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Crowsnest develops technology to connect all kinds of cameras to Web
SYRACUSE — Crowsnest Labs isn’t just out to win the CenterState CEO Startup Labs Syracuse competition. The company’s founders are also hoping the technology they developed will encourage more entrepreneurs to develop new ideas and new businesses. Michael Kruk and Ian Wilson first began toying with cameras last summer, working to develop an easier way […]
RealtyUSA expands North Country presence with merger
WATERTOWN — RealtyUSA has announced that the Watertown and Henderson Harbor offices of Elliott Realty, Inc. are now operating under the RealtyUSA name. The “agreement
NFIB: Small business optimism begins 2014 ‘slightly up’ from December
Small-business optimism started the year at 94.1, which is “slightly up” from December but “well below” the pre-recession average of 100. That’s according to
Kinney Drugs formally opens in-store health clinic
SYRACUSE — Kinney Drugs has formally opened a health clinic inside its store at 104 Lafayette Road in Syracuse, providing customers a variety of health-care
Giotto builds his 10th business, Oriskany Arms
ORISKANY — The Greeks called it “sunergia.” Today, we call the word “synergy,” meaning “cooperation” or “working together.” In business, it generally relates to the cooperative interaction of acquired subsidiaries or merged entities. For Frank Giotto, it’s the driving force behind his business enterprises. Not content to manage nine corporations, he incorporated his 10th last
New leadership, products mark start of 2014 at Otis Technology
LYONS FALLS — Otis Technology, a Lewis County–based manufacturer of gun-cleaning kits, has started 2014 with a new CEO and several new products that it says help promise growth. On Jan. 1, Leonard Puzzuoli stepped into the role as CEO, replacing company founder Doreen Garrett as part of a plan crafted five years ago to
New York Air Brake parent to fund renovation project at Watertown food pantry
WATERTOWN — The parent company of New York Air Brake, LLC (NYAB) in Watertown will pay for a renovation project at the Watertown Urban Mission Food Pantry. NYAB announced the $205,000 project in a news release. The project seeks to improve the pantry’s ability to serve a “growing number” of North Country families in need.
Jimmy John’s restaurant opens in Pike Block
SYRACUSE — Jimmy John’s, a national franchised sandwich restaurant chain based in Champaign, Ill., has opened its third Syracuse–area eatery in the Pike Block in
Cuomo launches Business Mentor NY
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday announced the formal launch of Business Mentor NY, the state’s first “large scale, hands-on” mentoring program geared to help entrepreneurs and small businesses across New York overcome challenges and spur growth. First mentioned in Cuomo’s State of the State address, the new initiative builds on the volunteer-mentoring efforts that helped
The Beeches: Adapting in the second hundred years
Necessity is the handmaiden of invention. — author unknown ROME — On Dec. 12, 1901, Guglielmo Marconi received the first radio signal transmitted across the Atlantic Ocean. At the same time, Frank Destito was on board a ship bound from Italy to New York City — final destination: Rome, N.Y. Destito, who was newly married,
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