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2021 was a record-breaking year globally and nationally for mergers (combining two separate businesses into one new legal entity) and acquisitions (when a purchased company gets fully absorbed by an acquiring company). Per Refinitiv – an American-British global provider of ...

Rochester has recently been the recipient of many state, federal and private investments that create a true path for transformational change. Governor Hochul, along with our federal delegation including Senator Schumer, Senator Gillibrand, and Congressman Morelle, have all made announcements that ...

Mike Neer likes to joke that he doesn’t get enough credit for helping Jay Wright become the best-dressed coach in college basketball. “He showed up for his job interview at the University of Rochester back in 1984 in bib overalls ...

Digital transformation continues to sweep the country — especially as more companies and their customers embrace digital payment technologies. Here are four areas where KeyBank can help your business embrace the future of digital payments both with consumers and other ...

There have been dramatic shifts in both the needs and the realities of manufacturing the United States over the past two years, with things changing most dramatically in the past few months. There continues to be impressive improvements in technology. ...

It’s time to talk about time. For many employees, their lunch break is a time when they can step away from the grind, fill their bellies, recharge their batteries for the rest of their shift, and maybe even run a ...

Just In Time (JIT) is a production method pioneered in the 1930s by Toyota Motor Corporation as a means to reduce overproduction — the time a product spends going through production — and excess inventory. It became highly popular in ...

Firms are using 3D printing to create unique tools, parts and other objects right here in Rochester, allowing for new approaches to manufacturing that increase efficiency and provide more material and design flexibility than was possible as recently as a ...

As a cub reporter for the Democrat and Chronicle in the summer of 1974, Michael Lewis had some time to kill during a copy desk shift one evening and joined a colleague at a Rochester Lancers match at old Holleder ...

I had a reader stop me the other day and pose the following question. “With all the new technology in the world, what did I believe was the most effective tool to increase one’s productivity, and efficiency?” After thinking about ...

March marks Women’s History Month. It is a time to honor the strong, brave women who have broken down barriers, shattered glass ceilings, and blazed trails for future generations. During this time, we celebrate women’s contributions to American history and ...

Quick: How long is the average career? If you guessed 40 years, you would’ve been right a few years ago. But new research from Stanford Center on Longevity predicts the majority of today’s 5-year-olds will work at least 60 years ...

Younger women who grew up with technology and worked in the gig economy may be more comfortable with the pace and demands of entrepreneurship. But the mid-career woman may want to do things differently than she can if she’s working ...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has become increasingly aggressive in bringing insider trading charges. In this first of two columns on the topic of insider trading, we discuss a case that has the potential to expand commonly understood ...

The talk of a merger (or an acquisition) involving Monster Beverage and Constellation Brands is once again circulating in business communities. Their initial announcement back in November 2021 was followed by several weeks of silence leading some to speculate that ...