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UVANY launches webinar series for startups
The Upstate Venture Association of New York (UVANY) today announced a series of webinar meetings targeting the business-incubator community across New York. The first presentation,
Technology boosts ease of buying a home
SYRACUSE — House hunting has come a long way from circling ads in the Sunday paper, spending a day looking at houses, finding the right house, and then applying for a mortgage and waiting anxiously for approval. With smartphones in hand, both buyers and realtors are using technology to streamline the process, but not without
ConMed keeps dividend at 15 cents a share
UTICA — ConMed Corp.’s (NASDAQ: CNMD) board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 15 cents a share, payable on Oct. 4 to
Anaren receives more than $9 million in orders for radar components
DeWITT — Anaren, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANEN) announced today that it has received orders of more than $9 million for components and assemblies for a ground-based
BAE Systems technology to power new rapid-transit buses in California
ENDICOTT — BAE Systems, Inc. today announced its hybrid-propulsion system will power a fleet of new rapid-transit buses for the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
Mercy Flight campaign for night-vision goggles nets $240,000
Mercy Flight Central, which provides air-medical services for residents in upstate New York, today announced it raised $240,000 in a campaign to purchase night-vision goggles
Ithaca firm wins Navy contract to improve software security
ITHACA — The U.S. Navy has awarded Ithaca–based GrammaTech, Inc. a contract to develop a tool that will enable computer systems to understand and react
Kishmish continues growth trend
SYRACUSE — With a newly created leadership position to head up the sales and marketing department, network and IT services provider Kishmish, Inc. is on track to generate double-digit growth this year. Founded in 1999, Syracuse–based Kishmish (www.kishmish.com) has produced steady growth yearly since its inception, averaging sales increases between 28 and 30 percent
Schumer expresses support for preserving helicopter contracts at Lockheed’s Owego site
OWEGO — U.S. Senator Charles Schumer (D–NY) today offered his support for planned defense contracts between the Lockheed Martin-Sikorsky team and the U.S. military.
AT&T invests nearly $225M in NY wireless, wireline network in first half
AT&T today announced it has invested nearly $225 million in its wireless and wired networks in New York in the first half of 2013.
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