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Upstate Medical to use $8 million donation for health and wellness complex
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Upstate Medical University and the Upstate Foundation will use an $8 million dollar donation for an eight-floor, 360,000-square-foot health and wellness complex.

Schneiderman sues Syracuse real-estate firm for alleged “deed theft and mortgage-rescue scam”
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A Syracuse real-estate firm is facing a lawsuit for an alleged “deceptive scheme to trick New Yorkers into turning over ownership of

CenterState CEO hires Lawler as VP of finance
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — CenterState CEO, the region’s primary economic-development organization and chamber of commerce, announced it has recently appointed Amy Lawler as its VP of
Health-Care Career Moves – November 2017
CHILDREN’S HOME OF JEFFERSON COUNTYMICHELLE L. MONNAT, the Children’s Home of Jefferson County’s (CHJC) director of systems administration, has been elected to serve on the

CEO TALK: UnitedHealthcare NY CEO discusses integration of former POMCO Group as UMR
SYRACUSE — Following its acquisition this past spring by UnitedHealth Group Inc. (NYSE: UNH) POMCO Group is now operating under the UMR brand. POMCO Group

20th Anniversary 40 under Forty awards event draws crowd of 470
ONONDAGA, N.Y. — More than 470 people attended the 20th edition of the popular 40 under Forty awards event Thursday evening at the SRC Arena

Rescue Mission appoints Sieburg as next CEO
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The board of directors of the Rescue Mission has appointed Dan Sieburg as the organization’s next CEO. Sieburg succeeds Alan Thornton, who
Report: Most CNY regions added jobs in the past 12 months
The Syracuse, Ithaca, Utica–Rome, Binghamton, and Watertown–Fort Drum regions all posted job gains in the last year, while the Elmira area bucked the trend with
Here are some recent tweets that came across the @cnybj Twitter feed, offering various business, career, personal, and digital/social-media tips. NFIB @NFIB Don’t let high #startup costs keep you from your dream of owning a #smallbiz. Tips to keep costs under control: http://bit.ly/2jmFHQL Maria Johnsen @iMariaJohnsen If you have a #business setback. It’s not the
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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.
NFIB @NFIB
Don’t let high #startup costs keep you from your dream of owning a #smallbiz. Tips to keep costs under control: http://bit.ly/2jmFHQL
Maria Johnsen @iMariaJohnsen
If you have a #business setback. It’s not the end of the world. don’t condemn yourself. You’re not a failure. You took a step of faith & the doors are closed. That means you’re one step closer to the opened door. #motivation
Vanessa Dunford @vaniccilondon
http://ow.ly/3fH330gx4oU 7 things you should do to be a real leader #entrepreneur #business #success #tips
Workopolis @Workopolis
15 things to help motivate you on a Monday courtesy of @careersherpa http://ow.ly/F2jE30gxOwk #motivationmonday
Becky Frankiewicz @beckyfrankly
40% of employers are having greater difficulty filling jobs this year than last; how can we shift the needle? The answer: #CareerDevelopment: https://goo.gl/Ec3P1b pic.twitter.com/bBSVxmwzSw
Inc. @Inc
7 simple habits for becoming a more helpful person: http://on.inc.com/2yXw2qW
Mitch Mitchell @Mitch_M
Business #Writing For #Consultants http://pcaofcny.com/consulting/business-writing-for-consultants …
Richard Tieman @RichTiem
3 Ways to Increase #Twitter Followers While on the Go http://bit.ly/1Iyky5J #Smallbiz
Paul Howey @Paul_Howey
If your website isn’t optimized for mobile, then you’re neglecting a massive number of customers online who find everything they need on their phones. Learn more here: http://ow.ly/9Ndm30gx21h
Eastwood Consulting @EastwoodConsult
Here’s a very useful #LinkedIn article on “12 of the Best Social Media Monitoring Tools to Consider” http://bit.ly/2yKIvML #socialmedia
GEI Consultants renews lease for 3,700-square-foot Ithaca office
ITHACA — GEI Consultants, Inc. recently renewed its lease of 3,708 square feet of office space at 1301 Trumansburg Road in Ithaca. Rick Searles and Brian Tennant, of CBRE/Syracuse, and Alex Plaisted, of CBRE/New England, represented GEI, according to a CBRE news release. Lease terms were not disclosed. GEI Consultants says it is a consulting
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ITHACA — GEI Consultants, Inc. recently renewed its lease of 3,708 square feet of office space at 1301 Trumansburg Road in Ithaca.
Rick Searles and Brian Tennant, of CBRE/Syracuse, and Alex Plaisted, of CBRE/New England, represented GEI, according to a CBRE news release. Lease terms were not disclosed.
GEI Consultants says it is a consulting engineering and environmental firm with more than 800 staff and 38 offices nationwide. The firm’s other upstate New York office is in Amherst, near Buffalo.
GEI, which is employee-owned, provides engineering and technical services to a range of private and public-sector clients domestically and abroad. The firm was founded in 1970.
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