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First Niagara launches new small business checking accounts
First Niagara Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: FNFG) is rolling out new checking options for its small business customers. The new BIZ200 account, designed for firms
Delta Medical slated to launch next month in Rome
ROME — A new primary-care practice set up by Rome Memorial Hospital hopes to start seeing patients in March. The hospital plans to open the
Holt Architects focused on growing new Syracuse office
SYRACUSE — Holt Architects had designs on opening a Syracuse branch for some time before it moved into a downtown office in the middle of January. “We’ve been planning it for probably four or five months,” says Paul Levesque, principal at Ithaca–based Holt. “The idea behind it was Syracuse is strategic for our markets.” The
Mercy Flight landing new location east of Utica
SCHUYLER — Alex Ripka has been refurbishing helicopters in the middle of his family’s farmland since the late 1970s. Suddenly, one of his hangars is about to become the new base for an air-ambulance service. “For 40 years, I opened the doors and I didn’t so much as have a mouse in here,” Ripka says.
WCNY to honor regional ‘Women Who Make America’
WCNY will host an awards ceremony for “Makers: Women Who Make America” honorees next Friday, March 1 at the Women’s Rights National Historical Park in
SBH to showcase remodeled space on Hickory Street in Syracuse
SYRACUSE — Syracuse Behavioral Healthcare (SBH) has scheduled an open house to reveal a new alumni center and supportive-living apartments. The nonprofit organization, which provides
Breakthrough Design expects more growth in 2013
SYRACUSE — Breakthrough Design Group, an anchor tenant at the South Side Innovation Center, expects to double its business this year and add new staff members. Breakthrough provides Web-design services and got its start in 2008. Tison Kelley, the firm’s founder and executive director of business development, says the company has been doubling its revenue
Syracuse–based social network for small businesses readies launch
SYRACUSE — A new Syracuse–based business announced it is launching a community-focused social network for small and home-based businesses. The company, called Brazzlebox, says it
Officials continuing efforts to stop Auburn plant shutdown
AUBURN — Daikin McQuay isn’t backing away today from plans to close a manufacturing plant it operates in Auburn, even as the city’s mayor undertakes
Syracuse Jet Association plans building at Hancock International Airport
SYRACUSE — A cooperative organization is nearly ready to build a $6 million facility for private, charter, and corporate jets at Syracuse Hancock International Airport.
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