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Are rare earth elements an ace up China’s sleeve in trade war with the U.S.?
President Trump’s trade war with China has now dragged on for many months. Talks between the two nations are at an impasse with no obvious way forward. Apparently frustrated by […]
M&As: Scapegoating or strategic-minded?
Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As) are on the rise once more and hardly a day passes by without us noticing news of them. Rochester in recent years has been a focal […]
Snap Poll: Little support for ‘Green Light’ bill
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a new law Monday that will enable undocumented immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses. The state Senate passed the bill, which the Assembly passed last […]
State takeover of ineffective RCSD a necessary idea
There is no greater inhibitor to the future economic success of the Rochester and Finger Lakes region than the outcomes produced by the Rochester City School District. That is why […]
High Growth Companies Need Our Region’s Colleges
Thank you Upstate Venture Connect (UVC) for shedding light on an important economic development opportunity. UVC is a nonprofit organization founded and led by accomplished entrepreneurs dedicated to supporting entrepreneurship […]
College admissions scandal is more than just a crisis of confidence
Across Central and Western New York, thousands of graduating high school seniors will soon begin preparing for the next chapter of their lives as incoming members of the college class […]
New York marks Infrastructure Week
This week marks the seventh annual national Infrastructure Week, bringing together members of both political parties, the private and public sectors, business and labor, and the producers and users of […]
Snap Poll: Jazz Fest again the favorite festival
The weather forecast may not show any signs of summer, but the festival schedule does. The summer festival season kicks off with the start of the Rochester Lilac Festival on […]
Snap Poll: Majority back strengthening WARN Act
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-NY, visited Rochester on Monday to call for changes in the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act after Friendly’s locations across upstate New York […]
Snap Poll: Majority not worried about recession
In a recent interview with the Rochester Business Journal, JPMorgan Chase’s Jim Glassman, head economist for commercial banking, and Bob McArdle, Western New York executive director for commercial banking, discussed […]
New York’s prevailing problem
The smoke from Amazon’s tires as it peeled out of New York had barely cleared when Albany’s next bad-for-business measure started to pick up steam: expanding prevailing wage. Prevailing wage […]
Optical Society committed to inclusivity
The Optical Society (OSA) appreciated your coverage of the long-standing challenge of improving gender diversity in the field of optics and photonics (“Optics has few women in the field,” Feb. 20, 2019).
