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Cochran, Cochran & Yale LLC recently underwent an ownership change, with company president Shawn Baker purchasing the firm from his father, Gary. Brighton-based Cochran, Cochran & Yale specializes in executive search and management consultation, priding itself on finding the right ...

Remedy Intelligent Staffing and the firm’s Talent Acquisition Team have joined forces in a new facility at 360 Monroe Ave. in Rochester. Remedy Intelligent Staffing is a workforce solutions company while the talent acquisition team specializes in direct placement opportunities ...

In the world of elevator installation and service, the Big Four: Otis Elevator Co., Schindler Elevator Corp., Kone Corp. and Thyssenkrupp AG, have a monumental international footprint and foothold. They have not, however, dissuaded family owned Bison Elevator Service from expanding ...

High school sweethearts who attended Monroe Community College together and rose to the top of the business world returned to MCC Monday to announce a $4 million gift to lead the college’s fundraising campaign for student scholarships. The gift is ...

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Fred Burghardt has gone from encouraging people to get on the treadmill or resistance equipment to making sure those machines work when someone wants to use them. But he often encountered a major source of frustration: equipment breakdown. “As a ...

When ER Select acquired TalentBridge USA back in March of 2017, Tom Ioele wanted to add more than just the firm’s business relationships and adept personnel. Ioele, the ER Select CEO, also wanted the name. He believed TalentBridge was the ...

David D. Reh, a Victor entrepreneur who founded materials handling companies Gorbel Inc. and Retrotech Inc., a business services support company, Raytec Group, and Ravenwood Golf Course, died on Saturday. He was 77. A farm boy who grew up in ...

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The U.S. Patent & Trademark Organization’s Office of Innovation Development has launched a new Patent Virtual Assistance Program at the Central Library of Rochester & Monroe County. One of just six libraries in the nation to have a Patent and ...

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Having spent 23 years working for a firm that created trade show exhibits—rising from customer service manager to owner along the way—Mark Taylor decided the ability to offer more would make his company more dynamic. Instead of just creating exhibits, ...

The Rochester-based professional search and contract staffing firm, ER Select, has re-branded to become TalentBridge. The new name was announced Wednesday morning. TalentBridge was chosen because the name signifies precisely what the brand does: bridge high-performance clients and high-performance talent, ...

Rochester-based USA Payroll Inc. was acquired earlier this month by Asure Software, the workplace management software company based in Austin, Texas. Founded in 1994, USA Payroll provides payroll and tax services, workforce benefit solutions, insurance services, payroll timekeeping and human ...

Dixon Schwabl formally announced on Monday the signing of a lease for an office in downtown Buffalo, a response to an increase in clients from the Buffalo Niagara region. The new office will be located on the 11th floor of ...

Are you interested in perhaps saving money or time for your business, church, school or nonprofit organization? Then the Greater Rochester Quality Council (GRQC), an affiliate of the Rochester Chamber of Commerce, may have a program for you. And it’s free. ...

KodakOne and KodakCoin will be official partners of six Oak View Group Arena Alliance venues for the NBA and NHL, meaning more than 10 million fans will soon be able to upload, register and protect their in-venue photos and videos. ...

The client list for Eric Mower + Associates is always growing, as is the firm. The name, however, is getting smaller. As of this morning, the marketing and public relations agency will go simply by Mower. The re-brand is part of ...