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Upstate consumer sentiment inches up in February
Consumer sentiment in upstate New York rose 2.1 points to 74.1 in February, according to the latest monthly survey the Siena (College) Research Institute (SRI) released today. Upstate’s overall-sentiment index of 74.1 is a combination of the current-sentiment and future-sentiment components. Upstate’s current-sentiment index of 83 rose 2.3 points from January, while the future-sentiment level […]
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Consumer sentiment in upstate New York rose 2.1 points to 74.1 in February, according to the latest monthly survey the Siena (College) Research Institute (SRI) released today.
Upstate’s overall-sentiment index of 74.1 is a combination of the current-sentiment and future-sentiment components. Upstate’s current-sentiment index of 83 rose 2.3 points from January, while the future-sentiment level increased 2 points to 68.4, according to the SRI data.
The upstate figure was 2.2 points below the statewide consumer-sentiment level of 76.3, which fell 1.2 points from January, SRI said.
New York’s consumer-sentiment index was 5.3 points lower than the February figure of 81.6 for the entire nation, which rose 0.4 points from January, as measured by the University of Michigan’s consumer-sentiment index.
The nation’s numbers were “little changed” this month, and New York “slipped ever so slightly,” Doug Lonnstrom, professor of statistics and finance at Siena College and SRI founding director, said in the news release.
“Interestingly, our indices — overall, current and future — all are poised almost exactly on the absolute breakeven point at which optimism and pessimism balance. Collectively, we are either at a crossroads waiting to discover an economic revival or demise, or perhaps this is the new condition in which we get used to things being neither good nor bad but rather simply what we are used to,” Lonnstrom said.
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New York Fed: Harsh winter weather hurts economic activity in region in early 2014
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York today reported that economic activity in the region, “declined modestly” in the first few weeks of 2014, hampered by
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan adds four upstate counties to service area
UnitedHealthcare (UHC) Community Plan announced it has added four additional upstate New York counties to its service area for Medicaid Managed Care and Family Health
Allegiant to offer flights from Syracuse to Myrtle Beach beginning in late May
SYRACUSE — Allegiant Air today announced it will offer nonstop flights between Syracuse and Myrtle Beach, S.C., beginning May 29. The Syracuse to Myrtle Beach
Allegiant to receive $100,000 grant to offer Syracuse-Myrtle Beach flights
SYRACUSE — Allegiant Air will receive a $100,000 federal grant to help it offer nonstop flights between Syracuse and Myrtle Beach, S.C., starting in late
NY Attorney General settles with Rome nursing home after race-discrimination probe
ROME — New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman today announced a settlement in the investigation of a Rome nursing home over accusations of race discrimination
Ronald McDonald House Charities of CNY names two new board members
SYRACUSE — Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central New York recently announced it has appointed two new members to its board of directors for 2014.
Cazenovia College to offer criminal justice minor this fall
CAZENOVIA — Cazenovia College announced it will add a criminal justice minor to the college’s overall curriculum this fall 2014 semester. The new minor
Ageless Medicine opens in Vestal
VESTAL — A new medical weight loss and skin/aesthetics practice, called Ageless Medicine, recently opened in Vestal. Located at 2220 Vestal Parkway East, the practice offer services such as medically supervised weight loss as well as techniques in skin rejuvenation. It also has a full-service MedSpa and laser center with services available for both women
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VESTAL — A new medical weight loss and skin/aesthetics practice, called Ageless Medicine, recently opened in Vestal.
Located at 2220 Vestal Parkway East, the practice offer services such as medically supervised weight loss as well as techniques in skin rejuvenation. It also has a full-service MedSpa and laser center with services available for both women and men, the practice said in a news release.
Ageless Medicine also offers trigger-point massage therapy, which is designed to alleviate the source of the pain through cycles of isolated pressure and release. For more chronic pain, patients can be treated using trigger-point injections.
Dr. Tali Reeis-Martin founded and owns Ageless Medicine. She is a board-certified physician who completed her medical training at Albany Medical Center. Working in an outpatient setting, she treated chronic and acute obesity-related diseases, according to the news release. Depression was also common, along with low self-esteem and chronic fatigue. Most of her patient visits involved counseling people about eating right and living a healthy lifestyle, the release stated.
Reeis-Martin later became interested in bariatric medicine and became a member of the American Society of Bariatric Medicine. She says her goal is to provide safe and effective non-surgical weight loss.
Joining Reeis-Martin in the practice is Elizabeth Hutchings, a licensed medical aesthetician. She is certified in laser physics and modalities. Hutchings studied at the Aesthetic Science Institute in Albany, as well as various other institutes, according to the release.
Ageless Medicine is open Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. And, Wednesday evening and Saturday appointments are available by request.
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City of Syracuse formally transfers FAA Hancock certificate to airport authority
SYRACUSE — Mayor Stephanie Miner today formally handed over the operating certificate for Syracuse Hancock International Airport to the Syracuse Regional Airport Authority (SRAA) during
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