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Wynit announces companywide job cuts

By: Kevin Tampone

CICERO - Wynit, Inc. announced job cuts at all four of its facilities today, including its headquarters on East Taft Road.

The company, a distributor of computer peripherals and consumer electronics, cut 60 positions total. The firm eliminated 41

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ConMed stock drops on news of earnings revision

UTICA - Shares of ConMed Corp. (NASDAQ: CNMD) tumbled nearly 29 percent this morning after the company announced fourth-quarter earnings would be lower than expected.

Company officials said sales are about 9 percent lower than anticipated due to

DeWitt publisher of trade journals announces expansion

DeWITT - Data Key Communications announced plans today to add 20 new positions, doubling its size.

The company, a publisher of print and Internet-based journals and e-zines for trade associations, is adding staff in the areas of content

Upstate consumer confidence rises slightly in December

Overall consumer confidence in upstate New York rose one point in December to 54.4, according to the latest monthly survey released today by the Siena (College) Research Institute (SRI).

At 59.1, December's current confidence level for Upstate was

Viacom could pull its channels from Time Warner Cable lineup in fee dispute

Cable-television channels such as Nickelodeon, TV Land, MTV, and Comedy Central could go dark in Central New York at 12:01 a.m. on Jan. 1.

The channels' parent company, New York City-based Viacom, Inc. (NYSE: VIA-B), and New York City-based cable

State Comptroller's office completes 216 school audits in 2008

The office of New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli completed 216 school audits in 2008 and remains on track to meet a March 2010 deadline to audit all public schools and Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES).

The comptroller's

Avalon expands range of services

SYRACUSE - Once known as Avalon Copy Centers, a growing Syracuse-based firm changed its name to Avalon Document Services, Inc. last year to more accurately represent all of the services it provides.

As technology evolved and became more important,

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Corporate Interiors Design Specialists finds new home

SYRACUSE - Corporate Interiors Design Specialists, Inc., a local interior design firm, has moved into a building at 4103 New Court Ave. in Syracuse that provides nearly twice as much room as its previous location.

Corporate Interiors used much of

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Annual Report to our Readers

Once each year, I issue a progress report to our readers. To start, let me flash back to February 1986, when I opened The Business Journal office. Our assets consisted of a bridge table and two chairs I borrowed from my mother-in-law, a dial

TEEING OFF / FROM THE EDITOR

New Boss Says All The Right Things Early

It's a position many a business can relate to right now. You have an operation beset by losing - losing money, losing loyal customers, losing battles against key rivals, and getting mired in a losing culture.

Such is the current state of Syracuse

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What's your resolve this year? Will you go all out?

It's another year. Almost a relief isn't it? Good riddance 2008. This year can't be much worse. Or can it? The good news is we're at a point of fresh start, new beginnings. New president. New regime. New ball game. New ideas. New hope. So, what else

People on the Move

Accounting

Fust Charles Chambers LLP, has promoted Melissa Pangaro of Liverpool to senior manager in the firm's audit department. Pangaro is a CPA and joined the firm in 2000 after graduating from Le Moyne College. She specializes in audits of

Top Ranks Lists

The 2008 Book of Lists electronic edition may be downloaded in Excel format. These 57 lists include key business information (when available) such as number of employees, revenue, products/services offered, and top executives for each company.