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The future of retail, especially along West Ridge Road, will be undergoing an A to Z analysis in the coming months as the Town of Greece formulates a new master plan. From Manitou Road on the west to Mt. Read ...

The stately, ornate, three-story brick home, constructed during World War I and one of the many historic estates on East Avenue, sits empty. The owner, East 935 LLC, hopes that won’t be the case for too much longer. Built as ...

Almost eight years ago, the Rochester Business Journal began publishing my column. My goal has been to share stories that speak to Rochester’s potential through the lens of a design professional. I have consistently focused on the positive because I ...

October has come and gone, which is likely a relief for investors. October gets a bad rap when it comes to the stock market, and perhaps deservedly so: It was October of 1929 when the slide into the Great Depression ...

Relatively high market volatility and U.S. monetary and trade policies have left some local investors concerned. “We have been fielding more inquiries from investors that are concerned about their portfolios than normal,” says H. Robert Bradley, chief investment officer of ...

Federal tax reforms passed in late 2017 drastically overhauled the national income tax system, and businesses and accountants are preparing to file taxes under the revamped scheme for the first time. The Tax Cuts and Job Act of 2017, approved ...

High profile data breaches and email hacks have brought awareness to the need for increased cybersecurity and data protection in recent years, and local industry leaders say the business is rapidly expanding with more and more companies realizing the importance ...

In a recent study on combating cybersecurity attacks, two-thirds of 3,866 information technology  professionals surveyed across the Americas, Europe and Asia said artificial intelligence tools could reduce false alerts and increase team effectiveness. Yet, only 25 percent of the respondents ...

A crystal ball prediction for what’s next for higher education in health care fields might simply say “More.” More demand for graduates. More interest from prospective students. More curriculum requirements for entry-level degrees into the profession. More responsibilities added to ...

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Students and their parents value diversity in their private school education. That’s what they tell school administrators and that’s what they’re likely to find at area private schools such as Harley, Allendale Columbia and Bishop Kearney. After all, students are ...

Private school enrollments have declined across the U.S. in recent years. Some local schools have suffered losses, but others have actually gained students. According to a 2018 U.S. Department of Education report, private school students made up 10.3 percent of ...

Private schools around the Rochester area depend upon their alumni to help with social functions and administrative tasks, donate funds and represent them in the community. “They are our ambassadors,” asserts Karen Ralph, director of alumnae relations for Our Lady ...

Now that the legal marketplace has spent at least a decade in the digital age, the next challenge is to keep pace with the evolving technical landscape. E-discovery and sophisticated presentation tools and software have become commonplace in many courtrooms ...

After nearly a 10-year hiatus, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division recently issued three formal opinion letters, setting forth its views on various wage-and-hour issues addressed to the WHD by interested parties. Opinion letters represent official WHD ...

Times are tough, but not necessarily if you’ve got a job or are looking for one. The U.S. economy added 201,000 jobs in August, an increase from July’s revised figure of 147,000. Unemployment hit an 18-year low in May and ...