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VIEWPOINT: An Overlooked Resource for Small Business: Your bank

Typically, when the topic of resources For small businesses is discussed, you might think of transactional interactions, such as financing or banking products that can help with day-to-day activities. When small businesses approach banks, it’s usually to investigate funding and determine the terms of a loan — that makes sense, that’s a core part of what […]

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New York egg production inches up in September

New York farms produced 144.3 million eggs in September, up slightly from 144.2 million eggs in the year-ago month, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported. The number of layers in the Empire State averaged nearly 5.76 million in September, up 0.8 percent from 5.71 million in the year-earlier month. September egg production

Broome County hotel occupancy rises nearly 6 percent

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Broome County hotels welcomed more overnight guests in September than the year-prior month, but the increase was below most of the gains seen earlier this year. The hotel-occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) in the county rose 5.9 percent to 64.4 percent in September, according to STR, a

Syracuse startup wins grand prize in FuzeHub contest

A Syracuse startup captured the grand prize and two others also secured funding in FuzeHub’s commercialization competition held Oct. 25-26 at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center. Farm to Flame Energy Inc. won the grand prize of $150,000, while Caraspace Analytics and Envisions Biopolymers LLC each won a $50,000 investment in the competition. They were among a dozen

N.Y.’s closed home sales fell nearly 13 percent in September

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York realtors sold 12,057 previously owned homes in September, down 12.6 percent from the 13,797 homes sold in the year-ago month. Pending sales in September fell more than 11 percent, likely foreshadowing further declines in closed home sales in the next couple months. That’s according to the New York State Association

New York’s Tioga County part of expanded territory for Corning’s First Heritage FCU

CORNING, N.Y. — New York’s Tioga County is now part of the expanded territory of First Heritage Federal Credit Union (FCU), which is headquartered in Corning.  First Heritage FCU on Sept. 28 announced it is expanding its field of membership into eight additional counties throughout New York and Pennsylvania.  The newly enlarged field of membership

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