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Upstate consumer sentiment slides in March

The cold weather of the winter season and the heating bills that followed may have hindered upstate New York consumers’ willingness to spend in March, according to an analyst at Siena College who trac Read More

Chemung Financial board adds Tranter, Tyrell as new directors

ELMIRA — Chemung Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: CHMG) announced it has added G. Thomas Tranter, Jr., of Horseheads, and Thomas R. Tyrrell, of Loudonville, to the board of directors of Chemung Financial and Read More

How the Little Guys Can Win In Today’s David-and-Goliath Business World

Before the Internet, small companies didn’t stand a chance against the Goliaths. That’s because no war can be won without intelligence and, before the digital era, collecting actionable data and info Read More

Mergers and Consolidations: An Opportunity for Today’s Nonprofits

During the economic downturn that began around 2008 and continued for several years, mergers and acquisitions between for-profit businesses slowed significantly. However, mergers, consolidations, and Read More

Mackenzie Hughes forms practice group to help employers who hire foreign nationals

SYRACUSE — An increasing number of foreign nationals are coming to the United States for jobs these days, and that means employers hiring them need to be on top of the regulations and paperwork requir Read More

EBRI survey: Retirement-savings confidence rebounds

Americans’ confidence in their ability to afford a comfortable retirement has recovered somewhat from the record lows of the past five years. That’s according to the 24th annual Retirement Confidence Read More

NY State of Health says more than 865,000 sign up

More than 865,000 New Yorkers enrolled for health-insurance coverage through NY State of Health, the state’s health-insurance marketplace, according to a news release on the marketplace website on the Read More

Every Business Owner Should Start a 401(k) plan

In President Obama’s new budget proposal, he suggested taxing the historically pretax 401(k) contributions of about half a million people. Some business owners are reticent to start defined-contribut Read More

Complying with the Nonprofit Revitalization Act’s rules

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the Nonprofit Revitalization Act of 2013 last December. Even though the law represented the first major revisions to New York Not-For-Profit Corporation law in ov Read More