iPhone case contains heat camera
LAS VEGAS (AP) – Remember the alien with heat vision in the movie “Predator”? You, too, can now stalk people in the jungle by their heat signatures – or check your home insulation for leaks, whichever...
View ArticleSurprisingly weak jobs report for December puzzles economists
WASHINGTON – It came as a shock: U.S. employers added just 74,000 jobs in December, far fewer than anyone expected. This from an economy that had been adding nearly three times as many for four...
View ArticleTarget raises number of customers affected in data breach to 110 million
Target on Friday extensively revised the number of customers whose personal information was stolen in a widespread data hack during the holiday season, bringing the total to a possible 110 million...
View ArticleAuction of Fisker assets ordered
WILMINGTON, Del. – A Delaware bankruptcy judge Friday ordered a competitive auction for the assets of Fisker Automotive, rejecting a proposal by a group led by Hong Kong billionaire Richard Li to...
View ArticleStocks rise despite latest jobs report
NEW YORK – It was a fluke.That was the conclusion investors reached about the U.S. government’s latest jobs report, which showed a sharp decline in hiring last month. Stock indexes ended mostly higher...
View ArticleNext few days key to future of Lake Shore hospital
Decisions made over the next week could settle the uncertain fate of the financially troubled Lake Shore Health Care Center. Here are the latest key developments:• The state Health Department has not...
View ArticleProposed changes to Medicare’s protected drugs stirs access fears
WASHINGTON – In a move that some fear could compromise care for Medicare recipients, the Obama administration is proposing to remove special protections that guarantee seniors access to a wide...
View ArticleCorrection
AESKU Diagnostics, one of the companies participating in a genomic medicine consortium in Buffalo and Manhattan, does not develop a test to help in the diagnosis of psoriasis. An article in Friday’s...
View ArticleIrish Network to strengthen links between Emerald Isle and Western New York
More than 100 people from all over the region who share a common interest in Ireland and the Irish turned out for a reception Friday night to hear about the launch of a new Irish Network USA chapter...
View ArticleOn the Record / Jan. 11, 2014
Hires/Promotions/Honors The Niagara River Region Chamber of Commerce elected Richard J. Haight, of Advanced Design Group, chairman of its 2014 board of directors. Other officers: First vice chairman,...
View ArticleSovran Self Storage buys 7 facilities in four states
Sovran Self Storage has acquired seven self storage facilities in four states in deals worth a total of $98.7 million, the Amherst-based company said.The purchases, which will add stores in the...
View ArticleCompanies refund $34 million for claims on slimming products
WASHINGTON – “Get a gym body without going to the gym” by sprinkling a powder on your food. “Significantly slim your thighs and buttocks” using an almond-scented cream. Lose up to one pound a day with...
View ArticleBoeing Co.’s tactics a study in waning union clout
SEATTLE – After battling for months with Boeing Co.’s leadership, the company’s largest union approved an eight-year contract that trades hard-fought pension benefits for the right to build the 777X...
View ArticleBanks say no to marijuana money, legal or not
SEATTLE – In his second-floor office above a hair salon in north Seattle, Ryan Kunkel is seated on a couch placing $1,000 bricks of cash – dozens of them – in a rumpled brown paper bag. When he...
View ArticleNeiman Marcus is latest victim of security breach
NEW YORK – Luxury merchant Neiman Marcus confirmed Saturday that thieves stole some of its customers’ payment card information and made unauthorized charges over the holiday season, becoming the...
View ArticleChemical spill a blow to W.Va capital’s economy
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – On the third day without clean tap water, business owners with empty dining rooms and quiet aisles of merchandise around West Virginia’s capital were left to wonder how much of an...
View ArticleErie County Real Estate Transactions
AKRON• 79 John St., Palma Casseri: Maureen A. Stack to John W. Norton, $146,000.AMHERST Highest price: $485,788 Average price: $201,273 Median price: $184,500 Number of Sales: 30• 17 South Rockingham...
View ArticleNiagara County Real Estate Transactions
CAMBRIA• Old Beebe Road & Ridge Road, Phyllis R. Orchard; Virginia I. Ferchen to McCollum Farm Partnership, $77,000.HARTLAND• Drum Road, Robert F. Kennedy; Patrick M. Balkin to Robert Westmiller;...
View ArticleBusiness Calendar
MondayBusiness groups • Lancaster Area Chamber of Commerce, Lancaster Rotary Club, and Lancaster Lions Club, combined networking event, Lancaster Moving Forward, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Magruders Restaurant,...
View ArticleThe hottest gadgets of the International Consumer Electronics Show
LAS VEGAS – The biggest gadget trade show in the Americas wrapped up on Friday in Las Vegas after swamping the city with 150,000 attendees. This year, “wearable” computing was big, along with various...
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