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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 ...

Tagged with: Bills Buffalo

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. ...

Tagged with: CPA Insights

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 ...

John Steffenhagen pulls up his sweater sleeve to reveal an enormous tattoo on the underside of his meaty left forearm. In red and black ink, we see a drawing of a leather football helmet and a ball with the word ...

Tagged with: On Sports Scott Pitoniak

In the construction field, there recently has been emphasis on obtaining “net zero energy” (often referred to as NZE or net zero metering) for both new and existing buildings. However, depending on the materials used, the way we achieve net ...

A recent case before the United States Court of Federal Claims serves as a good reminder to review and track the rights associated with images on your website and all of its webpages, because copyright infringement claims may be lurking. ...

Tagged with: Jeremy J. Wolk law

Ty Hookway is president of CleanCraft Janitorial Services and a passionate conscious capitalist. Clean Craft is headquartered in Rochester, has over 300 employees and provides janitorial and project cleaning services to companies in Western New York. I recently spoke with ...

Tagged with: Business Ethics Jim Nortz

Did you know that hospitals allocate millions of dollars each year to improve healthcare in our community? In addition to providing healthcare to thousands of patients, hospitals in the Rochester area are proactively working to address some of the largest ...

Gail Antonelli beams as she hands me an old, black-and-white newspaper photograph she recently purchased on ebay. It is from the second game of the 1954 World Series, and in it we see a bunch of men meeting at the ...

Tagged with: On Sports Scott Pitoniak

“I’m a new manager and am slow building up my team. In this company, before you ‘poach’ someone from another department, you normally seek the permission of that person’s manager first. The employee I want to hire is very worried ...

Tagged with: Kathleen Driscoll Managers at Work

Whether in good economic times or in bad, most businesses have the need for a short-term source of capital, particularly if they’re extending credit to their customers (i.e. giving them time to pay) or manufacturing a tangible product. This capital ...