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Ultralife Batteries Inc. has landed another juicy contract for its lithium batteries, the company announced today. Racal Electronics PLC placed $520,000 in orders for Ultralife High Rate lithium batteries, which will power respiratory-protection suits used by military personnel to protect ...

Hudson Hotels Corp. boosted earnings 108 percent in second-quarter results posted today. At the same time, however, the company’s profit for the first half of the year fell and sales were lackluster. For the quarter ended June 30, the budget-motel ...

Want some practical tips on how to deal with banks? Like when you call, you should ask for the president’s office, because his or her secretary will be able to help you much more than the receptionist? Or that you ...

Strong Memorial Hospital employees have ratified a new two-year contract and canceled a one-day strike originally called for Monday. Nearly 900 hospital and University of Rochester Medical Center staff are covered by the agreement reached with Local 1199-Rochester. It is ...

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of the Rochester Area has affiliated with its counterpart in Syracuse, the plans announced today. Under the agreement approved by the organizations’ boards Thursday night, the Rochester plan and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of ...

The Prudential R.J. Russell Realtors plans to file a petition under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. The filing–by one of Rochester’s largest residential brokers–is expected to have a ripple effect whose scope can now only be guessed at ...

Mamasan’s owner opens cafe Mamasan’s owner Be Walters has opened Mamacita’s Cafe at 581 E. Main St. Located just around the corner from Mamasan’s–a popular Vietnamese eatery–the new cafe features Southwestern-style fare prepared by an experienced Southwestern-cooking chef. Walters will ...

The Prudential R.J. Russell Realtors plans to file a petition under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. The filing–by one of Rochester’s largest residential brokers–is expected to have a ripple effect whose scope can now only be guessed at ...

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of the Rochester Area has affiliated with its counterpart in Syracuse, the plans announced today. Under the agreement approved by the organizations’ boards Thursday night, the Rochester plan and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of ...

Strong Memorial Hospital employees have ratified a new two-year contract and canceled a one-day strike originally called for Monday. Nearly 900 hospital and University of Rochester Medical Center staff are covered by the agreement reached with Local 1199-Rochester.

Bausch & Lomb Inc. has signed an exclusive licensing agreement to develop a brand of Porsche Design sunglasses, the company announced today. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Porsche Design Management GmBH and Co.

Goulds Pumps Inc. today announced all-time-high second-quarter and first-half earnings. Net earnings for the company were up 18.4 percent at $9.8 million on sales of $197.6 million for the three months ended June 30.

RG&E earnings drop following Ginna outage Expenses associated with the 70-day outage of Rochester Gas and Electric Corp.’s Ginna Nuclear Power Plant drove the Rochester utility’s second-quarter earnings down nine cents a share. The plant was shut down for a ...

Goulds Pumps Inc. today announced all-time-high second-quarter and first-half earnings. Net earnings for the company were up 18.4 percent at $9.8 million on sales of $197.6 million for the three months ended June 30. Earnings of $17 million for the ...

Bausch & Lomb Inc. has signed an exclusive licensing agreement to develop a brand of Porsche Design sunglasses, the company announced today. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Porsche Design Management GmBH and Co. KG, founded in 1973, is ...