Local workforce is key in FedEx expansion
FedEx Trade Networks’ local expansion through a new $10.6 million office and warehouse that will add 82 local jobs over the next two years gave a shot in the arm to the region’s efforts to become a...
View ArticlePartnership with UB brings high-tech tools to terra cotta firm
The type of historic terra cotta restoration performed by artisans at Boston Valley Terra Cotta is painstaking, time-consuming craftsmanship, and the work has been done largely the same way for...
View ArticleMexico, to attract U.S. retirees, may ease limits on landownership
MEXICO CITY – Mexican legislators, seeking to make their country more attractive to U.S. retirees, may soon lift a major impediment for foreigners who want to own a piece of Mexico’s Pacific or...
View ArticleRetiring boomers are driving sales of small businesses
NEW YORK — Baby boomer business owners preparing for retirement are driving a surge in the sale of small businesses, as they find more and more buyers confident enough in the improving economy to...
View ArticleCollege graduates are hoping for pomp and … jobs
As strains of “Pomp and Circumstance” drift from college campuses this month, odds are improving that new graduates’ next stop will not be their parents’ basements.Hiring isn’t strong, but it sure...
View ArticleLinkedIn looks to build on its impressive resume
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – LinkedIn and Facebook celebrated the anniversaries of their IPOs just a few days apart last week. But their experiences as publicly traded companies couldn’t be more...
View ArticleReinventing an ancient art form
The type of historic terra cotta restoration performed by artisans at Boston Valley Terra Cotta is painstaking, time-consuming craftsmanship, and the work has been done largely the same way for...
View ArticleThe lazy person’s guide to a successful yard sale
All year long, when cleaning out closets, playrooms and the basement, you’ve thrown unwanted things into your “For Garage Sale” pile.But now that it’s that time of year, the last thing you want to do...
View ArticleA little softness goes a long way
This is going to sound weird, but bear with me: I literally thank God every time I buy toilet paper.My friend, Kathy, once said she hated buying toilet paper because it was literally like flushing...
View ArticleDo 0% credit card offers mean free money?
Credit card companies are once again offering free money – or it sure looks free when you see a huge 0 percent plastered on the envelope.Open that new plastic, buy now and get 0 percent until August...
View ArticleArchitect is set to buy, restore 1845 building in Buffalo
The lead partner of architectural and design firm Carmina Wood Morris is putting his money – and home – where his heart is, moving from his home in Lancaster to a 160-year-old three-story building on...
View ArticleErie County real estate transactions
ALDEN• 634 Creekside, Patricia N. Wrest; Juliana M. Kelchlin to Jody Oun; Clint M. Oun, $155,900.• 941 Exchange St., Harld L. Wiesmore III to Stephen W. Deglopper, $85,000.• 586 Three Rod Road, Paula...
View ArticleNiagara County real estate transactions
LEWISTON• Ridge Road, Timothy R. Sledziewski; Candice D. Sledziewski to Ryan M. Henderson; Jill A. Henderson, $115,000.LOCKPORT• 335 Elmwood Ave., Pamela Sarchia to Heather L. Campbell, $119,000.•...
View ArticleEx-Congressman LaFalce resigns from Erie IDA board
Former Rep. John J. LaFalce has stepped down as chairman of the Erie County Industrial Development Agency, ending his 14-month tenure overseeing the economic development agency.LaFalce, who submitted...
View ArticlePaladino's plans for warehouse win tax break
Developer Carl Paladino’s $14.7 million plan to convert the decaying Arctic Freezer Building next to the Niagara Thruway is getting $634,000 in tax breaks through the Erie County Industrial...
View ArticleNewstead golf course losing tax breaks after ownership change
A struggling Newstead golf course is losing its tax breaks after an ownership change.The new owners of Arrowhead Golf Course lost property tax breaks estimated to be worth a total of $200,000 through...
View ArticleConverting Dunkirk power plant to natural gas would raise rates, study says
Converting the Dunkirk power plant from coal to natural gas would be a big, expensive project, but two reports – funded by two different companies – come to opposite conclusions about whether it would...
View ArticleThornton quits HSBC board
John L. Thornton, chairman of HSBC North America Holdings, is stepping down from HSBC’s board, citing expanded responsibilities within his other business interests. Thornton will not seek re-election...
View ArticleOn the Record / May 23, 2013
University at Buffalo professor of English Jerold C. Frakes, a noted scholar of medieval literature, received a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship to support his study of the...
View ArticleTermini urges sales-tax-free zone downtown
Asserting that city and state leaders need to “think outside the box” to revive Buffalo’s retail industry, developer Rocco Termini called Tuesday for a sales-tax-free zone downtown to lure Canadian...
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