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Founding member leaving Green & Seifter for hospital position
SYRACUSE — Lowell Seifter plans to leave Green & Seifter, Attorneys, PLLC to become general counsel at St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center. Seifter will surrender
Gallagher Benefit Services wants to expand in Syracuse
SALINA — The head of a national employee-benefits consulting firm’s Syracuse–area office wants to expand the company’s reach in the region over the next several
Syracuse Habitat for Humanity builds up the community
SYRACUSE — Syracuse Habitat for Humanity wrapped up 2011 with a collaboration that offers home ownership to homeless veterans and kicks off the New Year
Malvaso to retire from Toyota Material Handling North America
GREENE — James J. Malvaso, president and CEO of Toyota Material Handling North America (TMHNA), the parent company of The Raymond Corp., will retire effective
Syracuse Orthopedic Specialists moving surgeons to St. Joseph’s Hospital
SYRACUSE — Syracuse Orthopedic Specialists, PC (SOS) plans to increase its presence at St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center in Syracuse starting next month. Eleven SOS
Bristol-Myers Squibb to acquire Georgia drug developer
NEW YORK — The biopharmaceutical maker Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. has reached an agreement to acquire clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company Inhibitex, Inc. Bristol-Myers (NYSE: BMY), based in
Cornell names new Johnson School dean
ITHACA — The Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University will have a new dean later this year. Soumitra Dutta, a professor of business and technology and founder and faculty director of a new media and technology innovation lab at INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France, will assume the post July 1. INSEAD is
SRC, Lockheed, Le Moyne develop new certificate program
SRC, Lockheed Martin, and Le Moyne College in Syracuse have partnered to develop a new certificate in government systems management. The program will introduce students
WyckWyre gears up for growth in 2012 after big 4th quarter
CONKLIN — WyckWyre ended 2011 on a strong note that company officials hope sets the stage for additional growth this year. In the fourth quarter, sales at WyckWyre, a division of Maines Paper & Food Service, Inc. that offers online restaurant job postings and searches, increased 69 percent, says Lisa DiVirgilio, marketing manager. “It was
Finger Lakes Technologies pushes into new territory
Finger Lakes Technologies Group (FLTG) has finished a more than 30-mile extension of its fiber network into the Elmira area and now has its sights set on more expansion east, west, and south. The extension into the Southern Tier is a joint venture with Empire Telephone of Prattsburgh. The new entity is known as FLTG South with
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