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	Earnings dip at Oneida Financial by Traci DeLore
	Second-quarter earnings were down at Oneida Financial Corp. due to a drop in value of trading securities and increased provisions for loan losses. 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.

	Survey says CFOs would consider consulting to keep working by Eric Reinhardt
	More than one-quarter of the nation's chief financial officers (CFOs) in a new survey say they'd consider consulting work if it meant staying employed instead of retiring. Robert Half Management Resources, a division of Menlo Park, Calif.-based Robert Half International, released the survey Thursday. Robert Half International specializes in the placement of skilled administrative professionals.

	Sensis plans job cuts by Kevin Tampone
	Sensis Corp. plans to cut an undetermined number of jobs in the coming weeks in response to changes in some of its markets. The company will know how many jobs it will eliminate by Aug. 1, Beth Larson, a Sensis spokeswoman, said in an e-mail. The cuts will include a mix of technical and corporate positions.

	Novomer locks up $18M in federal funding by Kevin Tampone
	Novomer, Inc. is one of six companies that will share in $106 million in funding from the economic stimulus act to develop ways to convert captured carbon dioxide into useful products. The company, a Cornell University spinoff, will get $18.4 million. Novomer is developing plastics created from renewable sources that can be used to produce everything from containers to coatings and laminates.

	Profit at Community Bank rises 76 percent in Q2 by Kevin Tampone
	Community Bank System, Inc. (NYSE: CBU) earned $16.2 million in the second quarter, up more than 76 percent from a year earlier. Earnings per share in the period totaled 48 cents, up from 28 cents in the second quarter of 2009. Analysts were expecting earnings of 41 cents a share, according to Yahoo Finance.

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ConMed reports profit jump, beats revenue forecast

UTICA - ConMed Corporation (NASDAQ: CNMD) today reported that its second-quarter net income soared to $7.3 million, or 25 cents a share, from $1.4 million, or 5 cents, in the year-ago period.

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	The federal government gravy train
	Be thankful we’re not getting all the government we’re paying for. — Will Rogers Back in March, USA Today published an article which stated that federal workers averaged $75,419 in annual salary. The article went on to note the substantial jump in the number of those earning six figures, excluding overtime and bonuses.

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	Uncertainty Interrupts Economic Recovery
	You can feel it can’t you? I’m talking about the palpable sense of unease many business owners and consumers have about the economy and their own financial condition.

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	Perpetually Hopeful
	Alexander Pope wrote that “hope springs eternal in the human breast” — but in my experience as a patent attorney, I’ve found that some people’s hope springs are wound tighter than others.

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	People on the Move - MV - 7/26/2010
	EDUCATION & TRAINING USC The Business College announced the addition of four new adjunct faculty members to its Utica campus.

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Top Ranks Lists
The 2010 Book of Lists electronic edition may be downloaded in Excel format. These 62 lists include key business information (when available) such as number of employees, revenue, products/services offered, and top executives for each company.

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