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Dolgon: Crunch playoff run good for Syracuse economy, market visibility

SYRACUSE — The Syracuse Crunch is still dropping the puck on what has been, so far, an undefeated hockey post season. The Crunch on May 17 earned a berth in the American Hockey League’s (AHL) Eastern Conference final, completing a four-game sweep of the Springfield Falcons. The team had earlier swept its first-round opponent, the

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Samolises buy Wells & Coverly building, launch new venture

SYRACUSE — The owner of a local event-planning company and her husband have acquired a building in downtown Syracuse and have plans to launch an additional, separate venture. Nicole Samolis, president of The Events Company at 230 Harrison St., and her husband, Kevin Samolis, the firm’s chief of staff, have acquired the Wells & Coverly

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SWK Technologies pursues possible new CNY acquisition

SALINA — SWK Technologies, Inc., a Livingston, N.J.–based business-software reseller with an office in Salina, is working to add to its presence in the Central New York market. But the firm isn’t yet to ready to divulge all the details. “We are actively looking and we have one we’re actively starting negotiations with in the

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Cuomo launches tax-free zones near college campuses to attract start-ups

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on May 22 unveiled Tax-Free NY, an initiative intended to “transform” university campuses statewide into tax-free zones that attract start-ups, venture capital, new business, and investments from around the world. Tax-Free NY offers new businesses the chance to operate completely tax free, including no income tax for employees and no sales, property,

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CNY unemployment rates decline in April

Unemployment rates in the Syracuse, Binghamton, and Utica–Rome regions fell last month, compared to a year ago. The New York State Labor Department on May 21 issued the preliminary local-area unemployment rates for April 2013. The jobless rate in Syracuse was 7.7 percent, down from 8.2 percent in April 2012. The rate in the Utica–Rome

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Support provider Tech Geekery gets a reboot

SYRACUSE — Tech Geekery, Inc., which provides technical-support assistance and training on computers and iPhones, is a startup that’s a reincarnation of a business one of its co-owners had launched back in 2009. With downtown operations based at the Syracuse Technology Garden, Tech Geekery is a mobile service that provides assistance that could include installing

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Glyphr launches reality shopping

Glyph: A symbolic figure engraved or incised; a symbol that imparts information non-verbally. — American Heritage Dictionary   SYRACUSE — “Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don’t know which half.” The quip is attributed to John Wanamaker, a department-store mogul considered to be the father of modern advertising

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