BlackBerry is fading in fight to contend
SAN FRANCISCO – BlackBerry’s chances of becoming a viable contender to Apple and Google in the smartphone market are dimming amid lackluster demand for its flagship touch-screen device.Corporate...
View ArticleDriver shortage spurs free trucking schools
There are 25,000 open trucking positions across the country and not enough qualified people to fill them, according to the American Trucking Association.Despite unemployment hovering above 7 percent,...
View ArticleOn the Record / July 6, 2013
Meals on Wheels for Western New York appointed Lamont Williams to its board of directors. Williams serves as the president and CEO of U J Enterprises. He also is the education and youth programs...
View ArticleKaleida, physicians are partners in Orchard Park surgery center
Kaleida Health and a group of doctors plan to build a $2.65 million ambulatory surgery center in Orchard Park, according to plans filed with the state Health Department, which still must approve the...
View ArticleFalls lawmakers wary of Rainbow Boulevard hotel project
A $25.3 million hotel, apartment and retail proposal for downtown Niagara Falls likely won’t get a needed approval from city lawmakers on Monday.City Council Chairman Glenn A. Choolokian on Friday...
View ArticleLocal efforts seek to boost women in computer, IT fields
If you look around a computer science classroom, the offices of a Silicon Valley startup or your standard corporate IT department, you’ll see far more men than women.Even as women outnumber men in the...
View ArticleErie County Real Estate Transactions
ALDEN• 1192 Mayfield Ave., Ellen M. Abt to Timothy A. Kaufman; Heather J. Kaufman, $147,000.AMHERST Highest price: $589,900 Average price: $190,989 Median price: $155,000 Number of Sales: 40• 142...
View ArticleNiagara County Real Estate Transactions
CAMBRIA• Baer Road, Gary W. Wassinger; Barbara R. Wassinger to Amy L. Jagow; David R. Jagow, $187,000.• Shawnee Road, John L. Rogers; Lynne F. Rogers to Tracy K. Kalinski; David J. Kalinski,...
View ArticleEconomy is showing signs of strength
We’ve reached the halfway point of 2013. We are nearing the fifth anniversary of the most intense phase of the great financial crisis and are at the fourth anniversary of the beginning of the recovery...
View ArticleWith some tweaks, cans make comeback in craft beer market
RICHMOND, Va. – Nearly 80 years ago Richmond revolutionized the beer world. For it was in this Southern city in 1935 that canned beer – complete with how-to instructions – was first sold.Krueger’s...
View ArticleCrocs meets clogs revolt with leopard-print ballet flats
NEW YORK – Search online for “hate crocs” and you’ll quickly see why Crocs Inc. is eager to transcend the clunky clogs it unleashed on an unsuspecting world 11 years ago.Bloggers have denounced Crocs...
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The University at Buffalo named Lee H. Melvin vice provost for enrollment, a new position. Melvin was associate vice provost for enrollment at Cornell University. He earned a bachelor’s degree from...
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TuesdayBusiness groups • BNI Executive Marketing Team, breakfast meeting, 6:45-8:30 a.m., Milos Restaurant, 5877 Main St.,Williamsville. Information, 818-2526 or www.bniemt.com.• Pro-Net Professional...
View ArticleTurkey tests find reasons for concern
In its first lab analysis of ground turkey products, Consumer Reports found potential disease-causing organisms in most of the samples it tested, more than half of which proved resistant to more than...
View ArticleBizTalk: Private insurer sees opportunity in Affordable Care Act
Lawley Insurance, a Buffalo-based brokerage firm, started with five employees in 1955; it now boasts over 300. It’s operated by the family’s third generation, and has 18 non-family owners within its...
View ArticleDoes college pay? Depends on your profession
Is college worth it?Currently, it doesn’t seem so for students hoping to get jobs in architecture, government, the humanities or arts after college.Recent graduates with bachelor’s degrees in those...
View ArticleColor of Money: The price of financial illiteracy
Whenever I urge people to stop being serial auto-loan consumers, I get bewildered looks.I mean it. Pay cash for your car and make the math work in your favor.I get that you might not be able to get...
View ArticleOlder workers hit by recession still struggling
While the nation’s economy is on the mend after the Great Recession of 2008, many people who lost jobs at age 50 or older are expected to struggle for the rest of their lives.The average person who...
View ArticleSovran boosts dividend
Sovran Self Storage has boosted its dividend by more than 10 percent in a move that the company’s chief executive said reflects the self storage facility operator’s strengthening earnings.Sovran said...
View ArticleFalls delays transfer of lot for Hamister hotel project
NIAGARA FALLS – The City Council has put off a decision on whether to transfer a downtown parcel for a proposed $25.3 million mixed-use development project.City lawmakers Monday voted, 3-2, to table a...
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