On the Record / Sept. 13, 2013
Hires/Promotions/Honors Nichols School named Olenka Bodnarskyj middle school art teacher and Chris Conrad a member of the information technology and library departments.Previously, Bodnarskyj worked...
View ArticleGibraltar buys ventilation product line
Gibraltar Steel has acquired a new line of solar-powered ventilation products in a $5 million deal that expands the offerings of its new construction and remodeling product lines.The Hamburg-based...
View ArticleRyan, PUSH prod state agency on using National Fuel profits for weatherization
Assemblyman Sean M. Ryan and PUSH Buffalo are calling on the state Public Service Commission to set aside $40 million in what they describe as National Fuel Gas Co.’s excess profits to fund...
View ArticleDell wins shareholders’ approval for buyout
ROUND ROCK, Texas – Dell Inc. Chief Executive Officer Michael Dell on Thursday won shareholder approval for a planned $24.9 billion buyout, capping a seven-month standoff with investors and gaining...
View ArticleWomen regain jobs lost during Great Recession
WASHINGTON – U.S. women have recovered all the jobs they lost to the Great Recession. The same can’t be said for men, who remain 2.1 million jobs short.The biggest factor is that men dominate...
View ArticleGM redesigns its big SUVs as 3-ton behemoths still sell
STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. – The big SUV rolls on.Five years ago, when gas hit $4 per gallon, auto industry analysts boldly predicted that enormous SUVs would vanish like the automobile tail...
View ArticleSeptember fears on Wall Street fading
NEW YORK – September was supposed to be ugly for financial markets.The prospects of a U.S. attack on Syria and less economic stimulus from the Federal Reserve only added to investor worries going into...
View ArticleU.S. budget deficit shrinks 35%
WASHINGTON – The U.S. government posted a narrower budget deficit in August compared with a year ago, keeping the annual gap on track to be the smallest in five years.The deficit for August was $147.9...
View ArticleAmerican Airlines’ plan to exit bankruptcy, merge gets court OK
By Linda LoydPhiladelphia InquirerNEW YORK – A federal bankruptcy judge approved American Airlines’ reorganization plan Thursday, including a merger with US Airways Group, contingent on the...
View Article‘Chosen by Kids’ is Walmart theme as it bets on ‘hot...
NEW YORK – Lots of retailers come out with “hot toy” lists every holiday season, but this year, Walmart decided to try something different: let kids rate their favorite toys.In a first, about 1,000...
View ArticleWalt Disney Co. planning to buy back $6 billion to $8 billion worth of its...
Walt Disney Co., the world’s biggest entertainment company, plans to buy back $6 billion to $8 billion of stock starting next year, stepping up efforts to increase investor returns as capital spending...
View ArticleVisitors to Falls find little reason to stay
NIAGARA FALLS – A mother and daughter from Michigan cut their trip short by a day because they couldn’t find enough to do here.A couple from Spain visiting the United States made a stop but stayed...
View ArticleOn the Record / Sept. 14, 2013
Hires/Promotions/Honors The Eyes On America Foundation named Lou Piccone to its board of directors. Piccone, a member of the Buffalo Bills Alumni Association, is a five-year veteran wide receiver and...
View ArticleDow has its best week since January
NEW YORK – Stocks rose broadly Friday, giving the Dow Jones industrial average its best week since January.The market got a lift from two economic reports, one showing that inflation remained tame in...
View ArticleU.S. wholesale prices edge up on energy costs
WASHINGTON – Higher energy costs pushed U.S. wholesale prices up 0.3 percent last month. Prices rose a modest 1.4 percent over the past year, the lowest one-year gain since April.Excluding volatile...
View ArticleUnited to honor airline tickets bought for free in data glitch
United Airlines said passengers who bought tickets that were accidentally sold for free because of faulty reservations data will be able to use them for travel.“United has reviewed the error that...
View ArticleHoly Angels future still up in the air
Carl and William Paladino’s Ellicott Development Co. is getting renewed interest from other schools in using the Holy Angels Academy property that it won at auction last month.The Buffalo-based...
View ArticleOn IPO, Twitter is learning from Facebook’s mistakes
SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter is so deeply ingrained in the cultural conversation that its initial public offering is likely to be a hot topic on its trend-setting service for the next few months. Its stock...
View ArticleEcology & Environment co-founder resigns from Lancaster firm
The 43-year partnership between the four founders of Ecology & Environment crumbled this year in a sometimes raucous dispute over the riskiness of some of the Lancaster environmental service...
View ArticleMaster guitar maker is closing up shop
Scott Freilich stood outside his attic workshop Friday and ran his fingers along a vintage Magnatone lap steel guitar.Unlike most of its kind, it doesn’t have tuners (you have to use a wrench) and...
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