Medical Center. He received his doctorate from Michigan State University after obtaining his bachelor’s degree from Lafayette College.
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