Economy
ShiftDiff gives job seekers another search option
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Job seekers now have a new tool for finding local work. The website ShiftDiff, is a locally focused job search site, listing only career opportunities across the Finger Lakes region.
Economy
Over 24,000 Tourists Came To Finger Lakes Region Using Airbnb
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Airbnb hosts in the Finger Lakes region earned almost $10 million through the app in 2018.
Food and Farms
Proposed Changes To Military Milk Deliveries Could Hurt New York’s Dairy Industry
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A new federal proposal would change the way New York’s military installations get milk, and could hurt local dairy farmers. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) is trying to stop it.
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Central New York Big Winner As Regional Economic Development Funds Are Awarded
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Awards were announced Tuesday in Albany for the eighth round of Regional Economic Development Council funding.
Economy
New York Agriculture Officials Promote Local, Farm-Fresh Christmas Trees
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Local and state officials are promoting farm-fresh Christmas trees this holiday season. It’s an $8 million industry in New York State and the trees are also good for the environment.
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New York Firm Will Build NASA’s Next-Generation Space Telescope
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Harris Corporation has been awarded a nearly $196 million contract to help build a space-based telescope. The work involves the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope, or WFIRST, for short.
Pegula Sports & Entertainment To Study Venue Options For Bills, Sabres
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The owners of the Buffalo Bills and Buffalo Sabres have hired a consulting firm to help them study possible next steps for the venues where the professional football and hockey teams play. In the case of the Bills, the upcoming feasibility analysis includes exploration of an entirely new stadium.
Economy
Amazon New York HQ Could Spur Investment In Upstate’s Drone Corridor
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Reaction has been mixed to Amazon’s selection of Long Island City in Queens as one of its new headquarters, promising 25,000 high-paying jobs. But Syracuse business leaders said they are expecting a spill-over effect of investment in central New York, because of the region’s drone corridor.
Economy
Tops To Close 10 Stores As Part Of Restructuring Efforts
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ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) – Tops Markets is announcing plans to close 10 stores it says are underperforming as part of its effort to restructure and emerge from the Chapter 11 bankruptcy it filed for earlier this year.
Replacing NAFTA No Cause For Worry, Says Head Of Buffalo-Niagara’s World Trade Center
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Canada’s Foreign Minister is expected to travel to Washington Tuesday to begin negotiations, one day after the Trump administration announced was a tentative deal with Mexico that would end and replace the North American Free Trade Agreement.