UTICA — Just about a year after converting his insurance agency, Nor’easter Insurance, into a full-time venture, owner Everett Thompson is moving the business from his home to an office. At the same time, he’s working to get another business up and running.

The company earned $2.5 million, or 69 cents per share, for the quarter, compared with $695,000, or 19 cents, a year ago.

The banking company reported net income of $814,000, or 10 cents per share, compared to $1.1 million, or 14 cents per share, a year ago. Oneida announced its results Friday.

Excellus, Central New York's largest health insurer, released the report today. E-prescribing involves sending prescriptions to pharmacies electronically, instead of writing them out, telephoning, or faxing them.

CAMILLUS — Mang Insurance Agency prevents unruly and inebriated wedding guests, whose overzealous Macarena performance causes them to trip over speaker wires, from cashing in on their idiocy.

According to a Dalbar Financial Services study that tracks investor returns, from 1989 to 2008 the S&P 500 yielded an 8.35-percent return annually. But the average investor only earned 1.87 percent over the same period. This fact deserves restatement