On the Record / Dec. 21, 2013
Hires/Promotions/Honors Phillips Lytle LLP partner Sharon Prise Azurin was elected to a three-year term on the board of trustees of Trocaire College. She received her bachelor’s degree from Cornell...
View ArticleGrowth dips at region’s factories in November
The growth spurt by the Buffalo Niagara region’s manufacturers cooled off a bit during November.After spiking during the early fall to the strongest growth rates since the Great Recession, business...
View ArticleRetailers could soon add fee for credit cards
After a decade of legal battles, the three major credit card companies are backing away from long-standing policies that prevented merchants from charging customers extra for paying with...
View ArticleOracle buying Responsys for $1.3 billion
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. – Oracle is buying cloud-based business-to-consumer marketing software company Responsys for about $1.39 billion.Oracle, which also makes business software, said that the deal...
View ArticleStocks continue their rise, spurred by new confidence in U.S. economy
Stocks rose, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index capping its biggest weekly gain since October, as data showing faster-than-estimated growth boosted confidence in the world’s largest economy.Red...
View ArticleKrog Corp. is designated developer of downtown Buffalo Trico site
Krog Corp., which is planning a mixed-use redevelopment of the long-vacant former Trico building on Ellicott Street, on Friday was named the designated developer of the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus...
View ArticleDKM Sales acquires Ad Art
Two of the area’s leading specialty graphic companies have become one, creating a more comprehensive printing and sign business.DKM Sales acquired Ad Art Color Processes of Buffalo for an undisclosed...
View ArticleBuffalo Athletic Club sold to L.A. Fitness
The Buffalo Athletic Club has sold its co-ed health clubs in Buffalo and Rochester to L.A. Fitness. The company’s women’s clubs are not affected by the sale.Rick Leugemors, Buffalo Athletic Club...
View ArticleTax breaks helped fight headwinds
Al Culliton’s final year heading the Erie County Industrial Development Agency has been anything but quiet.From the controversy over tax breaks for the planned headquarters complex for Delaware North...
View ArticleErie County Real Estate Transactions
AKRON• 41 Marshall Ave., Betty M. Frey to Kathryn J. Bane, $102,000.• 101 John St., William K. Hawes; Dorine K. Hawes to William K. Hawes, $25,478.AMHERST Highest price: $569,000 Average price:...
View ArticleNiagara County Real Estate Transactions
HARTLAND• Wheeler Road, Joyce Ann Wright; Edwin L. Wright Jr. to Ryan T. Buhr; Heather M. Buhr, $130,000.• Ridge Road, Courtland R. Hess; Ann M. Hess to Kenneth Norwich, $111,000.LEWISTON• Water St....
View ArticleComputerizing people may be tech’s next step
It’s likely the world in the not-so-distant future will be increasingly populated by computerized people like Amal Graafstra.The 37-year-old doesn’t need a key or password to get into his car, home or...
View ArticleWeak U.S. card security made Target a juicy target
NEW YORK – The U.S. is the juiciest target for hackers hunting credit card information. And experts say incidents like the recent data theft at Target’s stores will get worse before they get...
View ArticleStates crack down on ‘cramming’ phone scams
WASHINGTON – States are stepping up efforts to help consumers who find mysterious, and usually bogus, charges on their phone bills.Some 12,500 Vermont households and businesses are receiving refund...
View ArticleThe low-simmer skirmish for space on the plane
Flying coach can be a bruising experience these days.Rory Rowland said he was rudely rebuffed after he asked the person in front of him not to recline his seat on a red-eye flight. When he later got...
View ArticleState hits bumps but meets goals for sign-ups
The NY State of Health insurance exchange is on pace to meet the state’s enrollment goals, and the website is far outperforming the troubled HealthCare.gov federal exchange.But this doesn’t mean...
View ArticleLetting the sunshine in, N.Y. plays catch-up with solar energy projects
ALBANY – An array of shimmering panels covering 3 acres in the Finger Lakes region is a sign of the state’s latest push to catch up to its neighbors in the Northeast that have set the pace in recent...
View ArticleHow scarcity influences our choices
I’ve often said that money problems are the result of issues that people haven’t addressed or don’t even know they have.One of those issues is scarcity – having less than you feel you need.When my...
View ArticleSurvey finds most workers aren’t ready to retire
More than half of U.S. workers aren’t saving enough money to be able to cover essential living expenses in retirement, according to a survey by Fidelity Investments.The savings survey found that 55...
View ArticleYour phone is talking about you
Your phone knows everything about you – how much you walk, talk and what level of Candy Crush you’re stuck on – but soon it could be spilling secrets to your doctor.More and more physicians are...
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