ONEIDA — Oneida Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: ONFC), parent company of Oneida Savings Bank,  reported that its fourth-quarter profit rose almost 11 percent as net interest income and non-interest income increased and credit quality improved.

A Ithaca–based banking company is expanding into Pennsylvania with an acquisition.

Tompkins Financial Corp. (NYSE Amex: TMP) announced plans today to acquire VIST Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: VIST) of Wyomissing, Pa. in an all-stock deal worth about $86 million. Shareholders must still approve the acquisition, which is expected to close in the third quarter.

CAMILLUS — Mang Insurance Agency prevents unruly and inebriated wedding guests, whose overzealous Macarena performance causes them to trip over speaker wires, from cashing in on their idiocy.

 More than 9,000 businesses were involved in a merger or acquisition in 2009, according to Mergerstat LLC. The vast majority of these transactions were less than $100 million. By 2012, nearly 62 million baby boomers should be heading for, or already in, retirement, potentially doubling the number of businesses that will have owners seeking an exit.