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Monroe County’s long-term bond rating and underlying rating have been boosted to AA-, up one notch from A+, by Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings. The ratings upgrade means lower interest rates for the county on borrowing and refinancing bonds, a ...

For the third time in the last 80 years, we’re in the midst of a secular (i.e. long-term) bull market.  Upward-trending markets like this tend to last fifteen to twenty years and are generally characterized by significant declines in unemployment, along with noticeable increases in inflation and ...

With workplaces on the cusp of fully reopening, New York has enacted a first-of-its-kind law, imposing new burdens on employers to protect employees from COVID-19 and other airborne infectious diseases in the workplace. The law also creates unprecedented rights for ...

A local startup is focused on providing community members with Rochester-based culinary experiences. The idea for CurAte grew out of the COVID-19 pandemic, as a way to help struggling businesses who were forced last year to either shift to a ...

As a 100 percent employee-owned company, the full effect of last year’s pandemic was felt by every one of Canfield & Tack Printing Inc.’s 75 staffers. “I remember the initial scramble getting masks. And the other thing was gaining essential ...

Nazareth College of Rochester has joined a number of local colleges and universities in requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for all students, staff and faculty for the fall 2021 semester. In a statement Friday, Nazareth officials said the college is “committed to ...

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The Rochester community often is praised for its generosity, its willingness and ability to give back and its readiness to step up when needed. During the last 15 months that has been witnessed at every turn, but perhaps none more ...

New York state Attorney General Letitia James on Tuesday petitioned the court to force Eastman Kodak Co. CEO Jim Continenza to publicly testify about his stock purchase last year ahead of the federal government’s announcement that Kodak was in line ...

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The extended 2020 tax season has now come to an end and both accountants and their clients are breathing a sigh of relief. The past year was filled with several major legislation changes that heavily impacted the filing process. While you may be ...

The people we rely on for essential work, including during a public health crisis, are underpaid. We rely on these hourly workers to meet our basic needs and keep us safe by stocking grocery stores with food, disinfecting shared spaces, ...

The pandemic has changed the landscape of business and economy in many ways, but does that mean business strategy should be reimagined altogether? Paradigm shifts in the business and economics are not quite common, but they do occur, and when ...

Companies are rethinking their hiring practices post-COVID-19 and are implementing new strategies to attract top talent as job seekers shift some of their priorities moving forward. Mark Kovaleski, managing partner at Mengel Metzger Barr & Co. LLP, says the firm ...

In my March column, I thanked the RBJ for its inaugural list of the “Power 100” in the Rochester region. I also issued a challenge for all of us listed to come together and focus our efforts on so many ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has so accelerated law firms’ adoptions of new technologies that they have jumped ahead several years, says Christopher Rodi, partner at Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP. “It has really forced us to move five years forward in six ...

As CPL looks to the future, CEO Todd Liebert has mapped out an ambitious five-year plan for growth that includes moving into new geographic regions and reducing the firm’s reliance on work within New York. The architecture, engineering and planning ...