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The newly signed CARES Act was designed to help stimulate the economy while offering much-needed relief to both businesses and workers. On the whole, the package is looked at favorably, but some experts are saying CARES leaves certain workers vulnerable. ...

Banks might want to tweak Arby’s catch phrase. Instead of “We have the meats,” they could be spreading their message of calm in the face of  COVID-19-related economic downturn by saying “We have the money.”  While other companies were announcing ...

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The $2.2 trillion emergency legislation passed by Congress last week very likely won’t be nearly enough to keep Americans employed and the economy afloat as the coronavirus pandemic steamrolls the country. “I suspect we’ll be back to either extend provisions ...

Xerox Holdings Corp. has bowed out of its plan to acquire HP Inc., the company said in a statement Tuesday. “The current global health crisis and resulting macroeconomic and market turmoil caused by COVID-19 have created an environment that is ...

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When Alicia Lawless of Dansville asked for recommendations for chicken wings on Tuesday, she got more than 120 responses.  And that’s just for Livingston County.  A new Facebook group, Livingston County Menus, started by Zach Matzek, a Dansville school counselor ...

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The U.S. Small Business Administration is offering help to businesses struggling to make payroll during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Our small businesses are the economic engines of their communities, and the SBA is ready to provide them with the support they ...

For more than a decade, the trucking and distribution industries in the U.S. have grappled with a worker shortage that has only exacerbated under an increasingly tight labor market. The most recent data shows that in 2018, the trucking industry ...

The application window to enter the $3 million Grow-NY business competition is now open.  Empire State Development and the Cornell Center for Economic Development both announced on Tuesday that the competition is opening up for its second round of applications, ...

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Effective at 7 p.m. today, Rochester Regional Health and University of Rochester Medical Center are requiring universal masking, meaning all providers, staff and visitors must be wearing a surgical mask at all times in public and clinical areas for the ...

As the region’s health care providers grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic and a lack of resources and vital supplies, two more Rochester-area manufacturers have stepped up to help. J.N. White Associates Inc. on Sunday said it had launched a splatter ...

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Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren today announced a suite of programs to support residents and businesses during the coronavirus pandemic. » Free professional financing counseling and coaching will be available to residents from the Office of Community Wealth Building’s Financial Empowerment ...

Dozens of New York localities will share an additional $2.4 billion in funding from the Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD), a part of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The funds are to be used for ...

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Apex Clean Energy, the company planning to build a 33-turbine wind farm in the Orleans County town of Barre, has opened a community grant program.  “This is a difficult time for all New Yorkers and we want to step up ...

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Transportation provider Leonard’s Express can have a tractor-trailer in Arizona carrying produce and be able to monitor the temperature inside the trailer and adjust it from a laptop at its Farmington-based headquarters, says Michael L. Riccio, chief marketing officer for ...

Jennifer Muniga has been executive director of Cameron Community Ministries, an Urban Outreach Community Center in the Lyell-Otis Neighborhood, since 2011. In that role, she sees first-hand the impact of poverty on youth, as 98 percent of neighborhood residents live ...