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Reaching retirement age often means arriving at a point in your life where you don’t have as much keeping you busy. While this can be a welcome change of pace for many, some people find themselves trying desperately to fill ...

  It’s hard enough trying to find a home, but first-time home buyers these days are facing a particularly rough go of it. A shortage has driven up the price and competition on many properties in the Rochester area. In ...

Before Charles Sawyer became a financial advisor and certified financial planner, he worked for a Catholic Church outreach program for ex-offenders. At the start of his career in financial planning 24 years ago, he was drawn to investing in a ...

When a customer enters a bank, visits an ATM, or goes online to make a transaction, he or she likely assumes the financial institution is doing everything it can to protect against fraud and theft. Local security experts say that ...

Over the years, Rochester has tended to resist the wholesale clearing of blighted properties that characterized the urban renewal efforts of the 1950s and ’60s. This has turned out to be a great benefit, leaving us with more “building stock” ...

Advancements in technology are making construction sites safer, improving efficiency and allowing for more precise measurements and actions, with industry leaders saying adopting the new technologies could help companies differentiate themselves and stay competitive. Several companies in and around Rochester ...

Money makes the world go ’round. Or does it? Whatever your take on finances is, managing them without going overboard or getting overwhelmed is a universal concern. When selecting an enterprise accountant, Xero Ltd. stresses: “It’s in your company’s best ...

Most people are probably capable of changing the oil in their car or replacing the spark plugs, but they might be hard-pressed to replace the transmission or overhaul the engine. Likewise, many business owners can handle simple permit applications or ...

Financial planning is a relationship business, says Joseph Bianchi, a financial planner with Alliance Advisory Group in Rochester. Other financial advisers in the area agree that the reason financial planning is a “relationship business” is because the most important part ...

When Elizabeth Thorley meets with her clients to discuss their investments, she quickly realizes that some of them are concerned about the leadership style of President Donald Trump, and the implications of some of the financial policies he has championed. ...

Small-cap value stocks have been uniquely poor performers recently. They posted strong returns in 2016, but otherwise, each of the past seven years small-cap value stocks have either significantly lagged or just barely beaten large-cap growth stocks. The argument for ...

What does it take to run a business? To many business owners and leaders, this question may be akin to asking: How do you make chicken soup? While there are certainly basic ingredients to both, every businessman—as with every chef—has ...

In April 2016, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation as a part of the New York State 2016-2017 budget that contained the most extensive paid family leave program that has been passed in the United States to date. While the federal ...

Facebook and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce recently released a report examining the impact of digital and social media marketing on small businesses. The report, developed from three national and state-level surveys conducted by Morning Consult, found that 60 percent ...

A statewide program aimed at boosting the manufacturing industry is helping local manufacturers thrive, connecting companies to supportive resources and aiding in the identification and solving of a wide range of problems. The New York State Manufacturing Extension Partnership, or MEP, ...