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Upstate Shredding plans Albany port
OWEGO — The state’s largest scrap-yard business has plans to get even bigger. Upstate Shredding, LLC plans to open a scrap yard and deep-water port
Harden Furniture invests in new equipment to transform business
MCCONNELLSVILLE — New woodworking equipment and engineering software arriving later this month will alter the way Harden Furniture Co. does business. It’ll transform the 168-year-old
Downtown Utica Development Association launches downtown art project
UTICA — The Downtown Utica Development Association (DUDA) hopes that art will add a little business lift to the downtown Utica area. DUDA kicked off
Advanced Manufacturing Thermal and Environmental Control Systems Cluster Accelerator awarded grant
The federal government will provide nearly $1.9 million for Syracuse University initiative aiming to boost high-tech manufacturing in Central New York. The initiative, known as the Advanced Manufacturing Thermal and Environmental Control Systems Cluster Accelerator, is set to focus on small- and medium-sized businesses manufacturing thermal-control systems and environmental-control systems. It will attempt to boost access
NBT-Alliance deal driven by the need to grow
SYRACUSE — Leaders at Alliance Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: ALNC) didn’t decide to sell their banking company because it was buried by bad lending decisions or mortgage-backed securities. In fact, Alliance’s balance sheet is “pristine,” said Martin Dietrich, president and CEO of NBT Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: NBTB), which announced plans to acquire Syracuse–based Alliance Financial on
Canadian company expects to grow Ithaca presence
ITHACA — A Canadian company specializing in spectroscopy technology expects to grow a facility it has in Ithaca in the coming years. Tornado Medical Systems,
Green & Seifter, Certified Public Accountants takes new name
SYRACUSE — A Syracuse accounting firm has put the names of its managing partners on the books. Green & Seifter, Certified Public Accountants, PLLC changed its name in a move effective Sept. 28. The firm is now known as Grossman St. Amour Certified Public Accountants PLLC. The new name reflects the firm’s managing partners —
United Healthcare survey finds that few consumers comparison-shop health-care prices
Most consumers don’t use online resources to compare health-care prices, according to a survey that UnitedHealthcare recently released. Just 14 percent of adults ages 18 and older turn to services on the Internet to look at prices for health-care treatments, procedures, and services, according to the survey. That’s lower than the 50 percent of consumers
St. Joseph’s to build larger Westside Family Health Center
SYRACUSE — St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center is almost ready to start construction on a new, larger Westside Family Health Center that will offer more services for patients. The new health center is slated for space next to its current location at 216 Seymour St. in Syracuse. It will be 16,000 square feet, up from
ClearPath launches molecular assay for Group B Strep
SYRACUSE — ClearPath Diagnostics has launched a new women’s health molecular assay for the detection of Group B Streptococcus (GBS) from Meridian Bioscience, Inc. The new assay, named illumigene GBS, is the next generation of technology for GBS testing, ClearPath says. Sensitivity on the new assay approaches 99 percent versus a range of 65 percent
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