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Fashion Week Rochester returns this fall in a new location at the Dome Arena in Henrietta.

JK Executive Strategies LLC has launched a legal services practice to help corporations, as well as law firms, secure legal talent. “Legal professionals play an integral role in the operations of nearly every industry, and therefore it’s of critical importance ...

Economic growth continued through the second quarter as a substantial decline in COVID cases and increase in vaccination rates have spurred reopening across the country. Current expectations for the second quarter real Gross Domestic Product are around 8%, which would signal an increase from first quarter’s ...

Can a certificate of insurance convey coverage under New York state law? The answer depends on the venue in which coverage is sought. This question often arises when an agreement between a property owner and a contractor includes an insuring clause, requiring the ...

The Economist recently opined that Taiwan is the most dangerous in the world. When viewed through the lens of superpower politics, this description is apt because of four interrelated reasons.  First, with the passage of time, more residents of Taiwan identify as Taiwanese and not Chinese and, as a result, ...

This is proving to be a gut-check year for digital marketers. The lifeblood of digital advertising has been highly targeted ads delivered to users whose behavioral and demographic data was collected en masse and often without consent. While this is ...

During mergers and acquisitions, the traditional way buyers are protected from broken warranties and representations from sellers about the transaction has been having a portion of the purchase price put in escrow, says Lori Green, partner at Nixon Peabody and ...

Infrascreen is one of 10 finalist companies with optics, imaging and photonics-enabled technologies that’s working with NextCorps’ Luminate NY accelerator as part of its fourth cohort. Each company received an initial investment of $100,000 and is participating in the six-month program, which helps the selected companies speed ...

Big data can be used to generate big savings, as well as optimal results, according to Adam Clouden, an employee benefits consultant with Lawley.   In fact, one case study at the insurance firm showed that analyzing big data and using it to provide customized solutions helped one employer save roughly $1 million in ...

Following the enactment of the NY SHIELD Act in March 2020 and the recent trend of increased data privacy protections for New York residents, a bipartisan group of the New York Legislature introduced Assembly Bill 27 on January 6, 2021, which proposes ...

As both our personal and professional worlds become increasingly digitized, sticking to old cash-and-check payment systems means businesses are losing time and money. Even for companies that are already accepting card payments, investing in modernized and integrated processes improves efficiency; ...

On its face, a budget outlines an organization’s financial strengths and weaknesses, and provides a bottom-line number for the organization and its stakeholders to orient around over the course of the year. Contained within the offsetting revenues and expenses is ...

Buildings are energy intensive. Currently, space heating and hot water are directly carbon-intensive, burning natural gas or, where gas is not available, burning heating oil or propane. Building cooling systems run on electricity, which is indirectly carbon-intensive, because when everyone ...

Local banks are turning more to robotic process automation to increase productivity and efficiency.

If you haven’t heard the term “polywork” yet, chances are you will soon. It’s the recently coined term for having more than one job at the same time. Busy polyworkers have also been referred to as “multipotentialites” and “career slashers” who enjoy “portfolio careers.” (Slasher stands for the backslash in programmer/musician/landscaper, for example.)    Whatever you ...