Dannon reducing amount of sugar in yogurt for kids
NEW YORK – Dannon says it will cut back the amount of sugar in its yogurts intended for children.The move is part of a variety of measures the company is taking to improve the nutritional content of...
View ArticleObama to boost overtime provisions
Danny Felix says he often worked weekends driving a shuttle bus back and forth from a parking lot to Washington’s Union Station, pushing his schedule beyond 60 hours some weeks.Felix, who said he was...
View ArticleCompany ignored alerts from computer security system Target missed signs of...
Target has acknowledged that its computer security system had alerted it to suspicious activity after hackers infiltrated its network last year, but the company ultimately decided to ignore it,...
View ArticleU.S. stocks fall after Thursday’s drop amid tension over Ukraine...
U.S. stocks fell Friday, a day after the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index lost the most in five weeks, as talks with Russia failed to end a standoff over the Crimea ahead of Sunday’s referendum.Bank of...
View ArticleGM challenges findings of more deaths related to ignition defect
As many as 303 deaths could have been caused by a defect that recently prompted General Motors Co. to recall 1.6 million cars, according to a new report commissioned by an independent consumer...
View ArticleQuiznos follows Sbarro into bankruptcy as competition grows
Quiznos Corp., the Denver-based toasted-sandwich chain, filed for bankruptcy just days after pizzeria company Sbarro LLC sought protection from creditors, as competition among fast-food restaurants...
View ArticleU.S. producer prices fell 0.1% last month
WASHINGTON – The prices companies receive for their goods and services fell slightly in February, the latest sign that inflation is tame.The producer price index, which measures price changes before...
View ArticleGoogle wants email scanning info blocked from public
Google Inc., the world’s largest Internet-search provider, is seeking to black out portions of a transcript from a public court hearing that includes information on how it mines data from personal...
View Article‘Veronica Mars’ Fans Are Happy to Finance a Reunion
LOS ANGELES – Hardly a week after Cyrus and Ina Chung had moved to Providence, R.I., to start new jobs, this married couple stood here in a parking lot, dressed in formal clothes with the Southern...
View ArticleOn the Record / March 15, 2014
Hires/Promotions/Honors Angelo Natale, president and CEO of Natale Builders recently earned the Certified Green Professional National Association of Home Builders Award for project of the year, best...
View ArticleNiagara County Real Estate Transactions
CAMBRIA• Upper Mountain Road & Subbera Road, Matthew P. Foe; Jeanette S. Kroening to Milleville Brothers Partnership, $305,000.• Saunders Settlement Road, Steven A. Olick Jr.; Marianne E. Olick to...
View ArticleErie County Real Estate Transactions
ALDEN• 11798 Manitou Drive, Carol M. Ressler; Ronald C. Ressler to Allen Austin; Betty J. Austin, $225,000.• 11724 Buckwheat Road, Herbert C. Hoffman; Craig D. Hoffman; Thelma E. Hoffman; Curtis H....
View ArticleThawing job market makes slow progress
There’s no question the Buffalo Niagara job market is getting better.Six years after the Great Recession started battering local employers, we’ve recovered all of the jobs that we lost during the...
View ArticleUB engineer has traveled a long distance from humble roots
Cemal Basaran was 25 when he arrived in this country from Turkey, with $500 in his pocket, to begin his graduate studies.Today, he’s a University at Buffalo civil engineering professor who studies how...
View ArticleEncouraging entrepreneurs at a new co-working space
When Pat Whalen stands in the middle of an empty, 90-year-old industrial building in downtown Buffalo, he sees a piece of the city’s economic revival.Whalen, who is chief operating officer of the...
View ArticleU.S. lags as commercial drones take off around the globe
WASHINGTON – A small, four-rotor drone hovered over Washington Nationals players for a few days during spring training in Florida last month, taking publicity photos impossible for a human...
View Article7 crucial facts buyers should know about FHA loans
What is an FHA loan? In the wake of the housing bubble’s collapse, FHA loans have taken on renewed importance for today’s mortgage borrowers.Simply stated, an FHA loan is a mortgage insured by the...
View ArticleTrashed online? Act quickly to protect your reputation
It can take a long time – if ever – to undo damage caused by comments on the Internet. Scathing posts can tarnish reputations for individuals and businesses, and the snarkiest stuff can go viral...
View ArticleSamsung introduces free streaming radio service
Samsung has unveiled a new free music service for its phones that it touts as a significant improvement from the apps already on the market.The South Korean gadget maker’s Milk Music service, which...
View ArticleThink twice before buying ID theft protection
With all the news recently about data breaches at major U.S. retailers – Target, Neiman Marcus, Michaels – many consumers might wonder if they should subscribe to an identity theft “protection”...
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