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Unemployment rises, state loses jobs
New York’s unemployment rate rose to 9.1 percent in July, but so did the state’s labor force, according to the Department of Labor. At the
Comptroller calls for Thruway to examine other options before hiking tolls
State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli is urging the New York State Thruway Authority to evaluate all of its options before implementing a toll increase on commercial
State Small Business Outreach Initiative to visit Syracuse tonight
SYRACUSE — Officials from six New York state agencies are scheduled to visit Syracuse tonight to teach small-business owners about state resources designed to spark
State interest payments to vendors jumped 38 percent in 2011-2012
Vendors received more than $1.9 million in interest on late payments from New York State during the 2011-2012 fiscal year, Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said today.
Thruway Authority to hold public hearings on toll-hike proposal
The New York State Thruway Authority will hold three public hearings this summer, including one locally, on its proposed 45-percent increase in tolls on commercial
Manufacturing growth in NY nearly grinds to a halt in June
Manufacturing in New York State lost steam in June, according to a monthly survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The New York
New Business Council website promotes New York firms
The Business Council of New York State, Inc. launched a website to spotlight the state’s businesses. The website, MADEinNY.org, has the primary goal of featuring
USDA names New York counties agricultural disaster areas
The U.S. Department of Agriculture named more than 30 New York counties agricultural disaster areas following periods of unusually warm temperatures and cold snaps this
Upstate consumers grow more confident about current conditions in May
Not as optimistic about the futureUpstate consumers tapped a well of current confidence in May, buoying their willingness to spend, according to a monthly poll from the Siena (College) Research Institute (SRI). SRI’s overall consumer-confidence index for upstate New York edged up 3.3 points to 74.7. It nearly breached the index’s break-even point of 75.
Confidence improves among learning executives
Learning executives were feeling more optimistic during the first quarter of 2012, according to the latest confidence index from the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD). The index for the first quarter totaled 67.3, up from 66.6 in the fourth quarter of 2011. The first-quarter total matched the all-time high for the index, previously
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