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Company report: Atlantic Testing Labs gets WBE certification
DeWITT — Atlantic Testing Laboratories (ATL) announced it has obtained certification as a Women Business Enterprise (WBE) from the New York State Department of Economic
First Niagara to combine consumer-banking businesses
BUFFALO, N.Y — First Niagara Financial Group (NASDAQ: FNFG) on Thursday announced plans to combine all of its consumer-banking businesses into one unit. Effective immediately,
Smith Sovik law firm opens Buffalo office
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse–based law firm of Smith Sovik Kendrick & Sugnet, P.C., which focuses on civil litigation, has opened a new office in
U.S. Health-Care Costs versus Health Outcomes
Dr. Michael Kirsch, a practicing physician and newspaper columnist, has lamented that he has difficulty answering questions about the economics of health care. One of
John G. Ullman: Financial-Planning Pioneer
CORNING — Flash back to 1978. The financial landscape was clearly delineated. Bankers collected deposits and made loans, insurance companies sold property and life policies,
AP Professionals joins CNY staffing marketplace
SALINA — AP Professionals, a Rochester–based staffing firm, is now into its fourth full month of operation at the Central New York office it opened
Bailey Place Insurance to expand with Lansing office
LANSING — The Cortland–based Bailey Place Insurance agency is about to open an office in Lansing, which would represent its second location in Tompkins County
Voya Financial offering accident, disease insurance in New York
Voya Financial, Inc. (NYSE: VOYA), formerly ING U.S., on Aug. 20 announced that its employee-benefits business is offering the company’s Compass-branded accident insurance and specified-disease
Affordable Care Act Taxes & Fees: What Employers Need to Know for 2015
Since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was passed into law in 2010, employers who offer employee health benefits have absorbed additional costs to provide quality
How satisfied are your employees?
Of course, most of us have probably heard the legendary song “(I can’t get no) Satisfaction” by The Rolling Stones many times. Unfortunately, the words
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