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Hummel becomes majority owner of Business Machines & Equipment in Marcy
MARCY — Business Machines & Equipment, Inc. (BME), a growing Mohawk Valley office-supply company, is under new ownership, and a new affiliation with Hummel’s Office Plus. BME, which employs 12 people and operates in leased space at 9443 River Road in Marcy, announced the transaction in a recent news release. The company provides copiers, fax […]
OCC wins federal grant for food-industry job training
ONONDAGA — Onondaga Community College (OCC) had interest in two different applications that the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) was considering for job-training funding. One was the school’s individual application for funding. The other was a funding request from a consortium of community colleges in the State University of New York (SUNY) system that had
Survey: upstate New Yorkers concerned about money
Just over half (58 percent) of upstate New Yorkers surveyed say that it is somewhat or completely true that they spend more time now worrying about money compared to previous years, and 57 percent had income and expenses last year that were about the same as the previous year. That’s according to the Times Union/Siena
LAW FIRMS Aswad & Ingraham46 Front St.Binghamton, NY 13905- Phone/Fax: (607) 722-3495/ 722-2566- Website: ailaw.com- Year Established: 1976- No. of CNY Attorneys: 11- Total No. of Attorneys: 11- No. of Paralegals: 5- No. of CNY Office Locations: 2- Practice Areas Include: general civil & criminal practice before all courts & agencies, medical & legal malpractice
Financial Leadership: Who’s in control?
Recently, a client business called in search of advice on how to transition its accounting department in light of a loyal and long-tenured employee nearing retirement. Just earlier this summer, a separate discussion centered around the right kind of hire for a department that is outgrowing the current chief of accounting and the related potential
People news: McChesney joins Tully Rinckey as new director of PR
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Tully Rinckey PLLC, an Albany–based law firm that also operates a Syracuse office, has hired Charles J. McChesney as its director of
New York AG says Rochester CEO defrauded investors
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman on Thursday announced that his office has obtained a judgment against the CEO of Rochester–based
Oneida Financial pays quarterly dividend of 12 cents
ONEIDA, N.Y. — Oneida Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: ONFC) has announced a quarterly cash dividend of 12 cents a share of its common stock. The dividend
Collections firm is building a new headquarters in Clay, rebranding
CLAY — Work is under way on a new 5,000-square-foot building for Simon’s Agency, Inc. at 4938 W. Taft Road in Clay, across from a Wegmans store. Simon’s Agency is a collections business currently headquartered in a 2,500-square-foot space at 3713 Brewerton Road in Clay. The firm broke ground Aug. 27 on the new building
Citizens Bank parent launches IPO
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. — parent of Citizens Bank, a top 10 bank in the Central New York market — had its IPO priced Tuesday
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