AT&T discounting iPads and iPhones to boost subscribers
AT&T Inc. is dangling $200 discounts on iPads as part of an iPhone sales promotion aimed at clearing inventory ahead of the next iPhone and at boosting the number of data-device subscribers.......
View ArticleStocks rise early today
U.S. stocks rose early today, rebounding from Tuesday’s decline, as a slowdown in retail sales boosted speculation the Federal Reserve won’t be forced to raise rates sooner than... Read More
View ArticleSave money by choosing cheaper store brands
At CVS, a 100-tablet package of store-brand aspirin costs you $1.99. Bayer aspirin is three times that much. Nonetheless, millions of people end up buying Bayer. When it comes to headache remedies,...
View ArticleOn the Record / Aug. 14, 2014
Hires/Promotions/Honors The Buffalo Chapter of the International Association of Administrative Professionals named Debra A. Prautzsch president for the 2014-15 year. Prautzsch is employed by... Read...
View ArticleU.S. retail sales in July unchanged from June
WASHINGTON – U.S. retail sales were essentially flat in July, providing evidence that consumers have yet to shed their doubts about the economy despite recent job gains.The Commerce... Read More
View ArticleMadoff son, other estate aim to limit trustee suit
Bernard L. Madoff’s surviving son and the estate of another who committed suicide have asked a court to block the trustee unwinding the con man’s firm from adding new claims to a... Read More
View ArticleU.S. oil production reaches 27-year high, keeping prices low
Fighting across Iraq, Libya, Ukraine and Gaza, and an accelerating economy, should mean higher oil prices. Yet crude is falling.Six years ago, oil soared to a record $147 a barrel as tension... Read...
View ArticleDow rises, moving back into the black for the year, as stock market posts...
NEW YORK – A modest gain for the stock market Wednesday tugged the Dow Jones industrial average back into the black for the year as investors set aside concerns about Ukraine, Iraq and... Read More
View ArticleFalls hotelier asks IDA aid to demolish and rebuild his business
WHEATFIELD – The owner of a Niagara Falls motel asked the Niagara County Industrial Development Agency for help Wednesday in tearing down his current business and erecting a larger one on... Read More
View ArticleDowntown’s White Building to get a makeover
Real estate investor and developer Tony Kissling is looking for a partner on his proposed $11 million transformation of the White Building in downtown Buffalo into a mixed-use complex, but... Read More
View ArticleKrog buys former Orchard Park school building
Developer Krog Corp., which specializes in adaptive reuse projects, has acquired the former Orchard Park Central School District Administration Building, which will house an expanded presence for......
View ArticleU.S. stocks rise in midday trading
U.S. stocks rose, sending the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to a two-week high, as speculation the crisis in Ukraine won’t escalate overshadowed weaker-than- estimated economic data.... Read More
View ArticleMoog buying back more shares
Moog’s board of directors has expanded the defense and aeronautics company’s share buyback program by another 5 million shares, as officials expect to complete the existing program by ... Read More
View ArticleOn the Record / August 15, 2014
Hires/Promotions/Honors Fundraising software developer SofTrek Corp. named Erik Wahlstrom business analyst and project manager. Wahlstrom is a SUNY Buffalo State graduate. Also, the company named......
View ArticleLocal labor force added 6,600 jobs last month
The Buffalo Niagara labor force added 6,600 jobs last month, up 1.2 percent for the year, making it the region’s third best July on record.The private sector added 6,700 jobs, up 1.5 percent ... Read...
View ArticleEarnings news push stocks slightly higher
NEW YORK – Better corporate earnings helped nudge the stock market up Thursday in one of the quietest sessions this year.Health care companies led the major indexes to slight gains.With many ... Read...
View ArticleBatavia shoe factory staying in business
PW Minor, a maker of leather shoes and orthopedic products in Batavia, is staying open under new ownership and retaining more than 50 manufacturing jobs, and adding up to 17 more, the company... Read...
View ArticleRestoring a shoemaker’s soul
BATAVIA – P.W. Minor & Sons, Genesee County’s oldest business with roots that date from just after the Civil War, had been operating on a shoestring budget for years. Its per-day... Read More
View ArticleFalls lawmakers OK back taxes deal for One Niagara
NIAGARA FALLS - City lawmakers Thursday approved another deal over back taxes – this one for $1.6 million – on a key piece of downtown real estate.One Niagara LLC, which owns the... Read More
View ArticleWALL STREET: Stocks fall amid rising Ukraine tension
U.S. stocks fell in midday trading today, trimming a weekly gain for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, after escalating tensions in Ukraine boosted demand for haven assets.Nordstrom Inc.... Read More
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