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When Marc Iacona first suggested that CGI Communications Inc. become the title sponsor of the Rochester International Jazz Festival, his idea was met with a definite maybe probably. “Pencil me in,” Iacona, the executive director of the Jazz Fest, was ...

While men–particularly white men–continue to dominate financial and accounting companies in the Rochester area, women are on their way, and in some cases they’ve already arrived.

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In a recent interview with CNBC, famed investor Warren Buffett marveled at the current economic environment.  He noted that unemployment is at multi-decade lows and the federal budget deficit is at an all-time high, yet inflation and interest rates are ...

Blockchain, machine learning, artificial intelligence and cloud computing are fast-growing technologies that are changing the financial industry and altering the way individuals interact with their banks and lending institutions. Technology is constantly changing the way people communicate and access information, ...

There is no shortage of cosmetic and plastic surgery procedures to help you look your best along with service providers ranging from tattoo artists to dermatologists to plastic surgeons that can perform them.

The conversation around birth control and contraception is often reserved for behind closed doors. In public forums, it's a topic people are squeamish about. Open dialogues are often stifled, politicized or overly sanitized.

Daily decisions about what we eat or whether we’re active can come back to haunt us or help us.

Insurance is essential for most every business, but in addition to determining which coverages are necessary, business owners also have to decide whether a lower premium is worth the cost of a higher deductible in the event a claim is ...

Area companies have a lot to think about when determining what sorts of insurance policies they need, and it’s only getting more complicated. In the last couple years, cybersecurity regulations, state-mandated insurance programs and a rise in workplace misconduct claims ...

When Bond Benefits Consulting LLC opened its doors 27 years ago, the insurance industry operated a bit differently. “At that point, it was very much a paper-and-fax industry,” says Erick B. Bond, the firm’s president. His father, Erick G. Bond ...

In the past few years, New York has changed the standard for paying overtime, raised the minimum wage and mandated paid leave for qualified employees. While some of the new measures appear to benefit employees, others have forced businesses to ...

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“If a tree falls in the forest and there is no one there to hear it, does it make any sound?” Along these same lines, “If a small business person cries out in Albany and no one is there to ...

The unemployment rate in the United States reached a record low in nearly 50 years in 2018 at 3.7 percent. As of March 2019, unemployment rates have remained consistent at 3.8 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. As ...

To remain successful and competitive, innovative companies and their employees must look for new ways to build a better wheel.  It’s what their customers and their industry want too. To help instill a culture of innovation, an employee’s job might ...

To say video games are a big business is an understatement. It is, in fact, one of the largest entertainment industries on the planet. In 2018, market analyst site Newzoo placed the global video game market at $134.9 billion, with ...