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Rochester-area small businesses rely on various strategies to develop new products without breaking the bank. Some use customer requests as a jumping-off point for expanding the product line, while others tap in-house talent instead of consultants or seek external guidance ...

Information was provided by individual establishments that responded to an email survey. The survey included banquet/meeting facilities in Monroe, Genesee, Livingston, Ontario, Orleans, Wayne and Wyoming counties that are open to the public. Ranked by maximum room capacity, banquet-style.   ...

People regularly ask me, “What are the most common issues you see leaders struggling with?” All leaders grapple at times with business uncertainties, personnel issues, economic fears and personal family concerns. But the most chronic leadership struggles have to do ...

For going on 35 years, Birchcrest Tree & Landscape Inc. has grown bigger as it has trimmed. The Webster-based landscaping company started as a one-man operation, with owner and master arborist David Dailey Jr. doing residential landscaping and tree work. ...

Nearly half of respondents support neither a ban nor a tax for single-use plastic bags, while 49 percent of respondents favor a local law banning foam food containers. See dozens of comments from readers.

I just finished a phenomenal book titled “Red Notice” by Bill Browder. It is a hair-raising and eye-opening real-life account of the moral depravity of Mr. Putin and his kleptocratic cronies. It is also a tale of heartbreaking injustice and ...

“After we extended an offer to a candidate—and after that candidate quit her other job—one of our staff members discovered a Facebook post from her that we found very worrisome—something that our clients might find insulting. It was made in ...

Workers in New York State could save nearly $12,000 a year by working from home, a new report from WalletHub shows.

VirtualScopics Inc. on Thursday reported a net loss for the fourth quarter of $1.1 million, or 38 cents a share, compared with a net loss of $1 million, or 35 cents a share, in the fourth quarter a year ago.

Terence Griswold, second from left, co-founded the firm in 1988. With him, from left, are fellow managing directors Gregory Sullivan, Scott Brace Jr., Keith Smith and Hugh Woodside. (Photo by Kimberly McKinzie) What is a glacier worth? While that might ...

Kodak Alaris Inc. has partnered with the University of Rochester to digitize a large collection of correspondence between suffragist Susan B. Anthony and her friend and colleague, Rachel Foster Avery.

Holy Sepulchre Cemetery & Ascension Garden has appointed Cathy Vail as chief financial officer. She replaces Lynn Sullivan, who became CEO last summer.

The Bonadio Group is expanding its offices, increasing its Bushnell’s Basin space by 18 percent to make room for 30 local employees.

A program that helps Rochester Gas and Electric Corp. and New York State Electric & Gas Corp. customers who are facing an energy emergency got donations of $410,000, officials announced last week.

“The relentless drive to be successful for each other. … We really care about each other. We work for each other. … We want to be the best for a reason.” –Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson Like many football fans, ...