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Federal government runs a $148 billion deficit in August
The federal government ran a nearly $148 billion budget deficit in August, the U.S. Treasury Department reported Thursday. Spending totaled $333 billion while tax receipts
Unshackle Upstate issues new plan for job growth and tax relief
Unshackle Upstate, a business-advocacy organization, has released its new economic-revitalization agenda (ERA) for Upstate. The proposal includes five points designed to deliver “broad-based” tax relief
TMD expands, unites Syracuse headquarters office
SYRACUSE — Three years of splitting employees between two nearby locations will end soon when accounting firm Testone, Marshall & Discenza, LLP (TMD) finishes an
Justice Department awards Vera House grant to combat domestic violence
SYRACUSE — The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has awarded Vera House, Inc. a grant of $350,000 to support its work to combat domestic, dating,
State AG settles with dozens of CNY contractors over home-improvement law violations
Home-improvement contractors in the Syracuse, Utica–Rome, Watertown, and Binghamton regions were among those reaching a settlement with the state over violations of New York’s law
Cuomo: change in fuel-tax law will improve cash flow for petroleum distributors
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced a change in state tax law he says will benefit small-business operators selling heating oil and certain highway diesel-motor fuels.
Federal government runs a $98 billion deficit in July
The federal government ran a nearly $98 billion budget deficit in July, the U.S. Treasury Department reported Tuesday. Spending totaled $298 billion while tax receipts
First Niagara to pay former CEO Koelmel a severance of at least $3 million
First Niagara Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: FNFG) will pay former president and CEO John Koelmel a severance package of at least $3 million. The figure is
New York AG sues out-of-state firms for charging ‘exorbitant’ interest rates on Internet loans
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Monday announced that his office filed a lawsuit against two out-of-state companies for violating New York’s usury and
Schumer expresses support for preserving helicopter contracts at Lockheed’s Owego site
OWEGO — U.S. Senator Charles Schumer (D–NY) today offered his support for planned defense contracts between the Lockheed Martin-Sikorsky team and the U.S. military.
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