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New York moves to set up health-insurance exchange
A health-benefit exchange for New York State is back on the table, and it could change the insurance market for small businesses. But at this point, experts say it’s unclear exactly how. Gov. Andrew Cuomo included legislation in his 2012-13 proposed state budget that would set up a health-insurance exchange in New York. The exchange […]
Comptroller: Recovery seems to be weakening in New York
New York state’s economic recovery may be slowing, according to a report released this morning by Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. The state lost 11,200 private-sector jobs
Utica-Rome consumer confidence rises in Q4 2011
Area still has lowest confidence in the state Utica-Rome–area residents increased their willingness to spend in the fourth quarter of 2011 along with consumers in most other parts of the state. Overall consumer confidence in the Utica-Rome metropolitan statistical area (MSA) rose 3.7 points to 56.2, according to the Quarterly Consumer Confidence Survey from
Upstate New York pays the state less in taxes and other revenue than it receives back in state expenditures, according to a report from the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government at the University at Albany. About 24 percent of taxes and revenues collected by New York state in 2010 came from the upstate region, according to
State loses jobs in December, unemployment rate steady
New York’s unemployment rate stayed steady in December, but the state lost 16,800 jobs from the previous month. The unemployment rate was 8 percent in
Q4 consumer confidence falls in Syracuse, rises in Utica and Binghamton
Consumer confidence dropped in Syracuse in the fourth quarter of 2011, diverging from rising confidence levels in most of the state’s other cities — including
SRI poll: Upstate consumer confidence grows for second straight month
Consumer confidence among upstate New Yorkers increased for the second consecutive month in December, thanks in large part to growing optimism for the future. Upstate’s
The Year in Review: How did we fare in 2011 and what lies ahead for 2012
In the Jan. 28, 2011, issue of The Central New York Business Journal, Peter Koveos, professor and director of the Kiebach Center for International Business Studies at the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University and an advisory board member of the Central New York International Business Alliance (CNYIBA), wrote about what we could expect
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