Small Business

American Biogas begins demonstration projects

SYRACUSE — A Syracuse company has launched demonstration projects at area dairy farms to prove its technology can lower the cost of generating electricity using animal waste. American Biogas Conditio Read More

Tops trying to replace Wegmans at Pond Street location

SYRACUSE  —  Tops Friendly Markets is attempting to open a grocery store on Pond Street in a building that Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. vacated earlier this summer. Tops and its prospective landlord, M Read More

Solar boat company launches in Rome

ROME — The Tamarack Lake Electric Boat Co. officially began assembly of its 10-passenger, solar-assisted electric pontoon boat known as the Loon. The company, which moved from Ontario, Canada to Rome Read More

Catalina Aerospace seeks to fill charter-jet service void in Mohawk Valley

ROME — Starting in mid-September, area businesses and residents will have a local option for chartering a flight. Catalina Aerospace Corp., headquartered in Miami, Fla., is bringing one of its Learje Read More

ConMed to acquire Viking to expand surgical-video offerings

UTICA — ConMed Corp. (NASDAQ: CNMD) announced Aug. 14 it will acquire Westborough, Mass.–based Viking Systems, Inc. (OTCBB: VKNG) for about $22.5 million in a deal to broaden its surgical-video capabi Read More

Wireless Grids in talks with new potential clients

SYRACUSE — A Syracuse University (SU) technology spinoff is aiming to land contracts in a number of new markets in the coming months. Wireless Grids Corp. is in talks with potential clients in bankin Read More

Small-business optimism slips again in July

Sagging earnings underpinned a dip in small-business owners’ optimism in July, according to a monthly index from the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB). The NFIB reported that its Sma Read More

Annese looks to New England

HERKIMER — Annese & Associates, Inc. has been expanding into New England in recent years and company leaders are making plans to open an office there. The firm began its expansion into New Englan Read More

Medical-device firms prepare for new tax

Sound bites erupted with such force after the Supreme Court’s decision on the national health-care reform law that it might have been easy to overlook a new challenge for a local industry. The law in Read More