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Joe Altobelli loved telling the story about how he pulled Cal Ripken Jr. aside the day after the Baltimore Orioles won the 1983 World Series. The O’s manager noticed that his young shortstop had played every inning of every game ...

Workforce development and talent strategy have emerged as priorities over the past year for the Finger Lakes region’s economic future. In response to this, Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce has stepped up to start an exciting new chapter in the ...

  Retirement accounts such as an IRA, a 401(k), a 403(b) or a 457 plan are a tax-efficient group of investment vehicles, inasmuch as the taxation of all income and capital gains generated by these accounts is deferred until funds ...

There he was, a year ago this Friday, playing in perhaps his last NBA game, chucking up brick after painful brick. Several shots clanged off the rim. A few ricocheted hard off the backboard. Only one of the 11 attempts ...

Remember the good old days when advertising was easy? There was a morning newspaper that almost everyone read. There were two or three radio stations that most people listened to. There were a handful of television programs that most people ...

“Like many, our company is embracing telecommuting more than ever and leaves it up to managers to decide who can take advantage of the policy. Some people on my team are doing it successfully, but we have some new people ...

Quick: How do you think our team members responded when we announced we were going to give unlimited paid time off (PTO) a try? If you’re like me, you’re thinking there were wild cheers, hooting and hollering, and maybe even ...

Tensions between shareholders and Founder CEOs are not an uncommon occurrence. A recent example would be in February 2019, when Tesla shareholders, outraged by Elon Musk’s tweets, were torn between forcing him to step down or keeping him at the ...

Kyle Williams hasn’t had any second thoughts about his decision to retire last December. Sure, it would have been a blast to be a part of the Buffalo Bills’ 5-2—soon to be 6-2—start on their way to a likely playoff ...

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When clients ask me if it’s better to use a Roth IRA or a 529 plan to save for their children’s college, I usually answer, “yes.”   I don’t say that to be snarky. I say it to be objective. ...

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His long and winding road had taken him to four colleges in four years. So when nomadic Jeff Van Gundy arrived on the Nazareth College campus in the summer of 1983 after attending Yale University, Menlo (Calif.) College and the ...

Tagged with: On Sports Scott Pitoniak

I was meeting with a VP of a local company recently, and he shared a story that is likely similar to one that plays out in offices everywhere, even if it’s not always so explicitly expressed. An individual contributor in the ...

Tagged with: Managers Matter

Mutual funds have many virtues, and a few serious flaws. One such flaw is their propensity to bleed investment returns due to their inherent tax inefficiency. This is a problem that manifests itself seasonally — and that season is upon ...

Tagged with: David Peartree The Informed Investor

While the state of the economy is always top of mind, middle market companies are constantly confronted with many concerns. But which are most pressing right now and where should you place your focus? To find out, KeyBank surveyed over ...

Tagged with: Corporate Finance Phil Muscato

Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce will host the 33rd annual Rochester Chamber Top 100 awards dinner Nov. 6 at the Floreano Convention Center. The celebration honors the fastest growing, privately owned companies in the Rochester and Finger Lakes region. Our ...