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Baker named outreach coordinator for Ithaca Commons project
ITHACA — The city of Ithaca and the Downtown Ithaca Alliance (DIA) announced the recent hire of Tammy Baker as outreach coordinator for the Ithaca
Destiny to get eight new stores in deal with international retail group
SYRACUSE — Destiny USA announced today that it would get eight new stores this year from retailers that are new to the United States. The
BAE Systems to provide propulsion system for Quebec buses
ENDICOTT — BAE Systems on Wednesday announced it will provide its hybrid-propulsion system on 475 Nova hybrid-electric buses for the Association du transport urbain du
Tax credit boosts Anaren’s fiscal third-quarter earnings
DeWITT — Anaren, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANEN) earned $5.3 million, or 41 cents per share, during its fiscal third quarter that ended March 31. That was
Greater Binghamton Chamber Expo 2013 ropes in a good crowd
BINGHAMTON — People lassoing a cow and walking around in cowboy hats are just a couple of the interesting things visitors saw at Thursday’s 26th
Currier Plastics close to completing expansion project
AUBURN — Currier Plastics, Inc., a custom blow-molding and injection-molding manufacturer, is “90 percent complete” with an expansion project that started back in October. That’s
Brown & Brown advises clients on health-care reform, adds employees
SYRACUSE — Brown & Brown Empire State, a unit of Florida–based Brown & Brown, Inc. (NYSE: BRO), has added employees to its Syracuse office in the past nine months. And the firm is also guiding its employee-benefits clients on dealing with the national health-care reform law. The Central New York Business Journal (CNYBJ) spoke separately
Nationwide Credit to add 300 jobs in Vestal
VESTAL — Nationwide Credit, Inc. (NCI), an Atlanta–based collection agency, today announced plans to add 300 customer-service jobs in Vestal.NCI, a subsidiary of Altisource Portfolio Solutions S.A. (NASDAQ: ASPS), already employs about 400 at its service center in Vestal.As part of Altisource’s customer-solutions group, NCI serves companies in the financial and energy sectors.NCI describes itself
Alto Cinco to open a second restaurant in downtown Syracuse
SYRACUSE — Alto Cinco, a popular Mexican restaurant in the Syracuse University hill area since 1995, will open a second eatery in downtown Syracuse this
Florida investment firm offers to buy Anaren
DeWITT — Anaren, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANEN) has received a purchase offer from one of its investors, according to a document filed Monday with the U.S.
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