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Investors again urge Synacor to make deep cuts

Synacor Inc.’s dissident investors are urging the company to make deep cuts in its expenses to help make the Buffalo Internet content provider profitable again.The dissident investors... Read More

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RadioShack considers Chapter 11 filing

NEW YORK – RadioShack warned Thursday that it may need to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization if it can’t rework its debt or find another way to ease a cash crunch.The... Read More

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Coupons are a treasure in hand, area shoppers show rest of nation

Western New Yorkers can’t get enough coupons.Consumers here are more likely to use coupons than shoppers almost anywhere else in the country, research shows.When top couponing website... Read More

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Solar power prospects topic of conference at Daemen

A senior project manager for solar energy system installer SolarCity will discuss the potential for solar power during the Western New York Environmental Summit from on Sept. 27 at Daemen College.......

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Brooks Memorial Hospital workers ratify contract

DUNKIRK – Members of Brooks Memorial Hospital’s largest union have ratified a three-year contract, a compromise measure that followed months of acrimonious negotiations.The members of ... Read More

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Montante Development starts construction management firm

TM Montante Development – the company tackling the conversion of the former Millard Fillmore Hospital complex – is launching a construction management firm to handle not only its own... Read More

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HarborCenter begins hiring 300 restaurant, concessions workers

HarborCenter management has begun hiring to fill 300 jobs in the (716) Food and Sport restaurant, a commemorative Tim Hortons and the concessions operations at the two hockey rinks in the building......

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First Niagara provides $12 million in financing for Schneider project

First Niagara Financial Group provided $12 million in financing for Schneider Development’s $14 million downtown project, Apartments@the Hub, at 145-149 Swan St.Jake Schneider’s... Read More

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Area public companies presenting at investors conference

A total of 17 companies from the Buffalo and Rochester areas are scheduled to make presentations to investors during the Western New York Investors Conference on Sept. 26 in downtown Buffalo.Among......

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Wall Street: Stocks slip in early trading

U.S. stocks fell early today, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index poised to end a five-week stretch of gains, as investors speculated the Federal Reserve may raise interest rates sooner ... Read...

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Hudson City Bancorp CEO, a Batavia native, dies unexpectedly

Ronald Hermance Jr., the top executive at Hudson City Bancorp, which M&T Bank plans to acquire, has died unexpectedly.Hermance, 67, died Thursday evening, New Jersey-based Hudson City announced...

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Five health centers split $1 million in federal primary-care grants

Five community health centers in Western New York are receiving a combined $1 million in federal grants as part of a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services program to improve nationwide... Read...

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Len-Co Lumber buys Syms site in Clarence

Buffalo-based wood and building materials retailer Len-Co Lumber Corp. has acquired the former Syms department store near Eastern Hills Mall. Len-Co paid $2.52 million to buy an 8-acre property,......

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On the Record / Sept. 13, 2014

Hires/Promotions/Honors Burden, Gulisano & Hickey attorney Sarah E. Hansen was recently appointed to the DRI Young Lawyers Steering Committee as vice chairwoman of the Whisper, a monthly... Read...

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Lengthy critique of Olive Garden starts with the breadsticks

NEW YORK – Maybe there is such a thing as too many breadsticks.In a nearly 300-page treatise on what’s wrong with Olive Garden and its management, investor Starboard Value suggests... Read More

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Big Lots puts larger focus on groceries

Out of milk? Now you can head to Big Lots.Big Lots stores in Western New York have overhauled their product mix to make grocery a much larger focus than it has been in the past.“Grocery is a ... Read...

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Commercial real estate deals top $100 million in Erie County

More than $100 million worth of commercial real estate deals changed hands over the summer months in Erie County alone. Some notable deals: Vision Hotels of Corning bought an Amherst hotel out of......

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Buffalo’s request for $28 million to put cars on Main Street rejected

The federal government has rejected Buffalo’s application for $28 million to pay for the next phase of the project to return traffic to Main Street downtown.But the completion of... Read More

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Erie County Real Estate Transactions

ALDEN• 967 Two Rod Road, David A. Dirschberger; Virginia C. Dirschberger to Caitlyn Sharp, $210,000.• 13526 Genesee, Larry M. Danson; Jill J. Danson to Catherine Ann Kellogg; Preston... Read More

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Niagara County Real Estate Transactions

CAMBRIA• Thrall Road, David Thruston; David A. Thurston to Tracy A. Kneeppel; Christopher W. Kneeppel, $210,000.• Shawnee Road, Kristen A. Johnstone; Kristen A. Gerstung to Thomas A.... Read More

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