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MWBE Certification: What’s It All About?
Many people are talking about Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) certification. What does it mean for your business? It can be a great way to open up many new business opportunities within your industry. No, you will not automatically win grants by having this certification and no, it does not ensure you will […]
5 Tips For Success That Nobel Laureates Can Teach Us
The scientists, artists, and peacemakers who win the Nobel Prize every year are as diverse as the work that ultimately brings them to the world’s attention. That makes it a daunting task to try to glean any secrets they might have for reaching the pinnacle of achievement. Their personalities and paths to accomplishment are so
Schneiderman: Nurse aide pleads guilty to striking nursing-home patient
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A Syracuse nurse aide recently pleaded guilty to hitting and pushing a male nursing-home patient last October. Samantha Grover pleaded guilty to
Florida investment firm acquires majority interest in CXtec, TERACAI
SALINA, N.Y. — An affiliate of a Miami, Florida–based investment firm has acquired a “majority interest” in CXtec and sister company TERACAI Corp. William Pomeroy,
Indium invests big in college-internship program
CLINTON — “We’ve sponsored college internships at Indium [Corp.] for years,” declares Rick Short, the company’s director of marketing communications, “but it was never formalized. The original idea was that providing summer jobs for college students was a nice thing to do. What started out as altruism changed when the supervisors discovered that the interns
Legal Counsel and Communications Strategist – The Best Combination
Over the past several years, I have often found myself advising CEOs and ther senior leaders as they navigated confidential, difficult situations that resulted from abrupt organizational changes, professional misconduct, hazardous-materials incidents, product or service failures, cybercrime, natural disasters — or what seemed to be just plain dumb luck. I’ve come to realize that in a
Bonadio Group survey: Upstate contractors pursue improvement
Upstate New York contractors and construction businesses want to “do what they do better.” That’s one of the key findings of the 2016 Upstate New York Contractors State of the Industry Study that the Bonadio Group released July 20. Rochester–based Bonadio describes itself as upstate’s “largest independent provider of accounting, consulting, and financial services.” In all,
Mahoney proposes one-time payment for Onondaga County employees to retire
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Onondaga County is offering eligible county employees a one-time payment of $10,000 to voluntarily leave the county’s workforce by Dec. 31. Onondaga
ConMed to pay quarterly dividend of 20 cents in October
UTICA, N.Y. — ConMed Corp. (NASDAQ: CNMD), a Utica–based surgical-device maker, recently announced that its board of directors has declared a cash dividend of 20
Avalon Document Services acquires Florida firm
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Avalon Document Services announced it has acquired Southeastern Document Services (SDS), a Tampa, Florida–based litigation support and eDiscovery provider. Syracuse–based Avalon didn’t
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