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New equipment, new contracts fuel growth at Bo-Mer Plastics
AUBURN — After a year filled with new equipment and new contracts, Bo-Mer Plastics, LLC is set to end 2014 on a strong note and keep that momentum going strong in 2015, its leader says. That momentum has actually been building since October 2001, says Thomas Herbert, company president. That’s when he purchased the Auburn–based […]
NFIB’s small-business optimism index slips in September
The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) reported Tuesday that its index of small-business optimism fell 0.8 points in September to 95.3 and indicated that
Edge Federal Credit Union rolls out mobile check-deposit service
LIVERPOOL, N.Y. — Edge Federal Credit Union (FCU), a Liverpool–based credit union with $39 million in assets and nine full-time employees, has launched a mobile
Harmony Financial offers workshop on avoiding identity theft
OSWEGO, N.Y. — Harmony Financial Services, an Oswego–based financial-planning firm, will offer a workshop next Tuesday (Oct. 21) on identity theft and what people can
BizEventz names the 40 Under Forty class of 2014
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Bizeventz, a company in the Business Journal News Network, has announced the 40 Under Forty class of 2014. This awards program recognizes
Cornell alum takes helm as new CEO of eCornell
ITHACA, N.Y. — eCornell, Cornell University’s wholly-owned online-education company, has a new CEO. Paul Krause, a 1991 graduate of Cornell, began his new duties on
University Sport Shop opens store at Destiny USA
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — University Sport Shop has opened a new store on the second floor of Destiny USA’s original section, in the Macy’s wing. The
People news: Keystone Associates hires new sustainability manager
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Keystone Associates Architects, Engineers and Surveyors, LLC, announced that John Saraceno, Jr., has joined the firm as sustainability manager. In this new
Pathfinder Bancorp to pay quarterly dividend of 3 cents
OSWEGO, N.Y. — Pathfinder Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ: PBHC), holding company for Pathfinder Bank, has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 3 cents per share on its
Brewery Ommegang sees continued sales spike on tap
COOPERSTOWN — Overall beer consumption in America is flat. Craft beers, however, are generating double-digit growth as the consumer searches for variety and new styles. The Brewers Association, the national organization for small and independent craft brewers, defines a craft brewer as one which produces no more than 6 million barrels a year and whose
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