McGuire joins with Paladino to find academic reuse for former Holy Angels...
The owners of the former Holy Angels Academy building in North Buffalo are looking for a charter school or other new academic tenant for the Hertel Avenue site.Just a few months after Carl P....
View ArticleEternity in a big way, as Salvatore plans mausoleum in front of his Transit...
No, it won’t have a glass elevator whisking seasonally attired characters up and down, and there’s no word whether any crystal chandeliers will be inside.But it’s true.Restaurateur Russell J....
View ArticleFirst Niagara reactivates online banking
First Niagara Financial Group has reactivated its online and mobile banking systems, after fixing a technical problem that led the bank to temporarily shut down the services earlier Tuesday.“Our...
View ArticleShell, GE investing in gas-fueled shipping
Royal Dutch Shell Plc, General Electric Co. and a company co-founded by T. Boone Pickens are planning investments in natural-gas-powered shipping as record U.S. output spurs the merchant fleet to use...
View ArticleFast-food strikes aim at 100 cities
NEW YORK – Fast-food workers in about 100 cities will walk off the job on Thursday, organizers say, which would mark the largest effort yet in a push for higher pay.The actions are intended to build...
View ArticleStudent loan oversight expanded
WASHINGTON – The federal consumer finance watchdog is expanding its oversight to Sallie Mae and other companies that collect student loan payments.A rule issued Tuesday by the Consumer Financial...
View ArticleXbox One sales setting records
Microsoft Corp. said it’s selling every Xbox One player it can make, 11 days after introducing the new game console.Sales are setting records, the Redmond, Wash.-based software maker said Tuesday in a...
View ArticleStock market not in the holiday spirit
NEW YORK – After eight straight weeks of gains, the stock market pullback long anticipated by investors may have arrived.Stocks fell Tuesday, dragged lower by the Detroit automakers and...
View ArticleBankruptcy filings in region decline 13 percent
Bankruptcy filings in Buffalo and Rochester declined 13 percent in November, adding to an overall downward trend this year.The number of cases filed was 370, the lowest monthly figure since February...
View ArticleTime Warner Cable has new channel lineup in place
Time Warner Cable’s new channel lineup went into effect Tuesday for most of Western New York and will reach everyone by Thursday.What may initially seem like channel scramble is the cable provider’s...
View ArticlePost-Thanksgiving purchases drive November’s surge in auto sales
DETROIT – The holiday weekend was good to U.S. automakers, as November sales rose 9 percent to beat strong numbers from a year ago.Sales ran at an annual rate of 16.4 million cars and trucks last...
View ArticleMcGuire Development buys office park in Naples, Fla.
McGuire Development Co. has acquired a medical office park with three buildings in Naples, Fla., in its second such purchase in that region as it seeks to broaden its reach.The Buffalo-based real...
View ArticleOn the Record / Dec. 4, 2013
Hires/Promotions/Honors Cecelia M. Raine was named president and chief strategist at Claims Recovery Financial Services, a claims processing services company based in Albion. Raine was senior vice...
View ArticleTVGA sold, keeping operations in Buffalo
TVGA Consultants, a 96-year-old Buffalo-based architecture, engineering and land survey firm, has been sold to an Atlanta-based firm.The buyer is KHEOPS Architecture, Engineering and Survey, a sister...
View ArticleClarence-based company ready to make low- and high-nicotine cigarettes
22nd Century Group, the Clarence-based cigarette maker, has purchased all of the equipment at a bankrupt North Carolina cigarette manufacturer’s factory.22nd Century, which to this point has used...
View ArticleEx-UAW leader Donovan joins Blue Cross
BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York has appointed Kevin Donovan, a former United Auto Workers leader, to the position of labor consultant.Donovan will be part of the health plan’s commercial...
View ArticleHiring to begin for Buffalo Dinosaur Bar-B-Que
It’s so close, you can almost smell the smoke and taste the brisket.Fans of Dinosaur Bar-B-Que will be one step closer to having a Buffalo location of their very own as the company begins a hiring...
View ArticleTop CEOs more optimistic on economy
WASHINGTON – Chief executives of some of the nation’s largest companies are more optimistic about the economy than they were three months ago and expect to increase spending and hiring over the next...
View ArticlePrivate sector added 215,000 jobs in November
The private-sector labor market heated up significantly last month as companies added 215,000 jobs, the most in a year, a surprisingly positive sign for the economic recovery, payroll processor ADP...
View ArticleStocks struggle to make gains as investors weigh economic news
NEW YORK – The stock market continued its sluggish start to the month on Wednesday.Stocks fell as investors weighed conflicting economic reports and assessed the outlook for the Federal Reserve’s...
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