What businesswomen would tell their younger selves
Barbara Pinckney Reporter- The Business Review Email | Twitter | Google+ | LinkedIn If Amy Friedman could talk to her younger self, she would tell her to trust her intituion above all else. Friedman,...
View ArticleNY's electric grid gets funding
Haley Viccaro, The Business Review NYSERDA is set to award $10 million for the best “smart grid” technology proposal to modernize the state’s power grid, enhance clean energy and boost electric...
View ArticleCuomo's stance on late-term abortion decried in churches
Staff The Business Review Gov. Andrew Cuomo was on the minds of Catholic clergy Sunday during church services. The governor's package of women's equality bills that are before the state Legislature was...
View ArticleAlbany area ranks high in STEM jobs
Adam Sichko Reporter- The Business Review Email | LinkedIn | Twitter | Google+ More than any other metro market in New York, the Albany area boasts a larger share of jobs in the coveted "STEM" fields...
View ArticleWhy AMRI split D'Ambra's chairman-CEO jobs
Adam Sichko Reporter- The Business Review Email | LinkedIn | Twitter | Google+ For the first time since he co-founded the company 22 years ago, Tom D'Ambra is no longer chairman of Albany Molecular...
View ArticleHow to avoid your office's biggest productivity killer
Staff The Business Review What's the biggest time suck for the American worker? For years, surveys have showed that a large number of workers say it's meetings. But meetings are expensive, this Inc....
View Article$70M bond buy on tap for GlobalFoundries today
Adam Sichko Reporter- The Business Review Email | LinkedIn | Twitter | Google+ GlobalFoundries Inc. expects to win approval today for financing that will pay for infrastructure upgrades surrounding its...
View ArticleNew NYRA CEO 'immiment,' chairman says
Adam Sichko Reporter- The Business Review Email | LinkedIn | Twitter | Google+ The organization running the thoroughbred races at Saratoga Race Course is on the cusp of naming a new president and CEO....
View ArticleA brief history of KeyBank's local leadership (slideshow)
Barbara Pinckney Reporter- The Business Review Email | Twitter | Google+ | LinkedIn There have been several shifts in local leadership at KeyBank in the two decades since a merger with Cleveland-based...
View ArticleChip-maker GlobalFoundries now in the bond market
Adam Sichko Reporter- The Business Review Email | LinkedIn | Twitter | Google+ Close to $70 million of bonds will be issued in the next 45 days to pay for key infrastructure work at the Luther Forest...
View ArticleJeff Stone's dismissal from Key surprises fellow bankers
Barbara Pinckney Reporter- The Business Review Email | Twitter | Google+ | LinkedIn Bankers in the Albany, NY region said they were stunned to hear that Jeff Stone was out of a job at KeyBank N.A. The...
View ArticleShaker Ridge Country Club bans nematodes (executives still welcome)
Adam Sichko Reporter- The Business Review Email | LinkedIn | Twitter | Google+ Microscopic worms called nematodes are no longer allowed at Shaker Ridge Country Club, thanks to a $500,000 investment...
View ArticleTruckers say bill will drive them out of business
Haley Viccaro Reporter- The Business Review Email | Twitter | LinkedIn Independent truck drivers in the state are criticizing a proposed bill that they believe would put them out of work and drive...
View ArticleWhy Google bought Waze for $1.3 billion
Brian Bushner Social Engagement Manager- The Business Review Email | Twitter | LinkedIn Have you ever used the traffic features on Google Maps, or perhaps MapQuest and felt they were a bit lackluster?...
View ArticleThree reasons why bankruptcies are falling
Adam Sichko Reporter- The Business Review Email | LinkedIn | Twitter | Google+ The number of businesses and consumers declaring bankruptcy in the Albany metro area has fallen below pre-recession...
View ArticleAlbany nanocollege exec to be named acting president of SUNYIT
Pam Allen Reporter- The Business Review Email | Twitter | Google+ Robert Geer, vice president of academic affairs and chief academic officer at the University at Albany’s College of Nanoscale Science...
View ArticleJeweler, scientist, marketing whiz dies
Staff The Business Review Louis Castiglione Jr., the owner of Castiglione Jewelers in Gloversville, NY, has died after a lengthy battle with cancer. The former marine biologist and oceanographer, who...
View ArticleNiskayuna risks lawsuit to stay under property tax cap
Pam Allen Reporter- The Business Review Email | Twitter | Google+ Voters won't be the only ones paying close attention when the Niskayuna Central School District's 2013-14 budget goes up for a second...
View ArticleNext phase takes shape at Harmony Mills apartments--slideshow (Video)
Michael DeMasi Reporter- The Business Review Email | Google+ | Twitter | LinkedIn When you start breaking through brick walls inside 150-year-old textile mills, you are bound to find something...
View ArticleUAlbany opens $10 million RNA Institute today (Video)
Barbara Pinckney Reporter- The Business Review Email | Twitter | Google+ | LinkedIn The University at Albany will officially open its $9.4 million RNA Institute laboratory building this morning, June...
View ArticleNew college campus at Kodak site hinges on NY lawmakers
Staff The Business Review A $72 million plan to build a new college campus at Kodak headquarters in Rochester, NY faces a big test in attracting funds from state lawmakers. Monroe County Community...
View ArticleRick Perry is after our business
Staff The Business Review Texas Gov. Rick Perry is coming to New York state with the sole intent of luring businesses to Texas. Perry will also be visiting Connecticut. Earlier trips took him to...
View ArticleA business traveler's guide to New York City's reinvented hotel landscape
Staff The Business Review Business travelers to New York City have plenty of great hotel options. But the hotel landscape in the city is constantly reinventing itself — new hotels open, old hotels...
View ArticleMcGinn, Smith win temporary reprieve
Adam Sichko Reporter- The Business Review Email | LinkedIn | Twitter | Google+ A federal judge has delayed the sentencing of Timothy M. McGinn and David L. Smith, two former investment brokers in...
View ArticleSale of older iPhones, iPads banned
Staff The Business Review Apple was dealt a blow Tuesday when a U.S. trade agency banned the sale of older iPhone and iPad models for infringing on a patent of Samsung's, a major competitor. While the...
View ArticleArrow, TrustCo among country's top performing mid-sized banks
Barbara Pinckney Reporter- The Business Review Email | Twitter | Google+ | LinkedIn Arrow Financial Corp. and TrustCo Bank Corp NY both ranked among the Top 75 on the ABA Banking Journal’s list of the...
View ArticlePresident of Seneca Nation calls Cuomo a bully, twice
Staff The Business Review The president of the Seneca Indian Nation met with top NY lawmakers Tuesday to convince them to honor the nation's exclusive rights on gambling in the western part of the...
View ArticleConstruction estimates soar for college satellite campus in Albany
Staff The Business Review The cost for new classrooms for Schenectady County Community College in an Albany County office building is getting higher, according to a story by the Times Union. County...
View ArticleMilano in Loudonville adds patio, sprucing up bar
Pam Allen Reporter- The Business Review Email | Twitter | Google+ Daniel Darves-Bornoz is investing $300,000 to upgrade his Milano restaurant in Loudonville, NY. The Northern Italian restaurant last...
View ArticleCSArch, Albany High and an internship program
Pam Allen Reporter- The Business Review Email | Twitter | Google+ Until he spent his senior year at Albany High School interning at CSArch in Albany, James Doody had only toyed with a career in...
View ArticleProgress report: UAlbany's School of Business building (slideshow)
Pam Allen Reporter- The Business Review Email | Twitter | Google+ The University at Albany's new $64 million School of Business building opens to students this September. The three-story,...
View ArticleSaratoga-based casino to gamble on Cuomo’s gaming act
Haley Viccaro, The Business Review The Saratoga Casino & Raceway plans to push for a full-scale casino license under NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Upstate NY Gaming Economic Development Act. Cuomo’s bill...
View ArticleGov. Cuomo details gaming plan for NY
Haley Viccaro, The Business Review New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo unveiled the on Wednesday that would establish gaming sites in three regions of upstate New York. The six regions of upstate (north of...
View ArticleArsenal up in arms thanks to sequester, new contracts
Adam Sichko Reporter- The Business Review Email | LinkedIn | Twitter | Google+ The Watervliet Arsenal has landed $21 million of new contracts in just the last 28 days, a dose of good news ahead of...
View ArticleCongress finds a way forward on immigration reform
Staff The Business Review The bipartisan group in the House of Representatives, the so-called Gang of Eight, said Wednesday that they have reached a tentative agreement that will allow Congress to...
View ArticleReadyJet is a go, will convert Johnstown church
Staff The Business Review ReadyJet Technical Services, of Lake George, NY, will transform the former Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Johnstown, NY into an airplane upholstery repair business....
View ArticleLegal education tops the docket for NY state bar chief
Adam Sichko Reporter- The Business Review Email | LinkedIn | Twitter | Google+ Fixing the crisis at law schools nationwide can't be resolved in a year. But the new president of the New York State Bar...
View ArticleAlbany phone hacking case attracts attention in Assembly
Adam Sichko Reporter- The Business Review Email | LinkedIn | Twitter | Google+ A New York state Assemblyman wants to force phone companies to freeze small-business accounts when evidence of hacking...
View ArticleUAlbany RNA Institute: Who did the floors? The HVAC?
Barbara Pinckney Reporter- The Business Review Email | Twitter | Google+ | LinkedIn Eleven Albany, NY area firms had a hand in building or decorating new labs for the RNA Institute at the University...
View ArticleChamber chiefs lobby in Washington
Adam Sichko Reporter- The Business Review Email | LinkedIn | Twitter | Google+ The chiefs of nine chambers of commerce in New York's Capital Region flew to Washington, D.C., Thursday to lobby the...
View ArticleRPI joins lawsuit against Apple
Adam Sichko Reporter- The Business Review Email | LinkedIn | Twitter | Google+ Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, in Troy, NY, has joined a lawsuit alleging that the Siri voice technology found in the...
View ArticleAMRI divides D'Ambra's chairman and CEO roles
Adam Sichko Reporter- The Business Review Email | LinkedIn | Twitter | Google+ Tom D'Ambra is no longer both the chairman and CEO of Albany Molecular Research Inc., one of the Capital Region's most...
View ArticleSUNY funding comes as governor pushes business proposal
Haley Viccaro, The Business Review State University of New York campuses around the Capital Region said funding for high-skilled programs could help to attract businesses to the area under New York...
View ArticleOne thing law schools should do for graduates
Adam Sichko Reporter- The Business Review Email | LinkedIn | Twitter | Google+ Jon Deily wants to hire new graduates, especially from his alma mater, Albany Law School. But economics is not on his...
View ArticleSUNY campuses to receive funding for high-tech training
Haley Viccaro, The Business Review Thirty six campuses in the State University of New York campuses will receive $12 million in funding to train students in technology, engineering and health care...
View ArticleTask force builds $174B economic growth spending plan
Haley Viccaro, The Business Review Gov. Andrew Cuomo's NY Works Task Force announced a 10-year, on Thursday to allocate investment dollars statewide. Cuomo established the task force to change the way...
View ArticleIt's alive! Execs debate how to make money off life sciences
Adam Sichko Reporter- The Business Review Email | LinkedIn | Twitter | Google+ Today, executives from Pfizer, General Electric and homegrown Capital Region companies convene in Albany to explore the...
View ArticleRenovations to Saratoga track nowhere near the starting gate
Adam Sichko Reporter- The Business Review Email | LinkedIn | Twitter | Google+ New corporate suites and hospitality areas at historic Saratoga Race Course remain a long ways off. The New York Racing...
View ArticleJudge shuts down animal bedding plant--again
Staff The Business Review RWS Manufacturing has been shut down by a Washington County, NY judge after heavy rain prevented the company from resolving stormwater issues. The shutdown will put 19 people...
View ArticleWho are the highest-paid bank CEOs?
Staff The Business Review Bank CEO pay increased 22 percent in 2012 as the industry recovered from recession, according to a new report from by SNL Financial. SNL Financial also included rankings of...
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