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Wilson ramps up Moe’s & Hoopla!
ENDICOTT — In 1984, at age 16, Larry Wilson walked into BSB Bank and asked for $300,000. This wasn’t a holdup; the teenager wanted a loan to start a video business. His collateral was $42,000 of Victory Markets stock he had parlayed from a $3,000 investment. BSB said yes to Wilson’s request, and three years […]
Study: NY Jets’ training camp in Cortland has nearly $3.7M economic impact
CORTLAND — The New York Jets’ football training camp generated an estimated $3.68 million in economic activity in Cortland County this past summer. That’s
SU Coach Shafer: Texas Bowl is a “business trip with benefits”
SYRACUSE — As his football team readied for the 2013 Texas Bowl, to be held on Dec. 27 in Houston, Syracuse University (SU) Head Coach Scott Shafer said, “It’s a business trip with benefits.” Shafer, speaking at a Dec. 17 news conference at SU’s on-campus football facility, said the main mission for the
Everson Museum board names new members, officers
SYRACUSE — The Everson Museum of Art Board of Trustees announced it has elected new officers for the 2014-2015 term and welcomed three new board
SIDA approves redevelopment proposal for Hotel Syracuse
SYRACUSE — The board of directors of the Syracuse Industrial Development Agency (SIDA) on Dec. 17 approved a preferred-developer agreement for a proposed project to redevelop
PAR Springer-Miller rolls out new suite of mobile hospitality apps
NEW HARTFORD — PAR Springer-Miller Systems, Inc., a unit of PAR Technology Corp. (NYSE: PAR) and provider of hospitality management systems, today announced it has
State report: nearly 9 million more tourists visited N.Y. in 2013 than last year
A year-end progress report on the state’s tourism initiatives indicates that 8.8 million more tourists visited New York in 2013 compared to last year. That’s
Syracuse Chiefs to open a holiday kiosk at Destiny USA
SYRACUSE — The Syracuse Chiefs today plan to open a holiday kiosk at Destiny USA that it will use to sell its merchandise and season-ticket
Crunch’s Dolgon to receive 2014 CNYSME Crystal Ball Award
SYRACUSE — The Central New York Sales & Marketing Executives (CNYSME) has selected Howard Dolgon, owner, president, CEO and team governor of the Syracuse Crunch, as the winner of the 2014 Crystal Ball Award. The organization annually bestows the award to a local businessperson who has contributed to the sales and marketing profession and has
Cornell study: hotels’ green efforts don’t help or hurt revenue
ITHACA — As hotels around the world work to improve their sustainability and reduce their carbon footprint, those efforts don’t appear to have an effect, either way, on their sales and bookings. That’s according to a new study from two professors at Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration (SHA). Howard Chong, assistant professor of economics
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