Workforce board receives grant for health-care jobs training
The Buffalo & Erie County Workforce Investment Board has received a $270,000 state grant to help train people for jobs in health care.The board is one of 14 agencies across New York that are......
View ArticleTyson to close Buffalo plant in 2015, eliminating 300 jobs
Tyson Foods will close its Buffalo meat-processing plant next year, eliminating 300 jobs, the Arkansas-based company announced Friday.Tyson said the Buffalo facility, at 665 Perry St., will close......
View ArticleOn the Record / July 26, 2014
Hires/Promotions/Honors Orchard Fresh Executive Chef Erin Horton won the 2014 Food Marketing Institute’s Supermarket Chef Showdown in the side dish/mini meals category. The annual recipe... Read More
View ArticleBaidu surges to record high for week, leading a rally by Chinese stocks in...
Baidu Inc. rose to a record high this week, leading a rally among Chinese stocks trading in the U.S., after it reported earnings that beat analysts’ estimates.American depositary receipts of ... Read...
View ArticleFirst Niagara’s second quarter net income rises 3.8 percent
First Niagara Financial Group’s second-quarter net income rose nearly 4 percent from a year ago, while the bank continued its push to bolster its technology systems.The Buffalo-based bank on ... Read...
View ArticleMoog’s profits soar to $48 million for quarter
Stronger earnings from its industrial business, as well as its space and defense units, pushed up Moog Inc.’s third-quarter profits by 41 percent, the Elma-based aerospace company said... Read More
View ArticleOrders for U.S. durable goods increase 0.7 percent in June
WASHINGTON — Orders for long-lasting manufactured goods rebounded in June after a May decline, helped by a recovery in demand in a key category that signals business investment plans.Orders... Read More
View ArticleMoog’s profits soar to $48 million for the third quarter
Stronger earnings from its industrial business, as well as its space and defense units, pushed up Moog Inc.’s third-quarter profits by 41 percent, the Elma-based aerospace company said... Read More
View Article$6.5 million investment planned for Cameron facility
Cameron International Corp. is still working on selling a division that includes its Cheektowaga plant, even as the company plans to invest up to $6.5 million in the Broadway complex.The process of...
View ArticleErie County Real Estate Transactions
AMHERST Highest price: $1,600,000 Average price: $213,570 Median price: $172,500 Number of Sales: 44• 401 Creekside, Airsep Corporation to 401 Creekside Drive Llc, $1,600,000.• 208... Read More
View ArticleNiagara County Real Estate Transactions
CAMBRIA• Upper Mountain Road, Olga J. Magrun; Patricia A. George; Olga J. Defuria to Christopher Goulet, $103,900.• 5182 Ridge Road, Harry B. Morton to Wells Fargo Bank, $93,000.... Read More
View ArticlePintos go from beast to beauty at car show
DEARBORN, Mich. – The Pintos’ paint jobs screamed in their 1970s-hued glory. The car owners mingled with one another between the rows of cars, set on the lawn, yards from the more... Read More
View ArticleMomentous mergers are set to transform the media world
The flesh-eating zombies in AMC’s hit television series “The Walking Dead” are shambling into a land of even bigger monsters.AMC’s parent company, AMC Networks, along... Read More
View ArticleHasbro to collaborate with 3-D printing company to sell artwork
In the not too distant future, 3-D printers may provide the public with anything from a whole new wardrobe, to meat, to furniture – and even human organs.We aren’t there yet. But a... Read More
View ArticleCommentary: Free ride ending for mutual funds
Of all the outrages endured during the financial crisis, perhaps the most perplexing involved money-market mutual funds. In an example of moral hazard writ large, this uninsured risk instrument......
View ArticleMattel takes premium line of Thomas & Friends toys straight to shoppers
Like many 4-year-olds, Benny Nelson adores Thomas the Tank Engine.He has amassed a collection of more than 40 engines in the Thomas & Friends line, which he now shares with his 2-year-old... Read...
View ArticleBasil’s Volkswagen dealership joins auto sales fray
It has been a long time coming, but Basil Volkswagen is finally ready to open its doors in Lockport.The dealership, owned by Michael Basil, is set to debut Thursday. The location is next door to......
View ArticleBuffalo area experiencing a glut of yoga studios
When Jackie Bogdan began practicing yoga, T-shirts and sweatpants were all she needed.The downward facing dog and bridge were maneuvered on bare, hardwood floors. And the Himalayan Institute was......
View ArticleJust two of 2,862 mutual funds routinely beat the market
When the stock market rose 30 percent in 2013, plenty of fund managers had a triumphant year.Almost anyone can post good numbers in a bull market, though. It’s like sprinting downhill with... Read More
View ArticleConsumer Reports: A dab of sunscreen won’t do
Sunscreen may be big business, with sales topping $1 billion last year, but not nearly enough of us seem to buy into its importance, says Consumer Reports. More than half of the respondents in a......
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