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Binghamton, East Syracuse firms win funding in FuzeHub’s commercialization competition
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — A Binghamton startup captured the top funding prize during the FuzeHub commercialization competition held Oct. 16-17 in Saratoga Springs. The event
People news: Eastup joins George Group at Baird’s Utica office
UTICA, N.Y. —Baird announced it has added Dalton Eastup as a financial advisor to the George Group, part of its Utica private wealth-management office. Eastup
City of Syracuse to host BIPOC developer summit on Wednesday
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The City of Syracuse will host a Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) Developer Summit to support diverse real estate development in
People news: AmeriCU Investment Services adds virtual financial advisor
ROME, N.Y. — AmeriCU Credit Union announced it has added David Brown to the AmeriCU Investment Services staff as a virtual financial advisor — serving
Indium Corp. announces apprenticeship-program graduates
UTICA, N.Y. — Indium Corporation recently celebrated the first eight graduates of its apprenticeship program with an Oct. 18 event at the company’s facility at Lincoln Avenue in Utica. Representatives from external program partners, including MACNY – The Manufacturers Association of Central New York and Mohawk Valley Community College (MVCC), were also on hand. Launched
New president of Utica University tells its story
UTICA, N.Y. — In the three months since he’s taken over as Utica University’s 10th president, Todd Pfannestiel welcomed new and returning students on campus, learned the “Gwiddy” for a TikTok dance video, and walked into his inauguration on Sept. 29 to a rousing chorus from the student body. “That was truly one of the
Ambulance services, lawmakers urge Hochul to sign direct-pay bill
Ambulance-service providers want Nov. Kathy Hochul to sign a bill that would “change the pay model” so that they’re paid directly by health insurers. Those pushing for passage refer to it as the “direct pay” legislation, per an Oct. 12 news release about the efforts from supporters. Ambulance-service providers and a bipartisan coalition of state
Oneida County, public-service employees union reach agreement
UTICA, N.Y. — Oneida County and the United Public Service Employees Union (UPSEU) Blue Collar Unit announced on Oct. 19 that they had reached a collective-bargaining agreement that includes salary increases for new and existing employees. The five-year labor pact came after six weeks of negotiations between the county and union. The UPSEU Blue Collar
VIEWPOINT: Employers Who Promote Self-Care are Winning
Many businesses have been pushing their employees to perform at new levels since the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March 2020. Consider these statistics recently shared by the Harvard Business Review on how workloads increased between February 2020 and February 2022: • Weekly team meetings increased by 252 percent • Six billion more email messages were
Labor-law changes have been plentiful in 2023
BINGHAMTON — As 2023 heads into the fourth quarter, it’s time for employers to make sure they are up to date on pending and proposed labor-law changes for the new year, one area labor attorney advises. One such proposal is a proposed rule by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to ban noncompete clauses, says Dawn
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