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CXtec has promoted AMY BUCZEK and SARA MICHALSKI to accounting positions, and hired JACOB THURSTON as an account representative. Buczek has been promoted to senior accountant. Most recently, she was general accountant. Buczek has been with the company for 15 years. She holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from SUNY Oswego. Michalski has been promoted […]
Haylor, Freyer & Coon’s MacDonald elected IIABNY vice-chair
DeWITT, N.Y. — The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York (IIABNY) recently elected Richard MacDonald to a one-year term as vice-chair and secretary-treasurer
People news: Zorich joins Preferred Mutual Insurance as marketing analyst
NEW BERLIN, N.Y — Erik Zorich has joined Preferred Mutual Insurance Company as a marketing analyst. He previously was a consumer-insights analyst for Tops Markets,
Bousquet Holstein forms drones practice group
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse law firm Bousquet Holstein PLLC has formed a new practice group that focuses on the legal issues surrounding the commercial and
Kost Tire to pay nearly $300,000 to settle state AG accusations over customer oil-change fees
Kost Tire Distributors, Inc. will pay the state of New York almost $300,000 to settle accusations that it collected a fee from consumers that state
Chemung Financial shareholders re-elect five board members
ELMIRA, N.Y. — Chemung Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: CHMG), the holding company of Chemung Canal Trust Company and CFS Group, Inc., announced that its shareholders recently
DiNapoli: City of Syracuse not ‘fiscally stressed’
SYRACUSE — The fiscal-stress monitoring system of New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has determined that the City of Syracuse isn’t considered “fiscally stressed,” based on its financial performance in 2015. That’s according to a news release that the office of Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner issued May 9. It is the third straight year that
Gillibrand calls on HUD to designate Utica as federal promise zone
UTICA — The city of Utica should be a federal “promise zone,” U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand contends. She wants the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to designate Utica as such, according to a news release her office issued May 2. The designation would provide federal support to programs that focus on creating
Carrols Restaurant Group earns more than $2 million in Q1
SYRACUSE — Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: TAST), the world’s largest Burger King franchisee, earned $2.1 million, or 5 cents a share, during the first quarter of 2016. That’s a big improvement from a net loss of $9.3 million, or 27 cents a share, in the prior-year period, Syracuse–based Carrols reported on May 10. The company’s
Managing millennials in the workplace
SYRACUSE — Millennial employees are “high energy” and provide “many diverse viewpoints and ideas,” says Adam Marinelli, professional-development coordinator at Terakeet. The firm describes itself as a company focused on “engagement marketing technologies,” located at 318 S. Clinton St. in the Neal & Hyde Building in Syracuse’s Armory Square. Terakeet’s clients include Atlanta–based Coca-Cola Company
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