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Aspen Athletic acquires Fitness Forum Health Club in DeWitt

Fitness Forum exits the health-club business   DeWITT  —  Aspen Athletic Clubs stretched its footprint for the third time this year with a Dec. 1 acquisition of Fitness Forum Health Club in DeWitt. The move gives Aspen its fifth location in 24,000 square feet at 6800 E. Genesee St. — its first club to the […]

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New CEO diagnoses a busy future for ClearPath

SYRACUSE — The new CEO of ClearPath Diagnostics says he joined a company that’s a specimen of growth. “We’ve had some real encouraging signs,” says Jack Finn, who started as ClearPath’s chief executive on Nov. 1. “We’ve added five salespeople in the last two or three months. In the last two months and even more

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New owner expects to leverage PPC’s expertise for growth

DeWITT — The CEO of Belden, Inc. (NYSE: BDC) expects the addition of DeWitt–based PPC to bolster his company’s offerings in broadband technology. PPC is a developer and manufacturer of connectors used in telecommunications with a particular strength in broadband applications, according to Belden, which announced its $515.7 million acquisition of privately held PPC on

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Upstate loses confidence in November, contrasting with NYC

November readings of New York consumers’ willingness to spend moved counterintuitively in the wake of Superstorm Sandy, dropping in the largely unscathed upstate region while rising in the hard-hit New York City area. Upstate New York’s overall index of consumer confidence fell 2 points to 73.6, according to polling conducted by the Siena (College) Research

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Upstate Medical psychiatrists develop suicide-prevention system

SYRACUSE — Two forensic psychiatrists at the State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical University are developing new technology to prevent suicide among adults in custodial care. The technology could be ready for use in jail settings as soon as 2014, says Dr. Andrew Kaufman, who is working on the effort full time. Kaufman

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Cazenovia Equipment breezes into wind, solar markets with energy division

CAZENOVIA  —  A Central New York farm and landscaping equipment dealer believes it has solid ground on which to build windmills — its reputation. The John Deere dealership Cazenovia Equipment Co. installed its first wind turbines this year — putting up windmills at three dairy farms, one apple orchard, and an organic farm under its

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Geneva hair-products maker powers up with windmills

GENEVA — Zotos International, Inc. found a way for the wind to blow through its hair-care products. The Geneva–based manufacturer uses a pair of 1.65-megawatt wind turbines to help power its plant at 300 Forge Ave. The 364-foot turbines have been operational for about 12 months, and Zotos hopes to use them to generate as

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Ithaca clean-tech startup looks to seas for power

ITHACA — An Ithaca–based clean-tech startup firm, called WavElectric, is developing a power-generation system that focuses on producing electricity using the motion of ocean waves. The company’s technology was developed by Angel Martinez, a senior research technician at Cornell University. The system involves a kinetic-power generator that is activated by movement, says Alessandro Anzani, WavElectric

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Reactor project at Cornell wins DOE funding

ITHACA — A research project led by two Cornell University professors aims to create compact reactors used in production of biofuel from algae. Biofuels can be made from a variety of stocks, including corn and wood. As it turns out, algae is especially energy dense, meaning a given amount of algae would produce more fuel

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ExxonMobil forecast: North America to become net energy exporter by 2025

Led by technological advances that allow for drilling natural gas and oil in shale and other previously unreachable locations, North America is poised to become a net exporter of energy by 2025. That’s according to a report issued Dec. 11 by energy giant ExxonMobil, entitled: “The Outlook for Energy: A View to 2040.” “Today, North

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