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Buying influence: What they won’t teach you about politics

Hillary Clinton seems to get into trouble every time she talks about money. She’s a big girl and can find her own way out of the thicket that ensnares her. But she has opened a can of worms. The worms Read More
Digital Edition of the 8/1/14 Business Journal

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Welch Allyn’s PediaVision acquisition could be SPOT-on

SKANEATELES FALLS — On June 3, Welch Allyn Inc., a global medical-diagnostic-device company headquartered in Skaneateles Falls, announced the acquisition of certain assets from PediaVision Holdings, Read More
WYNIT buys Minnesota company for $15 million; nearly doubles sales

CICERO —– On July 9, WYNIT Distribution, LLC, headquartered at 5801 E. Taft Road in the town of Cicero, inked a deal to buy “substantially all of the assets” of the Navarre division of Speed Commerc Read More
OCC signs partnership agreement, offers manufacturing certificate

ONONDAGA — Onondaga Community College (OCC) and Cazenovia College on July 22 signed a “2+2” partnership agreement. The pact allows students at OCC who earn an associate degree to continue their edu Read More
What Do Your Marketing Tools Say About You?

Reading a question and answer article about proper distribution of business cards made me pause to think about my own. Are my business cards good representatives of me and what I do? This led me to ex Read More
N.Y. manufacturing index rises in July to highest mark in four years

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported July 15 that its Empire State Manufacturing Survey general business-conditions index climbed more than six points to 25.9 in July, its highest level in mo Read More
Owner of Albany, Buffalo New Horizons teams up with brother to buy DeWitt location

DeWITT, N.Y. — The DeWitt location of New Horizons Computer Learning Center has new owners. Jason Krolak, the owner of the firm’s locations in Albany and Buffalo, partnered with his brother, Todd, to Read More
POMCO trains 65 new employees to service CO-OP plan

SYRACUSE — POMCO Group, a Syracuse–based third-party administrator of self-funded health-care and risk-management plans, has added 65 new employees at its corporate headquarters as it administers a ne Read More

Business Calendar

Virtual Onboarding Best Practices 1/26/2021 8:15 AM - 1/26/2021 10:00 AM Read More
Central New York Political Leadership Institute (CNY PLI) Information Session 1/26/2021 5:00 PM - 1/26/2021 6:00 PM Read More
BingBizCon 2020 1/28/2021 8:30 AM - 1/28/2021 3:30 PM Read More

Opinion

OPINION: New Yorkers Need a Consistent Recovery Plan to Get the State Back on its Feet In the aftermath of COVID-19 lockdowns, New York’s economic-development and reopening plan has been confusing, inconsistent, and has disregarded objective data and legislative cooperation. In every co Read More
OPINION: How to Reform the Social Security System With Social Security’s finances in the spotlight these days, especially since COVID-19 devastated the U.S. economy, there is no shortage of ideas for how to reform the Social Security System (SS) to r Read More
OPINION: New York Needs Leadership, Cooperation to Weather the Storm The New York Assembly recently reconvened to begin the 2021 legislative session. While the halls of the Capitol were dramatically different due to COVID restrictions, we begin our work with a sense of Read More

Business Mentors

VIEWPOINT: How Younger Workers Can Mentor Older Ones & Move Companies Forward Mentoring usually refers to a manager, executive, or expert ienced employee guiding a younger person in the workplace, helping them acquire knowledge and new skills that foster professional growth. Read More
VIEWPOINT: How Health Care Can Embrace a Digital Transformation It desperately needs one The health-care industry would be better equipped to meet its many challenges if it were more willing to embrace a digital transformation it so desperately needs. Health-car Read More
VIEWPOINT: Businesses were unwilling to change but now they can see 20/20 in 2021 Many business leaders say that change is a good thing, until it is hoisted upon them and they must decide to change or die. I’m a little tired of hearing the term “new normal,” but the economy, the w Read More

People on the Move

JOSEPH E. ROCCO, III Bowers & Company CPAs, PLLC has named JOSEPH E. ROCCO, III an audit partner in the Syracuse office of the firm. He graduated from Hartwick College with a bachelor’s degree in accounting, with a mi Read More
The Bonadio Group The Bonadio Group’s Syracuse office has promoted the following in-charge accountants to the role of senior accountant as of Jan. 1: LULU ZHANG, commercial team; BENJAMIN NOVAK, health care tax-exempt Read More
DANA NICOLETTI Pinckney Hugo Group has hired DANA NICOLETTI as an assistant account manager. Prior to joining Pinckney Hugo, she gained experience in marketing at American Food & Vending Corp. Nicoletti has a ba Read More