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The COVID-19 pandemic is an economic catastrophe for: businesses large and (especially) small, entire industries from airlines and entertainment to restaurants and retail, individuals suddenly unemployed, and families at home with children missing school and many unknowns on the horizon. ...

Looking back at major events over the last three months feels as if we are looking at a decade’s worth of news. With all that has happened in the first three months of the year, the spreading global coronavirus pandemic ...

During his second-to-last year at University of Rochester Medical School, Ryan Brecker took an elective course in medical humanities. Students were allowed to choose a topic and write a research paper about it. Brecker’s subject was physicians who had played ...

As the COVID-19 pandemic moves employees to remote working, it puts companies at a greater risk for a cyberattack. Here are some tips for businesses to safely navigate the “work-from-home” environment. As employers and employees are adjusting to the new ...

April 22 marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, but the festivities that local environmental groups were planning have all been canceled or moved online due to the coronavirus. Though disappointing, this was necessary and appropriate, as dealing with COVID-19 ...

When I wrote about managing a culture of innovation during times of rapid change last month, I was thinking about our upcoming leadership transition — a strategic, well-thought succession plan — which pales in comparison to the rapid change since ...

Jim Morrison once sang, “Strange days have found us / Strange days have tracked us down / They’re going to destroy / Our casual joys.” If you’re an owner or key player at a small-to-midsize business in the State of ...

Mention Silk O’Loughlin’s to a Rochesterian, and thoughts likely will turn to a summery, fun-filled bar on the banks of the Genesee, not far from where the north-flowing river empties into Lake Ontario. There’s a laid-back, “wasting-away-in-Margaritaville” vibe to O’Loughlin’s, ...

We are living in hard times. As the global COVID-19 pandemic progresses, every day the number of persons afflicted continues to rise at an alarming rate and economic hardships are becoming more acute for us all. The projections of illness ...

As organizations address the scourge of the COVID-19 global pandemic and attempt to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus by moving workforces to a completely remote model, another blight has appeared on the cybersecurity landscape. Cybercriminals and rogue nation-states are ...

Shortly after answering the phone, Don Stevens excuses himself briefly so he can mute the television. The symbolism smacks me like a slap-shot to the skull. For the first time in 34 hockey seasons, the booming voice of the Rochester ...

Reports of trading activities by four senators in advance of the recent market meltdown didn’t exactly send shock waves through Washington, D.C. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has called for ethics investigations, a necessary but insufficient response. Without a ...

The emergence of COVID-19 has served a major blow to industrial and economic infrastructure worldwide. While the spread of the disease did not happen suddenly and in a uniform way across countries, it started to have an immediate impact in ...

We are facing unprecedented times. Everyone has felt the pain and impact caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the social distancing and business restrictions related to it. Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce business operations such as RBA Staffing and background ...

Stay disciplined and seek opportunities to upgrade portfolios. Don’t succumb to panic. After having avoided several near misses, U.S. equities fell into bear market territory for the first time in more than 11 years, plunging a dizzying 32% from record ...