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Pamela Matt to head up MV Chamber
UTICA — Pamela Matt of New Hartford is the new executive director of the Mohawk Valley Chamber of Commerce following an extensive nationwide search. She
Financial Quarterly Investment Panel – 2/10/12
Editor’s note: The Investment Panel feature appears regularly in our Financial Quarterly publication, spotlighting area investment professionals and their views on the markets and investments. In this issue, we chat with Jim Burns, Vinayak Rao, and Brian Schmidt. We interviewed them separately, but asked the same questions. Burns talked via telephone, while Rao and Schmidt
Small-business optimism stagnates in January
Optimism remained virtually flat among small-business owners in January, according to the latest monthly survey from the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB). The NFIB’s
AGC: Syracuse lost 3,100 construction jobs since 1990
SYRACUSE — The Syracuse-area construction job market has declined by 21 percent since peaking in 1990, the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) said this
BAE lands Bell Helicopter contract
ENDICOTT — Bell Helicopter selected BAE Systems to provide fly-by-wire flight-control computers for its 525 Relentless super medium-class helicopter. BAE Systems flight-control computers provide the
Carousel expansion achieves gold LEED certification
SYRACUSE — The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has awarded gold LEED certification to the 1.3 million-square-foot expansion of the Carousel Center shopping mall. The
Wal-Mart signs on as ParTech customer
NEW HARTFORD —ParTech, Inc. recently landed Wal-Mart as one of its newest accounts. Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) will use PAR’s EverServ SureCheck and Temperature Measuring Devices
State launching mobile center to deal with foreclosures
The state Department of Financial Services (DFS) will send a 36-foot-long van around New York in an attempt to prevent mortgage foreclosures. Foreclosure counselors will
State gives grants to flood-damaged Southern Tier towns
Five Southern Tier municipalities will receive grants from the New York State Department of State to help them recover from flooding that swept the region
Fourth-quarter slide doesn’t derail record full-year earnings at Chemung Financial
ELMIRA — The acquisition of Fort Orange Financial Corp. in the second quarter of last year helped push earnings at Chemung Financial Corp. to record
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