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New York home sales fall 5 percent in April on lack of available homes, CNY numbers mixed
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York state realtors completed the sale of nearly 8,500 previously owned homes in April, down 5 percent from the same month
Health Foundation leadership fellows class includes 11 CNY leaders
Eleven leaders from health and human-service organizations across Central New York are among the latest graduates of a health-leadership fellows program. A total of 36
Katko: Le Moyne College gets first installment of federal funding for Upward Bound program
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The U.S. Department of Education has awarded Le Moyne College more than $388,000 in federal funding through the Upward Bound program. The
U.S. GDP growth revised up to 1.2 percent in first quarter
ROMBEL ON BUSINESS Business Journal of CNY The U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) today revised upward its first-quarter estimate of the nation’s
New York milk production rises nearly 4 percent in April
New York dairy farms produced 1.27 billion pounds of milk in April, up 3.9 percent from the year-ago period, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently reported. Production per cow in the state averaged 2,030 pounds in April, up more than 3 percent from 1,965 pounds a year prior. The number of milk cows
STR report: Onondaga County hotel occupancy rate plunges nearly 13 percent in April
Hotels in Onondaga County were significantly less full in April compared to a year ago, according to a recent report. The hotel occupancy rate (rooms sold as a percentage of rooms available) in the county declined 12.9 percent to 56.8 percent in April from 65.2 percent in the year-ago month, according to STR, a Tennessee–based
The Budget Process Remains Broken
Think about this for a moment: Two days away from a federal shutdown, Congress comes up with a stopgap measure to keep the government operating — for a week. A few days later, it arrives at a bipartisan budget deal lasting a bit over four months. This, in turn, moves the president to take to
New York Needs A Climate Where Small Businesses Can Flourish
Some of us are getting back out in our gardens right about now. We’re starting to feel the warmth of spring and things are beginning to grow. It takes a lot of care and the right climate for our plants to flourish. The same could be said about growing our small businesses. New York recently
AAA expects Memorial Day travel at highest level since 2005
AAA projects that 39.3 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more away from home this Memorial Day weekend. That’s 1 million more travelers than
Report: Most CNY region unemployment rates remained unchanged at low levels in April
Unemployment rates in the Syracuse (4.7 percent), Utica–Rome (5 percent), Binghamton (5.2 percent), and Watertown–Fort Drum (6.5) areas remained unchanged at relatively low levels in
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