Syracuse–based startup Brand-Yourself is one of 56 finalists in the fourth annual SXSW Accelerator program.

Accelerator is part of the SXSW Interactive Festival, the technology focused piece of the sprawling annual SXSW event, which also covers film and music. The events will all take place in March in Austin, Texas.

BINGHAMTON — Southern Tier residents and businesses still looking to clean up from last fall’s flooding now have a new option in Flood Pros of New York, a disaster-recovery business that opened in Binghamton in November.

DeWITT — Collins White, president of Defenshield Inc., flew home to Syracuse in October 2001 noting the airports full of well-armed National Guard, state troopers, and local police — all wearing little body armor.

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- Stephen R. Covey

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