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Several leaders in the Rochester business community recently participated in discussions about economic development across the Finger Lakes region. We talked about reports on our region’s economic progress that vary from favorable to challenged in terms of the gains we ...

This week’s RBJ Snap Poll asked readers their views of a ban on employers asking about an applicant’s salary history or to base compensation decisions on prior salary history.

Of the 336 field goals Steve Christie kicked during his 15-year National Football League career, none was more important than the one he booted in overtime on Jan. 3, 1993, at the stadium then known as Rich. Though a mere ...

In cider Cider and history fans can experience both at Genesee Country Village & Museum. The museum will be introducing its Flint & Steel Bourbon Barrel Hard Cider, produced in a 19th-century style, at History on Tap next Friday. The ...

Back in 1970, Edwin Starr released a recording of the song “War.” The notable lyrics, “war/what is it good for/ absolutely nothing,” have been quoted often in the 40 years since. However, contrary to Starr’s lines, it turns out there ...

Who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Asked of Jesus by the religious authorities of the day, this question haunts many conversations about social welfare and health policy. Self-reliance—that people should “get what they earn”—is ...

“I’m a team leader in a large organization, and one of our team members seems to be overdoing the political cheerleading. He has bumper stickers in his cubicle and takes every opportunity to tell people his political stance on every ...

  The looming question is: with no prior professional experience, how can a person become a full-time employee at a company that they desire to work for? The transition from school to full-time job is a change that every person ...

Sweet spot A recent report by Redfin, a Seattle-based residential real estate firm, lists Rochester as one of the best college towns in which to buy an investment property. Rochester, specifically the area near the University of Rochester, ranked No. ...

As he stood at the podium a few years ago, looking out at the eager faces of a few hundred newly minted college graduates, Mike Tomlin felt as if a kaleidoscope of butterflies was fluttering in his stomach. The Pittsburgh ...

As I’ve written many times, I’m grateful Terry and Kim Pegula purchased the Buffalo Bills because Jon Bon Jovi or Donald Trump eventually would have brought moving vans to Orchard Park had they won the bidding war for the National ...

When Dr. Eric Bieber joined Rochester Regional Health as president and CEO in November 2014, the organization had only existed for less than four months. The second-largest employer in the Rochester region—with nearly 16,000 employees—was created in July 2014 when ...

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Dog-tested lessons This week’s column will include a bit of self-indulgence, more than the usual amount, so please bear with us. Last week we said goodbye to an infrequent contributor to the Loop. Lucy, managing editor Mike Dickinson’s dog, had ...

A few weeks ago, I wrote about how sports fans love to make lists and argue about them. Well, we also love dealing in hypotheticals. A recent issue of Sports Illustrated delved into some of the more intriguing “What ifs” ...

There’s a nap for that Oh, the wonderful twists life provides us. In kindergarten—we’re talking old-time kindergarten—we detested the forced naps, groaningly putting our heads on the desk as the lights were flicked off. Then for the rest of our ...