Area bankruptcy filings fall 14 percent in March
Bankruptcy filings continued their regional slide in March.The number of cases filed in Buffalo and Rochester dropped 14 percent from a year ago, to 486, according to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court’s...
View ArticleWith 401(k)s, fees really do matter
You may not believe it, but there really are government forces trying to help you become better informed about your workplace retirement plan.I wonder if their efforts are in vain.The Department of...
View ArticleApril is a good time to buy jewelery, running shoes
April showers bring May flowers along with a good excuse to hit the mall.April is a non-gift-giving month, which means it is a really good time to buy gifts, specifically for Mother’s Day and...
View ArticleHow to trim your TV bill
Television is America’s great guilty pleasure. We realize that we watch too much of it, and we think we pay more for it than we should. But we get a lot of enjoyment watching a movie or playoff game...
View ArticleRetailers turn to mobile apps to drive up sales
Tia Smith clutched her new phone in one hand and a phone case in the other as she shopped at a Best Buy in West Hollywood, Calif.She clicked away into her smartphone’s tiny screen and searched for the...
View ArticleJudge warns GM to give more data or face order to park recalled cars
WASHINGTON – General Motors Co. was told by a U.S. judge to provide more explanation for why she shouldn’t force it to tell drivers of 2.59 million recalled small cars to “park it” until faulty...
View ArticleFerguson gets $19 million Power Authority contract
The New York Power Authority board of trustees has awarded a $19 million contract to a local electrical contractor for ongoing upgrades to its Lewiston Pump-Generating Plant.Ferguson Electric, a...
View ArticleSelling Points: Notable real estate deals in Buffalo Niagara
Some recent notable real estate deals in the Buffalo Niagara region:1) Location: 746-796, 750, 800, 820, 880, 890 & 900 Young St. and 100 & 150 Niagara St., City of TonawandaPrice: $22.1...
View ArticleU.S. employers add 192,000 jobs for March
WASHINGTON – The U.S. economy delivered a solid month of job growth in March and signaled that stronger gains could lie ahead: More Americans without jobs are starting to look for one, and paychecks...
View ArticleReal estate agent agrees to pay $2,000 fine in failed home deal
A Buffalo real estate broker has admitted that he “demonstrated incompetence and/or untrustworthiness” during a transaction that went sour for everyone involved in 2012.The broker, James Mack of...
View ArticleState’s top court OKs Lockport taking of GM land
LOCKPORT – The Court of Appeals has given the green light to the Town of Lockport Industrial Development Agency’s effort to take land west of the GM Components Holdings plant.The state’s highest court...
View ArticleErie County Real Estate transactions
AKRON• 17 Kibler Ave., Jo Ann Betzold; Gary M. Betzold to Donald Frey; Candace Frey, $123,000.• 11 Bloomingdale Ave., Carolyn Tooley to Adam Swendsen, $36,000.• 48 John St., Sharon D. Garwol to...
View ArticleNiagara County Real Estate Transactions
CAMBRIA• Town Line Road, Michael D. Rhoney; Michael J. Cushman to Rhoney Funeral Home Inc., $5,000.HARTLAND• 3572 Wruck Road, Harry Merrell; Madeline M. Merrell; Christine M. Shafer; James C. Merrell...
View ArticleFor AT&T, NCAA, Final Four represents convergence of interests
DALLAS – Marketing opportunities don’t come any bigger for AT&T Inc. than this year’s Final Four of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament.The company is a longtime sponsor of the NCAA and one of...
View Article3 Toyota plants in Ontario to vote on unionizing
OTTAWA, Ont. – Workers at three Toyota assembly plants in Ontario will vote this week on whether to join Canada’s largest union, an effort that could create the carmaker’s only unionized shop in the...
View ArticleCraft beer reaches for the skies on U.S. airlines
RICHMOND, Va. – Attention passengers, craft beer has reached 35,000 feet.As the airline industry works to improve its food and beverage options, a new trend has emerged – airlines adding craft beers...
View ArticleFormer UB economist proposes paying for kidney donations
As of January, there were 99,200 people waiting for kidney transplants in this country, with a new patient added to the list every 20 minutes.About 14,000 kidney transplants were performed in the...
View ArticleService employees take aim at Pittsburgh’s top employer
PITTSBURGH – For decades, U.S. Steel was this city’s dominant employer, but now the biggest employer is the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, with its 22 hospitals and 62,000 workers.As if to...
View ArticleUltrafast trades aided by exchanges
“The United States stock market, the most iconic market in global capitalism, is rigged.”That’s what Michael Lewis told Steve Kroft on the CBS show “60 Minutes” last week. It was a clever, if...
View ArticleGas terminal poised for change from imports to exports
COVE POINT, Md. – The natural gas pipes on Dominion’s Cove Point property begin on a pier in the Chesapeake Bay.They then descend underground and run for more than a mile behind the walls of a dimly...
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