Council ‘bans the box’ to help ex-cons land jobs
The Common Council on Tuesday voted, 7-2, to “ban the box,” making it illegal for any employer in the City of Buffalo to ask job seekers on their applications if they have ever been convicted of a...
View ArticleConsumer confidence hits 5-year high, lags in WNY
Consumer confidence shows up in many places – spending, hiring and business expansions, to name a few. And across the nation, that confidence has soared to a five-year high, the Conference Board...
View ArticleAstronics to buy Oregon company in $136 million deal
Astronics Corp. has agreed to spend $136 million to buy PECO, an Oregon company that makes the aircraft cabin lighting and air flow components located above passenger seats.The cash deal, expected to...
View ArticleFrey the Wheelman has future as hip office space
Frey the Wheelman is about to get a $5 million makeover.Uniland Development Co. wants to turn the industrial properties on Ellicott Street into a new “innovation hub” for one or more technology...
View ArticleEmpire Genomics wins federal grant, licenses Cornell technology
Empire Genomics, a Buffalo life-sciences startup that develops tests to pinpoint whether a medical drug or treatment will help an individual patient, has received a $142,000 federal grant to produce a...
View ArticleOn the Record: May 30, 2013
The John R. Oishei Foundation elected Luke T. Jacobs to its board of directors. Jacobs is currently partner/chief executive officer of Barrantys LLC....The Buffalo Niagara Chapter of the National...
View ArticleNiagara County Real Estate Transactions
HARTLAND• Seaman Road, Thomas E. Alvord to Judith A. Graff; Craig C. Graff, $106,000.LEWISTON• Swann Road, Mary Lou Prisk; Richard T. Prisk; Karen J. Goodman to Gerald G. Casero, $87,000.• 5802...
View ArticleErie County Real Estate Transactions
ALDEN• 1543 Homecourt, Robert F. Joseph; Norma G. Joseph to Bruce F. Carter, $205,000.• 1604 Emerson St., Tina M. Farrar; Ronald A. Farrar to Kayla J. Golibersuch; Allen M. Golibersuch, $145,700.•...
View ArticleSynacor opens Boston area office
Synacor Inc. has opened an office in suburban Boston that will become one of three engineering hubs for the Buffalo Internet content provider, staffed by as many as 25 new hires.But a Synacor...
View ArticleCatholic Health’s new website gives detailed hospital information
By Stephen T. WatsonNEWS BUSINESS REPORTERCatholic Health Systems is moving to provide detailed information on its hospitals by launching a website with data on treatment outcomes, patient experiences...
View ArticleAmherst residents' anti-hotel suit set for court
The battle over large hotels in Amherst isn’t ending anytime soon.A group of homeowners who live near the proposed Hyatt Place hotel said they would fight the town’s approval of the controversial...
View ArticleFive Star secures top executives with agreements
If Five Star Bank were to be sold, the new owner would find it quite expensive to remove three of the bank’s top executives for at least a year after the deal.Five Star’s parent company, Warsaw-based...
View ArticleAre cover songs honest homages or an irksome marketing ploy?
LOS ANGELES – There are about 600 versions of Adele’s Oscar-winning song “Skyfall” on the Spotify subscription music service. Not one of them features Adele.Adele’s label, XL Recordings, keeps her...
View ArticleON THE RECORD / MAY 31, 2013
The following faculty members of Roswell Park Cancer Institute are among those who received grants totaling more than $3.3 million from federal agencies and other sources: Michael Higgins, associate...
View ArticleFormer FWS on Elmwood to become hotel, apartments, offices
The former FWS building on Elmwood Avenue in North Buffalo will be turned into a 21-room boutique hotel, banquet space, apartments and offices, developer Rocco Termini said today.Termini said the...
View ArticleLiazon to move into rehabbed ‘Coffee Rich’ building
Health benefits exchange provider Liazon Corp. on Wednesday confirmed that it will be the lead tenant taking up at least one floor of Ellicott Development Co.’s planned redeveloped Coffee Rich...
View ArticleProfits at Graham Corp. soar on refinery work
A surge in refinery work fueled a nearly 10-fold surge in Graham Corp.’s fourth-quarter profits, shattering Wall Street forecasts.With sales surging by 53 percent because of a tripling in its revenues...
View ArticleLining up to be part of tax-free zone
Developer Carl Montante, who owns the sprawling University Corporate Center across the street from the University at Buffalo North Campus in Amherst, wonders if the successful office complex would be...
View ArticleOn the Record/ June 1, 2013
WILLCARE, a home health care provider, named Jim Kleinsmith to its corporate information technology team. As IT solutions architect, he will analyze, develop and implement solutions that match the...
View ArticleCar industry finds strength with buyers ages 55 to 64
Middle-aged car buyers are more important to the auto industry than ever, according to a new study by the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute.Adults in the 55- to 64-year-old age...
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