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TCGplayer will be under eBay’s ownership in 2023
SYRACUSE — TCGplayer, the Syracuse–based marketplace for collectible-card game enthusiasts, will be under new ownership in early 2023. eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) on Aug. 22 announced an agreement to acquire TCGplayer, which operates at 440 S. Warren St. in Syracuse. The deal has a total value of about $295 million, per eBay’s announcement. The deal […]
Employees of marketing firm Mower now own the company
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The employees of Mower, a Syracuse–based marketing, advertising, and public-relations agency, now own the company. Eric Mower, the firm’s chairman and CEO, transferred 100 percent ownership of the company to its employee through an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP). Mower, who began his career at the agency in 1968, will remain in
New York milk producer prices up nearly 43 percent versus a year ago
Milk prices at the producer level in New York state remained elevated in the latest month for which data is available amid continued inflationary pressures. New York dairy farms in May were paid an average of $27.10 per hundredweight of milk, unchanged from April but up almost 43 percent from the $19 average in May 2021.
Empire Center names three policy fellows
ALBANY, N.Y. — The Empire Center recently announced it is expanding its research operations with the addition of three research fellows. Ken Girardin has been named the fellow for labor policy. He helped to produce the first independent analysis of New York’s property tax cap, which demonstrated the cap’s effectiveness and boosted efforts to extend
Seneca Foods’ net sales rise nearly 13% in latest fiscal quarter
FAIRPORT — Seneca Foods Corp. (NASDAQ: SENEA, SENEB) — a Finger Lakes–based provider of packaged fruits and vegetables, with facilities across the U.S., including Geneva and Penn Yan — recently reported that net sales for the three-month period ending July 2 rose 12.9 percent to $265.2 million from $235 million in the year-ago quarter. The company
State’s annual minority and women-owned business enterprise forum set for early October
ALBANY, N.Y. — Those interested can register for the 12th annual Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) Forum that is set for Oct. 6-7 at
GEDDES, N.Y. — Work is underway on a $34.7 million project to improve agricultural facilities at the State Fairgrounds in Geddes. The project represents the
New York awarded $500 million in ARPA funding to support small businesses
The federal government has awarded New York State just over $500 million in funding to support small businesses through the State Small Business Credit Initiative
Greater Binghamton Chamber plans job and career fair on Sept. 8
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — The Greater Binghamton Chamber of Commerce is hosting its biannual job and career fair on Sept. 8 from 2-6 p.m. at the
Children’s bookstore opens in Rome
ROME, N.Y. — The city of Rome just got its second new bookstore in less than a year, but the newest shop, Circle Time Books & More, focuses on the city’s youngest readers. “I think every child should have a bedtime story,” says Teri Smith, who opened the shop with her husband Richard. “I want
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