Some recent tweets that came across the @cnybj Twitter feed, offering various small business, COVID-19, HR, and career tips. SBA @SBAgovBreaking: @SBAJovita announces changes to help borrowers still Read More
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Utica College receives $214K grant from DOJ for cybersecurity program
UTICA — Utica College announced it has been awarded a grant for more than $214,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice to “develop an educational opportunities program in cybersecurity.” The two-year Read More
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Community Memorial Hospital and Madison County Health Department open COVID-19 test site in Hamilton
HAMILTON — Community Memorial Hospital in Hamilton on March 24 opened a testing site for coronavirus (COVID-19). Read More
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Lockheed Martin readies for leadership transition in June when CEO Hewson steps down
Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT) is preparing for a leadership transition. Read More
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Syracuse names Lodato new dean of S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
SYRACUSE — Syracuse University on March 23 announced the selection of Mark J. Lodato as the next dean of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Lodato’s appointment, which was approved by Read More
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Community Fund to help coronavirus-impacted nonprofits nears $1 million
SYRACUSE — As of the afternoon of March 24, the COVID-19 Community Support Fund had collected donations totaling more than $907,000, according to Katrina Crocker, VP of communication at the Central New York Community Foundation. Read More
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U.S. Labor Department publishes guidance on new leave law
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) announced on March 24 its first round of published guidance to offer information to employees and employers about how each can take take adv Read More
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New York home sales edged up nearly 2 percent in February
ALBANY — New York realtors sold 7,563 previously owned homes in February, up 1.7 percent from the 7,437 homes sold in February 2019. Read More
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The Bear Market is Back: What Should Investors Do?
Stay disciplined and seek opportunities to upgrade portfolios. Don’t succumb to panic. After having avoided several near misses, U.S. equities recently fell into bear-market territory for the first t Read More
Health Care & Education
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Cuomo orders hospitals to give spare ventilators, PPE to help downstate ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday said he is ordering hospitals across New York state to turn over ventilators and personal protection equipment (PPE) like masks, gloves, and gowns, that he says they don’t currently need, to help New York City–area facilities facing a surge of COVID-19 patients. Read More -
Coronavirus fallout: Cornell sets hiring, salary freeze ITHACA — Cornell University says it has a plan to help it deal with the financial fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, which has squeezed the revenue streams of the higher-education industry. Read More -
Upstate Medical University seeks recovered COVID-19 patients for “emergency” clinical trial SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Upstate Medical University is seeking people who have recovered from the illness caused by coronavirus to donate plasma in an “emergency” clinical trial to help treat other severely ill patients battling COVID-19. Read More
Construction, Design & Real Estate
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Northeast HVAC Solutions leases 1,000-square-foot office in Syracuse SYRACUSE — Northeast HVAC Solutions, Inc. recently leased 1,000 square feet of office space located at 886 Brighton Avenue East in Syracuse. Read More -
CNY Racing buys DeWitt building for $425K DeWITT — CNY Racing — a screen printing, embroidery, and event accessories provider — recently purchased the 7,200-square-foot freestanding commercial building at 6985 Collamer Road in DeWitt. Read More -
MVHS opens respiratory triage tents outside St. Elizabeth, St. Luke’s campuses UTICA, N.Y. — The Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS) announced it has opened two respiratory triage tents outside the emergency departments (ED) at its two hospital campuses. Read More
Manufacturing & Engineering
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MACNY: State budget includes funding for apprentice program DeWITT, N.Y. — The newly approved state budget includes $750,000 to sustain the manufacturers’ intermediary apprenticeship program (MIAP). Read More -
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FuzeHub opens Build4Scale NY fund for startups, manufacturers ALBANY, N.Y. — FuzeHub announced it has launched a new grant fund as part of its Build4Scale NY initiative. Read More