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Five Star Urgent Care opens Fayetteville office
FAYETTEVILLE, N.Y. — Five Star Urgent Care, a provider of walk-in, urgent-care services, on Thursday opened its third location in the Syracuse area with a
Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare launches online inpatient portal for health information
UTICA, N.Y. — Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare (FSLH) is introducing a new patient portal allowing patients to access their medical information before and after a
First Niagara to combine consumer-banking businesses
BUFFALO, N.Y — First Niagara Financial Group (NASDAQ: FNFG) on Thursday announced plans to combine all of its consumer-banking businesses into one unit. Effective immediately,
UTICA — Technology has always changed our lives. Millennia ago, it was the discovery of fire, the wheel, and iron. Today, it’s everything digital: computers,
Smith Sovik law firm opens Buffalo office
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Syracuse–based law firm of Smith Sovik Kendrick & Sugnet, P.C., which focuses on civil litigation, has opened a new office in
National job growth falls short in August
ROMBEL ON BUSINESS U.S. employers added 142,000 net jobs to their payrolls in August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported Friday. That was
Success comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it. — A sign posted in Ryan Brooks’ office. ONEONTA — Brooks Bottling
Oneida County hotels see increasing demand
UTICA — Oneida County hoteliers have seen a substantial recent rise in demand for their rooms. The county’s average occupancy rate, based on data for
U.S. Health-Care Costs versus Health Outcomes
Dr. Michael Kirsch, a practicing physician and newspaper columnist, has lamented that he has difficulty answering questions about the economics of health care. One of
John G. Ullman: Financial-Planning Pioneer
CORNING — Flash back to 1978. The financial landscape was clearly delineated. Bankers collected deposits and made loans, insurance companies sold property and life policies,
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