Eastman Kodak Co. after the bell on Thursday reported a first-quarter loss of $18 million, a $7 million improvement from the same quarter last year. For the quarter ended March 31, Kodak posted revenues of $291 million, compared with $318 ...
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It began as a necessary community service, formed to provide transportation so care providers could treat the ill during an influenza outbreak in 1919. A century later, Medical Motor Service remains a staple in the community, transporting the elderly, the developmentally ...
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Gone is the camping stove. In its place, a shiny new commercial grade range and oven. Food demonstrations at the Rochester City Public Market just got a huge upgrade with the opening Thursday morning of the new Public Market Nutrition ...
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A new, statewide workforce development initiative will invest $175 million to support strategic regional efforts that meet businesses’ short-term workforce needs, improve regional talent pipelines and enhance the flexibility of local workforce entities. “We must ensure the workforce of today ...
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The Reducing Embodied-Energy and Decreasing Emissions (REMADE) Institute has selected 12 new projects for funding, including two involving Rochester Institute of Technology. “The selection process was highly competitive,” said Magdi Azer, REMADE’s chief technology officer. “We received many comprehensive submissions ...
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Aloi Materials Handling & Automation has acquired Automated Cells & Equipment of Painted Post, Steuben County, for an undisclosed sum. Company officials said Aloi plans to integrate operations into a single company. Both companies offer products and solutions targeted to ...
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One thing Cam Schauf knows after decades of running dining services at the University of Rochester: don’t change things up too much in April or May. This high-stress period at the end of second semester is not the time to experiment at ...
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When an Ivy Thimble Quilt Shop newsletter shared in March that the Victor store was going to close after 16 years, there was a “Oh, no, not again!” reaction among customers.
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Rena Montedoro, vice president of sales and marketing for New York’s Crunch Time Apple Growers, is featured in the annual “Women in Produce” issue of The Packer, a national trade publication for the produce industry.
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IEC Electronics Corp. posted mixed second-quarter results on Wednesday, beating Street estimates on revenue, but missing on earnings. For the quarter ended March 29, the Wayne County manufacturer reported revenues of $37.3 million, a more than 17 percent increase from ...
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Bergmann’s waterways experts will provide statewide flood protection services to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Division of Water Program. The state Office of General Services has awarded a five-year contract to Bergmann for assistance with coastal management, ...
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Though employers, educators and even parents have fixated on STEM disciplines to prepare young people for jobs in an increasingly technological society, a recently convened expert panel said it’s important to remember the humanities. And above all, they said, young ...
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T-Mobile plans to bring up to 1,300 jobs to Henrietta with a newly created customer experience center (CEC), although the company said it can’t provide any timetable for hiring or opening because the Justice Department still hasn’t approved a proposed ...
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In celebration of Small Business Week, Monroe County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo announced today the launch of the Shop Monroe Portal, a shoppable registry for local small businesses who sell retail on the Internet. “With over 17,000 small businesses supporting over ...
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A going-out-of-business sale is underway at one of two OfficeMax stores in the Rochester area. OfficeMax in the Elmridge Center plaza is one of 50 locations across the country being closed by Office Depot/OfficeMax, according to multiple national reports. The ...
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