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In its dealings with retailers, American Express (AmEx) routinely writes into its contracts language that prohibits retailers from offering any discounts or other inducements to customers to get them to use alternate forms of payment. Ohio and 10 other states ...

  Nations sell goods and services to each other because this exchange is generally mutually beneficial. It’s easy to understand that Iceland should not be growing its own oranges, given its climate. Instead, Iceland should buy oranges from Spain, which can ...

Big things are happening in Rochester and transportation improvements are playing a major role. Gov. Andrew Cuomo knows that transportation supports mobility, community vitality and economic growth. That’s why he’s making smart transportation investments in the Finger Lakes region and across the ...

  I first visited the Zaatari refugee camp in early 2015. Located in northern Jordan, the camp is home to more than 80,000 Syrian refugees. I was there as part of a research study on refugee camp wireless and information ...

Americans are generally aware of the fact that the coal industry in our country is now in decline. Most of us also understand that this decline has something to do with the environmentally malign impacts of mining and using coal. ...

In 2017 the United States Department of Labor ventured into the financial services industry and ignited one of the most controversial debates in modern times. What became known as the “DOL RULE” sought to heighten professional “standards of care” and ...

Across the country, the sixth annual National Infrastructure Week is bringing together hundreds of organizations and thousands of leaders who are uniting around one message: The future won’t wait. Neither can we. It’s #TimeToBuild. Infrastructure is also the rare bipartisan issue ...

It is difficult to ignore the instability that surrounds Xerox and its future these days. The once prosperous tech giant faces challenges from a myriad of internal and external issues that each seem sufficient to cast doubt on any company’s ...

  It is now common knowledge that health care in the United States costs a lot more than what it costs in most of the world’s rich nations. In fact, the topic of health care reform has come up in ...

It’s no secret that New York is in the midst of a deadly opioid epidemic. From Rochester to Long Island, these narcotics are ruining lives and destroying families. I’ve spent decades serving and protecting the communities of this state as ...

Toys R Us is closing down and liquidating all of its assets. Similar to another regional example —Tops Friendly Markets— the situation has been linked to the high level of debt held by the company and its inability to respond ...

On March 9, a Finger Lakes winemaker’s letter appeared here, denouncing a proposal for a waste-to-energy (WTE) facility at the abandoned Seneca Army Depot in Romulus. The writer made a few interesting points, then reality set in. Until NASA or ...

Large numbers of entrepreneurs leading small businesses in the Rochester area expect the current fiscal year to bring increases in revenues and improved business results. These findings come out of a first-ever study by ESL Federal Credit Union asking our ...

  Patient-centered care has emerged as a major common goal across the health care industry. By empowering patients to play an active role in their care and assume a pivotal role with their physician in developing an individualized treatment plan ...

  Since Amazon’s $13.7 billion merger with Whole Foods Market was confirmed in August 2017, speculations and reactions about the ripple effect on the grocery store industry have been strong. Amazon’s share price has since gained significant momentum, appreciating over ...