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You’ve heard about it, talked about it, watched it, but chances are there are still some aspects of Connected TV advertising that leave you scratching your head – and with good reason. With access points ranging from smart TVs to Rokus and gaming consoles, content available through countless streaming and Video on Demand platforms, and almost every ...

History was made in New York state with the ascension of Governor Kathy Hochul into the chief executive position for the state. I have had the honor and pleasure of knowing Gov. Hochul for many years, and have always enjoyed a very strong relationship with her. I have the utmost ...

Last September, before the NFL season kicked off, I wrote that anything less than a division title and at least one playoff win would be considered a disappointment for the Buffalo Bills. Well, the Bills obviously didn’t disappoint. Powered by ...

In the investment world, and perhaps in life, there has always been a battle between the actions we should be taking and the actions we actually do take. It’s a battle between the impulsive part of our brain and the ...

“My best days in retirement are when I give back to the community.”  — Anonymous  Stock markets continue to record all-time record levels throughout the pandemic since the original downdraft / sell-off on March 23, 2020.  401(k) and 403(b) retirement account values have increased ...

“Our team was in full crisis mode recently when a project we were working on fell seriously short of the client’s expectations.  We managed to fumble through it and solve the problem, but in the process, I learned that my ...

They say opposites attract, and that certainly was the case with Jeff Van Gundy and Farrell Lynch, whose odd couple friendship took flight during their days as Nazareth College roommates and basketball teammates in the early 1980s. Van Gundy was ...

It is something that often comes up in conversation with others. It is sometimes how we define ourselves and can become an identity, a measure of our perceived value both to ourselves and to society. Its presence can provide stability and its absence ...

Several years ago, as my last child was preparing for college, I felt myself bracing for a big change. To be honest, I wasn’t sure what life was going to look like, and I felt a strange sense of unfinishedness. It led me to explore ways that I could feel a renewed sense of purpose. When I learned about the Big Brothers Big ...

Sometime, during the latter months of 1979, I caught wind that some resourceful Syracuse University students were lobbying for the new domed stadium on campus to be named in memory of Ernie Davis. I thought it was a brilliant idea, ...

The most often repeated warning to investors is perhaps the most ignored: “Past performance is no guarantee of future results.” As a group, however, investors continue to act as if it did. Jason Zweig, the investment columnist for The Wall Street Journal, recently wrote about ...

From NBA player DeMar DeRozan to Olympic champion gymnast Simone Biles, professional tennis player Naomi Osaka to the most decorated Olympian of all time Michael Phelps, the world’s most talented athletes are opening up about their mental health issues. And ...

Major League Baseball’s marketing pooh-bahs often get things wrong, but this time they delivered a home run. Smacked the ball over the fence. And into the corn stalks. Inspired by the enduring popularity of “Field of Dreams,” they decided to ...

As we enter the dog days of summer, while estate planning may be last on your list of considerations, there are good reasons to do some planning before the end of the year. President Joe Biden’s administration (the “Administration”) has made several proposals that ...

“Since our department went to a ‘hybrid’ work arrangement, things have changed and the environment seems unstable. There have been more recent resignations in my department and replacing people is taking longer and longer. Now, because of the turnover, some of our ...