Life’s WORC’s 25th Anniversary Geraldo Rivera Golf & Tennis Classic

Life’s WORC and Geraldo Rivera, the famously passionate news reporter, will be swinging for the greens during the event being held at Plandome Country Club on Long Island May 17th. This year’s honoree is Kevin Arnstein of Cook, Hall & Hyde, Inc.  Each year, Rivera hel
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Bill Stroh joins the Business Council as director of member communications

The Business Council of New York State, Inc. announced today that Bill Stroh has joined the staff as director of member communications. His responsibilities will include enhancing The Business Council’s member outreach programs and coordinating grassroots issue advocacy campaign
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Marist Poll: Majority of NY voters say the worst is behind us

According to a press release from the Marist Poll: “New York State voters see a light at the end of the financial tunnel. A majority of registered voters statewide — 52% — believe the worst of the state’s economic woes are behind them. 44% think the worst is yet to come, a
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9 Business Council members make Fortune Magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work for” list

The following Business Council members made Fortune Magazine’s list: Wegmans, Chesapeake Energy, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young, American Express, General Mills, Deloitte, Microsoft and KPMG. For the full list click here.
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State offers funds to develop regional BUY LOCAL campaigns

Federal Specialty Crop Funds Support Regional Efforts in Promoting “Buy Local” New York State Agriculture Commissioner Darrel J. Aubertine today announced the availability of $200,000 in funds to support new and existing regional “buy local” food and agricultural campaigns thr
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Moog sees continued growth in 2012

Matt Glynn of the Buffalo News reports – “Moog Inc., which made a change at the top last month, let shareholders know Wednesday that it has every expectation of maintaining its growth of the last couple of years. The motion-control equipment maker’s annual meeting wa
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High school students train for work in tomorrow’s technologies

Larry Rulison writes in today’s business section of the Times Union – “If the Capital Region is going to become a major center for advanced manufacturing and renewable energy technologies, the workforce has to be trained even before college. That’s the approach
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Robert Stegemann to head DEC Adirondacks unit

Brian Nearing writes in the Times Union – “A former executive with the timbering and forest products industry — who a decade ago helped the state preserve hundreds of thousands of acres of timber company land in the Adirondacks — is the new regional director for the st
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Consumer confidence up in New York

According to the latest poll by the Siena College Research Institute: New York State consumer confidence increased 3.1 points in November, while the nation’s confidence increased 3.2 points, according to the latest poll by the Siena (College) Research Institute (SRI). At 62.2, New Y
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NY retains NanoCollege grads

Larry Rulison of the Times Union writes: “The University at Albany’s College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering graduated its largest class ever Sunday, and three-fourths of the students will remain in the state for work or further graduate study. The class of 23 include
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