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APAC Customer Services adding 150 jobs in Utica
UTICA, N.Y. — APAC Customer Services, Inc., a company that provides customer-care outsourced services, on Wednesday announced plans to add 150 full-time jobs in its
Cuomo signs bill allowing St. Lawrence power-sale earnings to boost economic-development efforts
MASSENA, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday signed a bill that allows proceeds from the sale of a block of hydropower from the St.
Cuomo announces 13 more businesses expanding under START-UP NY
New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced that 13 additional businesses will expand or locate in the state under the START-UP NY program that
Chenango Forks program trains students for careers
CHENANGO — The Chenango Forks High School STEAM Academy program is doing more than just winning statewide honors. It’s helping to prepare students for jobs after graduation at area companies like Raymond Corporation and Keystone Associates. The school first got the idea for the STEAM Academy about two and a half years ago, Principal John
Staring at your wireless device could be hurting your spine
Do you have a pain in your neck? Your smartphone may be the culprit. A study in the November issue of the medical journal Surgical Technology International found that the billions of people in the world who use a mobile device, like a smartphone or tablet, are prone to poor posture due to the way
New center to expand wireless-solutions research, teaching at SUNY Oswego
OSWEGO — SUNY Oswego announced that its new Advanced Wireless Systems Research Center has opened the first of two labs to foster research, coursework, and experiential learning in next-generation wireless technology. The center’s new research training lab in the college’s Richard S. Shineman Center for Science, Engineering and Innovation is geared toward training students for
Reaction follows recommendation on Upstate casinos, decision on fracking
The Greater Binghamton Chamber of Commerce is “very disappointed” with Wednesday’s selection of the Lago Resort & Casino in the Seneca County town of Tyre
City of Syracuse to get $1.35M in funding for innovation team
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Bloomberg Philanthropies will award the City of Syracuse a grant of $1.35 million to create an innovation team, or “i-team,” which the
Arrow Electronics moving jobs at Seneca Data Distributors in Cicero to Arizona
CICERO, N.Y. — Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: ARW) has plans to move 65 jobs at Seneca Data Distributors, Inc. in Cicero to a site in
EFC approves $5M loan for Salina landfill-closure project
The board of directors of the New York State Environmental Facilities Corp. (EFC) has unanimously approved a $5 million, short-term loan that the Town of
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