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The year 2016 was certainly an active year for mergers. In just the month of October, almost $490 billion worth of deals were announced. With regard to new deals, readers are likely to be familiar with the name Spectrum, which ...

Opportunity is at the heart of the American Dream, and at the heart of opportunity is a job. When the right person fills the right job, we all benefit—families, neighborhoods, businesses. We all grow and prosper. Yet, there’s a disconnect ...

Many observers of the American workplace are concerned about the malign impact that automation is having and will continue to have on the demand for labor. 

The usual explanations offered for the Trump earthquake of 2016 include bigotry, Russian hacking, fake news, FBI Director James Comey and xenophobia. But a pivotal factor behind Trump’s victory is that Americans have become ever more distrustful of government insiders.

Trying to recreate the U.S. manufacturing sector of the 1950s and 1960s would be difficult and costly.

Rochester is a vibrant and growing community worthy of ridesharing.

Now, more than ever, it’s important that we not take our community for granted.

 The governor's plan raises two fundamental questions.

The risks of repealing the ACA without a plan to take its place are just too great.

Donald Trump needs to realize that business—and indeed, politics—is not a game.

Yet another perk that air travelers have routinely taken for granted may soon disappear.

If we want to compete, it does not make sense to push away tens of thousands of some of the world’s most highly educated people.

This “skills gap” affects a wide range of industries in New York and adds to the growing ranks of workers who feel stuck and underemployed.

The term essay is a little too pretentious for current use and when applied to my specialty.

Secrets are important to the people who keep them, but less important to those who disclose them.