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It’s not uncommon in the world of accounting to see an abundance of women at the table. In fact, since at least 2013, more than half of the employees at accounting and consulting firms’ have been women. But as the ...

What you don’t know can hurt you—literally. Many recognize the danger to the heart of smoking, high cholesterol, lack of exercise and the like, but lesser-known conditions or illnesses can also take their toll. Stress is one of them. “Stress ...

Want to help your heart? Change what you eat. “If you want to feel good, live well and live longest, you stack the deck in your favor by being as plant-based as you can,” says Gerald Gacioch, M.D., division head ...

Having a social media presence can be vital to the success of a business, but such efforts must be intentional, strategic and sustained, local experts say. A winning strategy includes making sure that people see posts, because sharing content that ...

When seven people died from taking Tylenol laced with cyanide, drugmaker Johnson & Johnson sprang into action, withdrawing the drug nationally and keeping it off the shelves until the company could develop tamperproof packaging. Even though the incident was in ...

Individuals often find themselves at a financial crossroad following a divorce, the death of a spouse or children moving out of the home and struggling to adapt to a new norm, but there are some simple steps and guidelines that ...

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The stock market achieved an all-time high in late January, but then saw a subsequent drop of more than 10 percent. Since then, it has vacillated wildly, reacting to strong economic news, yet also showing signs of concern. The Fed ...

Legislation formerly known as S.2155 is now Public Law No. 115-174. “This is all about the Dodd-Frank disaster,” quipped U.S. President Donald J. Trump on May 24 after signing the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act (EGRRCPA) into ...

The Census Bureau released updated projections in March 2018 illustrating that people over 65 years old will outnumber children by 2035, a first in U.S. history. Data shows the region’s population becoming older and more diverse, statistics that mirror demographic ...

While organizations that cater to senior living have their own ideas about how to appeal to prospective residents, residents themselves are generating some of the biggest ideas in the industry. With 76 million Baby Boomers born between 1946 and 1964, ...

  When Jack Nodar was hospitalized three years ago for an operation, he never could have imagined that he would leave the hospital permanently blind. But that’s what happened. Nor could he have imagined that being blind would lead to ...

When Roc Brewing celebrated its seventh anniversary in June, the brewery teamed up with seven other local breweries — Wagner Valley and Resurgence, Three Heads, Stoneyard, Lost Borough, Swiftwater, Noble Shepherd and Genesee — to brew a pack of collaboration ...

Local breweries have benefited from a booming industry as the popularity of craft beers and locally sourced products has skyrocketed over the past decade, but industry insiders say there are still challenges for growing companies. Breweries face difficult questions over ...

A beverage made as an experiment in 2013 ended up paving a new career path for Tony Moringello, now co-owner of Bloomfield-based Noble Shepherd Craft Brewery. Working as a chef at a senior living community at the time, Moringello whipped ...

New York’s Labor Laws 240/241, known as the “Scaffolding Law,” was passed in 1885 and is an anachronism that needs to be corrected. Imagine yourself in 1885. Grover Cleveland, a former mayor of Buffalo and governor of New York state, ...