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Rochester-based Corrosion Products & Equipment Inc. is growing its client base 35 percent to cement a new geographic push into New England, where construction at universities is generating demand for non-metallic industrial goods. Earlier this month Corrosion Products acquired Plastics ...

The Rochester Business Journal welcomes press releases. Notices of calendar events should be submitted three weeks before the event date to ensure timely publication. Send digital submissions to [email protected] FRIDAY, DEC. 26 Brighton’s Best Chapter of Business Network International Meeting-Free-7 ...

It has been 15 years since Ralph Fornuto and James Williams left jobs at Paychex Inc. to form their own payroll and human resources services company, USA Payroll Inc. The endeavor has grown from a two-person operation to one with ...

It is small comfort to say today’s unemployment rate is well shy of the nearly 11 percent joblessness reached in the severe recession of 1981-82. November’s numbers suggest that gap could close quickly. Layoffs at U.S. companies drove up the ...

A $300,000 state grant has given the Wayne Industrial Sustainability Park a boost, pushing the project’s timeline ahead and leading to more local jobs. The first industrial park of its kind in the region, it will feature industries using by-products ...

A year and a half ago, I wrote an article (“It’s time to prepare for the coming storm,” RBJ, 8/31/2007) warning that a tidal wave of liquidity in the economy was burying risk and giving too many businesses a false ...

(Ranked by number of veterinarians*) 1. Veterinary Specialists of Rochester and Animal Emergency Service 825 White Spruce Blvd. Rochester, NY 14623 (585) 424-1260 www.vetspecialistsofrochester.com Number of Veterinarians (1): 19 Number of Veterinary Technicians (2): 38 Number of Other Staff: 37 ...

When it comes to the biggest business news story of 2008, Rochester Business Journal readers agreed with the nation-it’s the economy. Twenty-nine percent, or 209 of 715 respondents to an annual e-mail survey conducted by the Rochester Business Journal, said ...

Iran native Reza Nejad Sattari’s connections to Oriental rugs go back to Isfahan, the Iranian province noted as a carpet-weaving center since the days of the Persian empire, but he did not start selling Oriental carpets until after he emigrated ...

Q: What was your reaction to being named Minor League Baseball’s Executive of the Year by Baseball America, and is it significant to you that you are the first female to be so honored? A: This is quite an honor. ...

Net income companywide has continued to fall in 2008 for the area’s two largest health insurance carriers. MVP/Preferred Care has posted a $27.3 million loss so far this year. Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield, the region’s largest insurer, remains safely ...

“They aren’t the recipe for job creation.” -Mark Zupan, dean of the University of Rochester’s Simon Graduate School of Business, on federal bailouts for the financial industry and U.S. automakers 12/26/2008

Has 2008 treated you well? Are you ready for 2009? In this column I wanted to take a look back at my columns for 2008 and give you an update of my hits and misses. In January, I discussed how ...

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2009 15th Annual Rochester Skyway Open; Join the Mental Health Association as they celebrate the 15th annual Skyway Open miniature golf tournament at the Clarion Riverside Hotel; This event begins at 8 a.m. with more than 500 ...

A weekly report compiled from the proxy statement and annual report of a publicly held company with local headquarters or a major division in the area Based in Stamford, Conn., Xerox Corp. is engaged in developing, manufacturing, marketing, servicing and ...