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First Niagara announces changes to executive-leadership team

BUFFALO — First Niagara Financial Group (NASDAQ: FNFG) today announced changes to the banking company’s executive leadership team, including the elimination of one position, a search to fill another post, and two promotions. The Buffalo–based banking company, which is the parent of First Niagara Bank, has promoted Inder Koul to executive vice president and chief

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Matthews Auto Group expands into Pennsylvania

VESTAL — On Nov. 11, Matthews Auto Group, Inc. opened its sixth location at 3512 Birney Ave. in Moosic, Pa., about six miles south of Scranton. The dealership features “Planet PreOwned,” a trademark of Matthews Auto Group for its used cars. Moosic is the third used-car location for Matthews, in addition to the firm’s Norwich

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Upstate consumer sentiment inches up in December

New York consumers closed out 2013 with a focus on the holidays but didn’t display much positive movement in their overall willingness to spend money. Consumer sentiment in upstate New York rose 1.7 points to 69.1 in December, according to the latest monthly survey that the Siena (College) Research Institute (SRI) released Jan. 6. Upstate’s

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Cuomo plan to provide more than $2 billion in tax relief

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Jan. 6 announced details of a more than $2 billion tax-relief proposal he says is designed to increase economic opportunity and attract and grow businesses across the state. Cuomo’s office is citing “responsible fiscal management in state government” as the reason why New York has gone from a $10

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Keeping It Kleen acquisition adds training option to WyckWyre services

CONKLIN — WyckWyre Food & Hospitality Online Hiring Systems, a unit of Maines Paper & Food Service, Inc., acquired Keeping It Kleen, another Maines subsidiary, on Jan. 1. It’s a move designed to further WyckWyre’s goal of helping its customers boost employee retention rates through proper training. WyckWyre did not disclose terms of the acquisition,

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Attorney discusses HR challenges with health law’s employer mandate

SYRACUSE — The employer mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the national health-care reform law) takes effect in just over 11 months, and human-resources (HR) professionals should make certain they have an accurate figure on their company’s employee count. That’s the recommendation from Christian Jones, a labor-law attorney with Mackenzie Hughes, LLP

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Amendment to state labor law affects severance packages

SYRACUSE — An amendment to New York’s Labor Law that took effect on Jan. 1 could affect how terminated employees negotiate severance packages. Under the amendment, New York workers who are terminated could become ineligible for unemployment insurance (UI) for a time, if they accept an immediate severance package from their employers. Under the new

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Top Candidates Do Not Equal Top Employees

Your new hire sailed through the interview process. He “wowed” HR, hit it off with the department manager and — based on his stellar résumé — is more than qualified for the position. So why is he failing on the job? It could be because he’s a great interviewee, but not a high performer. In

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Learning to Think Sideways

There was a great running gag on the NBC sitcom “30 Rock,” about a fake TV game show called “Homonym.” The host said a word that has multiple meanings and the contestant tried to guess which definition the host had on his card. No matter which meaning the contestant guessed, the host would always reply,

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