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Manufacturing

	Chobani yogurt maker plans $100M expansion by Traci DeLore
	Agro-Farma, Inc. will break ground today on an expansion of its Chobani yogurt operation in Chenango County. Agro-Farma set up shop five years ago in a 70,000-square-foot former Kraft manufacturing plant in South Edmeston. At the time, company President and Founder Hamdi Ulukaya said he hoped to employ 15 to 20 people that first year and 75 people by the company's fourth year. At age five, Agro-Farma currently employs 200 people and will add 100 more along with its project to boost production, says Nicki Briggs, director of communications.

	Oneida Nation moves cigarette factory to avoid tax issue by Traci DeLore
	As legal and political battles continue over whether New York will ever collect taxes from the sale of cigarettes on Indian land, the Oneida Indian Nation is taking steps to strengthen its own position. The nation announced today it will move its Buffalo-based cigarette manufacturing plant to Oneida to take advantage of a federal law protecting products tribes manufacture on their own reservations from state tax laws.

	Fiber Optic Conference slated for September by Traci DeLore
	VERONA — Working in the fiber-optics field isn’t just a run-of-the-mill job. Many positions, from management on down to technicians, require continuing education in order to maintain the necessary certifications.

	New York manufacturing index rises two points in August by Adam Rombel
	New York manufacturers say business conditions improved modestly this month. That’s according to the latest Empire State Manufacturing Survey report, which the Federal Reserve Bank of New York issued Aug. 16.

	Anaren could make acquisition this year by Kevin Tampone
	DeWITT — Anaren, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANEN) could make another acquisition soon.

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Business Of The Week

	Metro Paper expands Carthage plant by Annette Hogan
	CARTHAGE - A Canadian company, called Metro Paper Industries Tissue Group, is investing $2 million in new equipment and an expanded work force at its Metro Paper Industries of N.Y. Inc. unit in Carthage. The 240,000-square-foo

Viewpoints

	Saving the Titanic: The tale of General Motors by
	When the crew of the Titanic spotted the iceberg, they altered course, but there wasn't enough time to avoid the greatest disaster in seafaring history. Likewise, General Motors Corp. (GM), the Titanic of the global automotive industry for the last 7

Featured Channel

	Breaking News CNYBJ Lockheed wins contract for biomass system
	Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Whiting-Turner won a $15 million contract to install a biomass steam generation system to produce heat and power at the VA Medical Center in Canandaigua. The system will use biomass byproducts such as wood chips and bark salvaged from local lumber yards to produce heat and power.

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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.

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.

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.

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.

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