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Merger and acquisition activity in the Rochester area picked up steam at the end of 2019 after remaining relatively flat for a few years, but industry leaders say it’s tough to predict what the local M&A landscape will be like ...

The survey contacted woman-owned businesses in Monroe, Genesee, Livingston, Ontario, Orleans and Wayne counties. The list includes businesses of which women own 50 percent or more. For more detailed information on this or any RBJ list, please visit our list ...

At St. John Fisher College’s Wegmans School of Pharmacy’s annual White Coat Ceremony, held on Jan. 12, Ludmilla Malmberg announced a gift of $100,000 to the school during her keynote address. The grant is to be used to fund student ...

Emerson Electric Co. plans to close its Honeoye Falls facility, affecting a staff of nearly 50, the company confirmed Monday. Branson Ultrasonics Corp. will close its doors Sept. 30, with layoffs occurring on April 30, Sept. 18 and Sept. 30. ...

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Median rent prices remained flat from December into January in Rochester and grew at half the national rate year-over-year, according to Apartment List’s latest rent data report. The median rent was $780 for a one-bedroom apartment in Rochester and $967 ...

American Packaging Corp., a family-owned flexible packaging converter, renewed its funding support to Rochester Institute of Technology and its packaging science program. American Packaging gifted RIT $1 million to support two packaging centers at the university: the American Packaging Corp. ...

Two companies with movie theaters in Brooklyn and Yonkers offer full meals — with alcohol — for customers to consume while they watch their movies. Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, a chain based based in Austin, Texas, and Brooklyn’s Nitehawk Cinema are ...

Area bankers agree that millennials’ use of financial technology is playing a role in changing the financial industry. They add, however, that other generations are also on board with the technological advances that are making their banking experiences faster and ...

2020 is here and with it comes an election year, along with uncertainty surrounding tariffs, trade and how long the economic expansion will continue. These items are all weighing on middle-market business owners and C-suite executives as they plan for ...

A theater is opening in Canandaigua, bringing back to life what started as a high school auditorium a century ago. The Sands-Constellation Theater will have its grand opening in two performances this weekend and then be available for rental by ...

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U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer on Friday urged technology companies that produce GPS applications to add railroad crossing data to their programs, warning that lives are being lost without it. In a sternly worded letter to leaders of several GPS companies ...

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Entries are now being accepted for the AMA Rochester Pinnacle Awards, which recognize excellence in marketing in Rochester. New categories include paid social media campaign, internal communications campaign and best idea rejected by a client. “Ensuring the Pinnacle Awards reflect ...

Rochester-based Riedman Companies will continue its investment in apartment communities in the Southern Tier with construction of a housing complex adjacent to Elmira College. Six67 College Avenue will provide  housing for students attending Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. The ...

With the turn of the calendar, investors have now missed the biggest benefit of Opportunity Zone projects, but that doesn’t mean there still aren’t significant advantages to the program—for the right investors. That’s especially true now that the Internal Revenue ...

Under Alison Meyers’ direction, Writers & Books Inc.’s new tagline could be “Literature is portable.” Meyers, who took the helm of the Rochester nonprofit last May, is doing her part to make WAB accessible to all of the community, and ...