The Mohawk Valley Business Journal > Home

Fulton Leaderboard

Welcome to The Mohawk Valley Business Journal

Friday, September 10, 2010
Subscribe | Login

Our Publications:

arrow_nav Central New York Business Journal
The Greater Binghamton Business Journal
The Mohawk Valley Business Journal

Subscribe or Renew

OUR PARTNERS

Oneida Nation files suit against state by Traci DeLore
The Oneida Indian Nation fired back at New York today following recent plans by the state to begin collecting taxes on cigarettes sold by Indian retailers. The nation filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York against Gov. David Paterson and other state officials.

RSS

	Excelsior Jobs Program launches by Eric Reinhardt
	Gov. David Paterson on Wednesday announced the launch of the Excelsior Jobs Program, the successor to the state's Empire Zone program. The $550 million Empire Zone program expired June 30. The program had been criticized in recent years as wasteful by awarding benefits to companies that didn't create the number of jobs promised. The new program provides job creation and investment incentives to firms focused on targeted activities, such as biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, high-tech, green technology, financial services, agriculture, and manufacturing.

	Cuomo, SUNY agree on student credit card reforms by Eric Reinhardt
	New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo today announced an agreement with the State University of New York (SUNY) to adopt a list of methods to keep students safe from "deceptive and unfair" credit card marketing. Under Cuomo's "student credit card reforms," schools must offer financial literacy programs to educate students on student loans, credit cards, and other commonly used financial products.

	DiNapoli: pension fund contribution rates to rise by Eric Reinhardt
	New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said Thursday that the employer contribution rates for the state pension fund will increase in the 2011-2012 fiscal year. The average contribution rate for the employee retirement system will increase from 12 percent of salaries to 16 percent. The average contribution for the police and fire retirement system is increasing from 18 percent to 21 percent.

	Consumer confidence among upstate New Yorkers inches up in August by Eric Reinhardt
	Upstate New York's consumer confidence level rose 3.2 points to 57.7 in August, according to the latest monthly survey from the Siena (College) Research Institute (SRI). The Upstate figure is nearly five points below New York's consumer confidence level of 62.5, which is down 0.5 points from July, according to SRI. The institute released the new survey today.

	National construction spending hits new low by Eric Reinhardt
	The Syracuse area added 100 construction jobs between July 2009 and July 2010, making it one of 61 metropolitan areas nationwide that added construction jobs during that period. The Utica-Rome area lost 400 construction jobs while the Binghamton area lost 100 construction jobs during the same 12-month stretch.

RSS

Featured Channel

	Lead CNYBJ Silicon Valley company will bring workers to CNY
	A former General Electric (GE) lab in Salina's Electronics Park will get new life as a nanotechnology laboratory that could eventually employ up to 250 people. A $28 million state grant will help transform the empty space into the Nanotechnology Innovation and Commercialization Excelerator (NICE). NICE is a partnership of Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), the State University of New York at Albany College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CSNE), and the CenterState Corporation for Economic Opportunity (CenterState CEO). Group4 Labs, Inc. of Fremont, Calif. has already committed as the first tenant at NICE. The company produces advanced nano-electronic devices used in a host of commercial, defense, and clean-energy applications.

Latest Tweets

CNY Business Journal
http://www.cnybj.com

Lockheed wins contract for biomass system: http://bit.ly/bS7vXD

about 15 hours ago from bitly

Page Up Page Down

Channels

Banking/Finance

Education/Training

Employee Benefits & HR

Insurance & Financial Planning

Sustainable Business

Work-Force & Economic Development

OPINIONS

From The Publisher

	Celebrating Washington Station
	Spending on office buildings, which has dropped 47.5 percent since the September 2008 record-spending high, is nearing a 13-year low, according to the Institute for Trend Research. Permits for new-office construction have dropped 26.7 percent just since last December. Office vacancy rates in the second quarter of 2010 increased to 17.4 percent, the 10th consecutive quarterly rise. Construction of office buildings is projected to close 2010 at nearly 32 percent below 2009.

Rombel on business blog

	Another Jobs Report, Another Disappointment
	Another month brought more disappointing news on the pace of hiring. Businesses added fewer jobs than expected in July, and previous estimates of private-sector hiring were revised downward, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

VIEWPOINTS/OP-EDS

	Cash Matters: How to Boost Your Firm’s Cash Flow
	Is the economy improving? Ask 10 people, and you’ll likely get a wide variety of responses. What everyone can agree on though, is this — cash matters.

On The Move

	People on the Move - CNY - 9/3/2010
	ACCOUNTING Firley, Moran, Freer & Eassa, P.C. has promoted Mary Rowland to supervisor in its audit and accounting department.

Market Research

Top Ranks Lists
The 2010 Book of Lists electronic edition may be downloaded in Excel format. These 62 lists include key business information (when available) such as number of employees, revenue, products/services offered, and top executives for each company.

40u40 skyscraper

American heart Vertical