Moog’s profits drop 26%, prompting big cut in earnings forecast
Moog Inc. CEO John Scannell was expecting this year to get off to a slow start.But not this slow.With its industrial markets weakening as the global economy cools and the plunge in oil prices... Read...
View ArticleNiagara County Real Estate Transactions
CAMBRIA• 5230 Randolph St., Deborah A. Cottrell; Duane J. Cottrell to Ashley M. Kraska; Matthew A. Kraska, $169,900.GASPORT• Rose Road, Levy Hill; Walter Hill to William L. Stephens,... Read More
View ArticleKeyCorp’s decision makers poised for greater WNY influence
Green light for $4.1 billion deal for First Niagara will boost Cleveland-based bank's impact here.... Read More
View ArticleOne Seneca Tower likely to be Buffalo’s big white elephant awhile
What's next for Buffalo's tallest building, now 95 percent vacant?... Read More
View ArticlePreservation tag may stop Paladino project
The Buffalo Preservation Board decision last week to seek a historic designation for the Bachelor Apartments building on Franklin Street may doom a $75 million project to build a new 12-story hotel...
View ArticleJetBlue to begin direct flights to L.A. in June
Direct flights from Buffalo to Los Angeles International Airport will begin June 16 on JetBlue, Sen. Charles E. Schumer announced Monday.There are currently no direct flights from Buffalo Niagara......
View ArticleHodgson Russ names Kennedy president and CEO
Hodgson Russ, Buffalo’s largest law firm, named Rick W. Kennedy its new president and CEO.Kennedy joined Hodgson Russ as an associate attorney in 1983 and became a partner in 1990,... Read More
View ArticleFree tax help is available for many of us
Every year, I write a column about where to find free tax help, and every year I get that Beatles song “Taxman” stuck in my head.Anyway. On to more important, less hummable things.... Read More
View ArticleWegmans not giving away $200, as bogus Facebook post claims
Wegmans Food Markets warned consumers Monday that a Facebook post bearing the company’s name and offering a free $200 grocery coupon is fraudulent and not connected to the supermarket chain.... Read...
View ArticleCDC’s probe of Chipotle restaurants concludes without finding source...
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has concluded its investigation into two E. coli outbreaks that sickened dozens of Chipotle Mexican Grill customers and thrust the chain into a......
View ArticleFlanagan may support minimum wage hike – with conditions
ALBANY – State Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, once again, is not ruling out support for a hike in the minimum wage. However, he said Monday that Democratic plans are untenable unless... Read More
View ArticleGeneral Mills and jobs training program get funding
The Western New York Power Proceeds Allocation Board has made its funding recommendations, which would go toward costs associated with business investment and workforce development projects.The......
View ArticleCoffee Culture uncertain why local franchise cafes failed
A Coffee Culture executive said Monday he isn’t sure why the three franchised cafes that closed suddenly last week didn’t succeed.“Maybe that’s the toughest part is that ... Read More
View ArticleOn the Record: Feb. 2, 2016
Hires/Honors/Promotions The Eighth District Dental Society installed James A. Hoddick as president. Hoddick is a dentist with a private practice in the City of Tonawanda. The Eighth District Dental......
View ArticleWestern New York bankruptcy filings drop 8.2 percent
Bankruptcy filings in the Buffalo-Rochester region declined 8.2 percent in January from a year ago, to 293, according to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court.Almost all of the decrease came in Rochester,... Read...
View ArticleMoog plans $12 million expansion in Elma, adding 100 jobs in 5 years
Moog Inc. is planning a $12 million expansion at its Elma campus that is expected to add 100 jobs within the next five years.The expansion will allow the maker of motion-control equipment bring to......
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