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When electrical engineer Paul Travers left Kodak and started his company, Vuzix Corp., in 1997, he couldn’t imagine the innovative ways its augmented reality technology would be utilized a couple of decades later. The health care field, hungry for innovation, ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated families, businesses and governments, but some locally launched responses to the virus and its impacts are helping the nation move on from the global pandemic and respond to future viral outbreaks. The COVID-19 pandemic has ...

Before Paul “Pauly” Guglielmo closed on the purchase of his own manufacturing facility to make his marinara sauce in May, he was worried that the seller of Permac Enterprises was going to take him back to the negotiating table because ...

Certain COVID-related adjustments that the local real estate market has had to make over the past few months are likely to stick over the long-term, local experts say. “Many of the tools we had traditionally relied on aren’t available now,” ...

Investors often have a conflicted relationship with cash. In down markets, there is a temptation to flee to cash even though you may run the risk of losing out on attractive investment opportunities. In bull markets, the reverse is true: ...

While restrictions on tapping into one’s retirement account have been loosened due to the COVID-19 pandemic, local financial planning experts say it still may not be the best option. If it is pursued, however, a person needs to know if ...

American anti-cannabis policy can be traced back to the 1930s, when Harry J. Anslinger led the charge of cannabis prohibition, including industrial hemp, through racially targeted propaganda (“Reefer Madness”) that vilified the Mexican and Black communities. His influence would continue ...

Proponents of legalizing marijuana in New York are mixed on whether waiting until 2021 to get the law passed is a setback or an advantage for the proposed industry. New York was poised this year to become the 12th state ...

The state of New York will pass a bill legalizing recreational marijuana use in: A. 2020, B. 2021, C. in the near future, or D. none of the above. In the summer of 2020, none of those answers can be ...

For 200 years, cardiologists have relied on stethoscopes to be able to assess patients’ hearts and lungs, says Dr. Sabu Thomas, a UR Medicine cardiologist specializing in heart failure. Now, with a handheld, point-of-care ultrasound on the market, a cardiologist ...

Local medical providers are concerned that people may have put off important heart-related medical concerns because they were worried about going to a health care facility during COVID-19. The situation, however, appears to be improving with increased efforts to raise ...

The cardiologist certainly could relate to what his patients were saying. This was his life, too. Stuck in the house in the early days of COVID-19. The gym closed and dreary April days discouraging outdoor exercise. A little anxiety. A ...

The COVID-19 pandemic created unprecedented challenges for businesses and entrepreneurs, both large and small, but experts say there are a number of risk management lessons that can be learned from the unparalleled crisis. Unlike any situation in the past century, ...

Area business owners from across industries are poised to protect and pivot, managing risk as they reopen to foot traffic. But will that usher in a return to business as usual? In May, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

COVID-19 is likely to have an impact on business insurance moving forward, with area experts saying it could be a balancing act between providing additional coverage for a global pandemic while keeping premiums at a manageable rate. Skip Pleninger, president ...