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Doyle Security Systems Inc. has made its first acquisition of 2020. Syracuse-based Titan Security LLC has provided intrusion, fire, CCTV and access control systems to its customers for more than two decades. The acquisition will transfer accounts to Doyle Security’s ...

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In another round of unsolicited involvement, Xerox Holdings Corp. has offered up a slate of directors for HP Inc., a move the computer giant called “self-serving.” As part of its ongoing hostile takeover attempt, Xerox this week said it would  ...

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  When Ann Marie White took the helm at the Children’s Institute Inc. six months ago she had big shoes to fill; Dirk Hightower had led and grown the organization for nearly three decades. But the agency is in good ...

The Strong National Museum of Play has received a $1 million gift toward the organization’s Powered by Play: A Campaign for the Strong. Museum trustee and longtime supporter Mary Valentine pledged the funds that will directly support the museum’s expansion ...

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The New York State Department of Public Service is putting its support behind electric vehicles. A new report from the department recommends the establishment of a statewide utility-support “Make-Ready” program that would provide incentives to light-duty electric vehicle supply equipment ...

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Airbnb’s Finger Lakes host community earned a combined $3.6 million and welcomed some 17,100 guests during the biggest weekends last summer. Airbnb, the world’s leading community-driven hospitality company, said during the five biggest weekends of 2019, hosts in the Finger Lakes ...

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13thirty Cancer Connect Inc. on Monday began its 20th anniversary year with an annual tradition that began in its founder’s kitchen: a pancake breakfast. “Twenty years ago I made a promise to my daughter, Melissa, to make a difference, make ...

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The Ibero-American Action League Inc. has launched an online donation campaign to help those affected by recent earthquakes in Puerto Rico. The Rochester not-for-profit already has helped two dozen households who have relocated to Rochester since a magnitude 4.7 earthquake ...

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Rochester Museum & Science Center is challenging the community to reflect on how racist media influences people’s lives through a new permanent exhibition. “Objectively Racist: How Objects and Images Perpetuate Racism … And What We Can Do To Change It” ...

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One local women’s professional development group is taking a deep dive into its offerings and adjusting its emphasis to include a renewed focus on diversity and inclusion, beginning with a Jan. 29 program on intersectionality. Rochester Women’s Network—which as one ...

More than five dozen businesses, community colleges and organizations will share $3.4 million in funding for workforce development this year as part of the state’s historic $175 million Workforce Development Initiative. Funding is provided by the state Department of Labor, ...

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Rochester Museum and Science Center is the new home of a top-secret satellite from the 1960s. The optical system of Gambit-1, a previously classified national reconnaissance satellite designed and manufactured in Rochester in the ’60s, is now on display at ...

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United Way of Greater Rochester Inc. has launched its 2020 campaign, with Zweigles Inc. CEO Julie Camardo announced as campaign chair. “I am thrilled to lead the United Way Mission 2020 campaign,” Camardo said. “We are celebrating 140 years in ...

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In a landmark decision on Friday, U.S. District Judge Alison J. Nathan of the Southern District of New York ruled that New York’s refusal to include inactive voters on poll ledgers used in polling places on Election Day violates the ...

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L3Harris Technologies has been awarded a five-year, $100 million contract from U.S. Special Operations Command to work on the agency’s very small aperture terminals (VSAT). L3Harris will provide software, hardware and warranty upgrades that will extend the life of existing ...

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