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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 ...

Harvey Weinstein. Kevin Spacey. Donald Trump. It’s safe to say that sexual harassment is in the national spotlight currently, and rightfully so. It’s about time these issues were brought to light, and the perpetrators brought to justice. With increasing media ...

What would you do if you could magically reclaim all the time you spend behind the wheel of a car? Ultimately that’s what a future filled with autonomous vehicles is promising. There are many questions about what autonomous vehicles will ...

Since the introduction of widespread reforms in 1979 under the leadership of Deng Xiaoping, the Chinese economy has made great progress and, in just under four decades, it has become the second largest economy in the world, second only to ...

On Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017, I was one of four individuals inducted into the 2017 Rochester Business Hall Of Fame. This was a wonderful honor for not only myself but also for my wife, Eileen and our family, our company, ...

  With the cost of a college education rising, to seemingly astronomical levels in some private institutions, there has been a lot of discussion about whether and the extent to which the government ought to be involved in supporting the college ...

  By LOUISE SLAUGHTER An essential element of the successes brought by the internet has been the unrestricted access enjoyed by consumers and businesses alike. This access has been made possible by strong net neutrality standards, a safeguard that has ...