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Have your children been naughty or nice in 2020? If they’ve been nice and you have a lot of money to spare, maybe you should give them a $23 million gift this year before President-elect Joe Biden takes office in ...

While racking my brain for ways to say good riddance to this (expletive-deleted) year, several home run calls popped into my head. Like Michael Kay’s “See ya!” And Bob Prince’s “Kiss it goodbye!” And Jeff Kingery’s “That ball is going, ...

New York’s small businesses have a new program to help negotiate lease workout agreements. The state earlier this month launched the New York Forward Small Business Lease Assistance Partnership in response to the economic impact of COVID-19. The program will ...

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KeyBank recently completed its #KeyBankAssists 3.0 community assist campaign, making a $12,500 donation to Foodlink and also buying and then distributing $12,500 in gift cards to five local businesses. KeyBank teamed with GlickFit Gym owner Kyle Glickman to promote the ...

When his classmates at Aquinas Institute were heading off to football practice or some other after-school activity, Mark Gionta was on his way to work in one of the shops at Rochester Colonial. “The rest of us were doing our ...

Analysts at Moody’s Investors Service believe business travel will remain stunted for much of 2021, meaning a much slower recovery for the upscale sector of the hotel industry, airports and convention centers. “Companies that have been impacted by the pandemic ...

The Hyatt Regency Rochester on East Main Street has pushed back its anticipated reopening nearly seven weeks to March 29 as the coronavirus pandemic continues to crush business and convention travel. Hyatt management paused hotel operations in early October and ...

Rosa Marie Curtis spent two years looking for a location to open her after-hours childcare. In January, she signed a lease for the perfect spot at Village Gate. “We were getting ready for a grand opening. We thought, let’s take ...

Confidence among female entrepreneurs nationwide is on a downward spiral as the pandemic continues to wreak havoc on small businesses and their ability to survive and thrive. Roughly one-third of women respondents in a new KeyCorp. survey said they have ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced local colleges to move their fundraising completely online, but they report robust success despite the current public health crisis and recession. Darrell Bell, vice president for institutional advancement at Roberts Wesleyan College, says the job ...

Area colleges and universities have taken various steps to address the additional stress students may be experiencing as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Students have struggled with challenges related to the pandemic, they say, from having to move to ...

The pandemic is having a financial impact on colleges and universities that will be felt well past the end of the current crisis. By one estimate, the pandemic has cost colleges and universities in the United States at least $120 ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for use in the United States under an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA), and EUA approval of the Moderna vaccine is expected to occur by the end of this ...

Santa Claus isn’t just coming to town, he’s coming to your living room, family room, kitchen or wherever your Zoom-enabled computer, smartphone or tablet is connected. Chill with Santa creates a safe way for kids to interact during the holiday ...

As the world pivots in response to COVID-19, work-from-home has become the new normal in many industries. But while that setup may keep one virus at bay, others could be waiting around the corner. Rochester Institute of Technology’s Global Cybersecurity ...