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The George Eastman Museum will preserve three rare, endangered nitrate feature films using funds from a more than $70,000 grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation. The 35mm prints of The Country Beyond and The Millionaire Vagrant likely are the ...

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Jaime Saunders, president and CEO of United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes, joins the RBJ to talk about the merger of six local United Ways and what it means for our region.

Newark’s Ultralife Corp. on Thursday reported second-quarter earnings that fell short of Wall Street estimates. For the second quarter ended June 30, the Wayne County power solutions, communications and electronics systems provider posted revenue of $26.8 million, a more than ...

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Rochester’s Vuzix Corp., a supplier of smart glasses and augmented reality technology and products, has established an Integrated Solutions Business Unit within the company. Pano Spiliotis has been named managing director of the newly created unit and has been granted ...

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Optimism skyrocketed in June among midsized business leaders polled for JPMorgan Chase’s 2021 Business Leaders Outlook Pulse survey. The annual report, released this month, shows that most of the nearly 1,400 executives surveyed said they see “unprecedented economic opportunity and ...

No one ever likes to see their tax assessment arrive in the mail, and in the weeks that follow the arrival, commercial property owners often end up using the court system in an attempt to lower their bill.

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Transcat Inc. on Tuesday reported record first-quarter results, beating Wall Street estimates. For the first quarter ended June 26, the Rochester provider of accredited calibration, repair, inspection and laboratory instrument services posted revenues of $47.79 million, up nearly 23 percent ...

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Monro Inc. on Wednesday reported record first-quarter sales, beating analysts’ estimates. For the first quarter ended June 26, the Rochester-based automotive undercar repair company reported a more than 38 percent increase in revenue to $341.8 million. The company attributed the ...

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Fashion Week Rochester returns this fall in a new location at the Dome Arena in Henrietta.

The most recent post on the Carmine’s Family Restaurant Facebook page was about Cruise Night, encouraging patrons to stop by on July 19 to admire the classic cars and “remember the good old days.” For Carmine’s customers and employees, memories ...

For the first time in the 76-year history of Isaac Heating & Air Conditioning, an Isaac is not the president of the firm. Eric Knaak, who has been with Isaac for 32 years, was promoted to president of the residential and ...

JK Executive Strategies LLC has launched a legal services practice to help corporations, as well as law firms, secure legal talent. “Legal professionals play an integral role in the operations of nearly every industry, and therefore it’s of critical importance ...

Amazon’s new warehouse and distribution center in Gates was the nation’s third-largest non-residential building project to break ground in June, according to Dodge Data & Analytics. The $412 million project on a 100-acre site at 2600 Manitou Road includes a ...

Xerox Holdings Corp. shares were up roughly 5 percent on Tuesday following an earnings report that beat Wall Street estimates. Shares of company stock (NYSE: XRX) were trading $24.75 this afternoon, up from today’s opening price of $23.54. For the ...

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The National Women’s Hall of Fame has concluded its six-month search for a new executive director. Jennifer Gabriel, a seasoned fundraiser with two decades of nonprofit experience in California, Colorado and New York, will lead the organization through a regional ...

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