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New York companies sold more overseas in 2011
New York exports increased 19 percent in 2011 to nearly $83 billion. That growth rate topped the national average for export growth of 16 percent.
State launching mobile center to deal with foreclosures
The state Department of Financial Services (DFS) will send a 36-foot-long van around New York in an attempt to prevent mortgage foreclosures. Foreclosure counselors will
SU’s Haynie named to state council on returning veterans
SYRACUSE — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has appointed the leader of the Syracuse University (SU) Institute for Veterans and Military Families to the New
Cuomo gets high marks in new poll
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has high job approval ratings in a new poll from the Siena Research Institute (SRI) at Siena College. The governor is viewed
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
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