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Partners start HighPoint Advisors with focus on indepenence
MANLIUS — A new, local financial-services firm says it’s shunning the big-broker feel. “In bigger companies, management decides what you do,” says Adam (AJ) Loedel,
New rules mandate health insurers create standard benefit summaries
A new set of federal rules aims to make examining different health-insurance plans less like brain surgery and more like comparison shopping for cars. The
Governor starts surety-bond assistance program
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has launched a statewide surety-bond assistance program in a bid to boost state contracting among small businesses and businesses owned
Pre-tax profit rose 15 percent to nearly $22 billion at HSBC Holdings plc in 2011, the banking company announced today. Earnings per share totaled 92
Southern Tier Dermatology expands to Elmira area
Opens new office in Big Flats that employs 8 people BIG FLATS — Vestal–based Southern Tier Dermatology & Aesthetics has opened a new medical-practice location
Guthrie Health adds mobile doctor search tool
SAYRE, Pa. — Guthrie Health recently launched a mobile-search tool that allows patients to find information on Guthrie physicians from their mobile devices. To access
Binghamton kicks off annual business-plan competition
BINGHAMTON — Entrepreneurs have a chance to win a $5,000 prize as the fourth-annual BLDC-EAP Business Plan Competition is under way. The city of Binghamton,
Tech Garden startup, iMuzik, targets launch this year
SYRACUSE — A startup company based in the Syracuse Tech Garden is developing a digital music stand with a 20-inch touch screen. The product will
Syracuse Technologies seeks to break out of typical IT mold
SYRACUSE — A two-year-old information-technology firm in Syracuse is striving to move beyond the connotations that usually accompany working in the IT space. “We don’t
Synairco seeks to make air conditioning more green
ITHACA — Synairco, Inc. of Ithaca is trying to make air conditioning more efficient and more environmentally friendly. The company is commercializing a new type