Recent Articles from Rochester Business Journal Staff
The List: Apartment Complexes
Apartment complexes are ranked by the average of the high and low end of the rental range for two-bedroom apartments. For properties without two-bedroom apartments, the average one-bedroom rent was used. All properties listed have full-time maintenance staffs and laundry rooms. Information was provided by representatives of individual management companies and apartment complexes that did [&h[...]
A boost for electric cars
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday announced a $70 million program to provide electric car rebates and pay for an outreach initiative—another step toward greater market acceptance.
Majority: Firing hurts corruption fight
This month President Donald Trump fired Preet Bharara as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York after the prosecutor reportedly declined to resign. Roughly 67 percent of respondents to this week’s RBJ Snap Poll expect his departure to hurt efforts to reduce corruption in New York.
5Linx co-founders accused of fraud
The three co-founders of 5Linx Enterprises Inc., one of the fastest-growing companies in the Rochester area, are facing federal fraud charges accusing them of cheating investors out of $4 million.
Drivers Permit Practice Test
Whether You Offer a Drivers Permit Practice Test or Sell Cheeses from Across the Globe,Your Small Business Should Have a Blog If you are the owner of a small business, you may often wonder how some companies just manage to create an online stir and lots of customer engagement. Why? Well, they probably have […]
Snap Poll: RG&E, area officials get good grades
A large majority of respondents to this week’s RBJ Snap Poll gave positive ratings for the performance of both Rochester Gas and Electric and officials for their performance during and after the recent windstorm.
CEO optimism on the rise
There is plenty to disagree about regarding President Donald Trump and what his administration has done since he took office, but at least one thing is inarguable: CEOs like him, or at least his plans for tax reform and business regulation.
The List: Homebuilders
Information was provided by individual homebuilders that responded to an email survey and constructed units in Monroe, Genesee, Livingston, Ontario, Orleans and Wayne counties in 2016. Ranked by total number of units; to break ties,builders are ranked by number of units sold (closed) in 2016. 2017 Rank Company 1 &[...]
The List: Employee Benefit Administrators
Information was provided by individual companies that responded to an email survey. The survey area was Monroe, Genesee, Livingston, Ontario, Orleans and Wayne counties. Employee benefits administrators are defined as conducting compliance testing and creating benefit(s) reports for employees. Ranked by number of local employees who work in employee benefit services 2017 Rank Com[...]
Bausch & Lomb unveils specialty lenses
Bausch & Lomb Inc. today announced it has introduced daily disposable contact lenses for people with astigmatism.
Google Drive Websites Host For Free
We all know google drive offer free web hosting, However, Google has now decided to pull the plug on the tool due to increased competition. The company revealed that users have better options available to them now, given the fact that several web content hosting tools and services already exist compared to the time Google […]
Readers weigh in on region’s top assets
National media often portray the Upstate New York economy in a negative light. And by some economic yardsticks, the upstate region—including Rochester—lags many other metropolitan areas.