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Empire Genomics signs 2 deals

Nov-25-2008 — Two new partnerships are expected to boost contracts at a Buffalo life sciences firm. Empire Genomics LLC, which offers genetic tests for more than 200 ailments and diseases, signed an alliance with Strategic Medicine of Windber, Pa., to provide products and services for the personalized medicine market. Strategic Medicine provides human tissue, patient data and biomedical informatics to support research in pharmaceutical and health-care markets.

Area bucks national trend on home prices

Nov-21-2008 — A national study on home sale prices contains some good news for the Buffalo area — local single-family homes here are commanding bigger bucks, while most other regions are posting record price drops.

Power Authority on Buffalo Road Trip

Nov-20-2008 — Area civic and business leaders, environmentalists and independent researchers were among 50 on Wednesday who listened to the New York Power Authority top official outline his organization’s plans to help revive the Upstate economy. To do so, NYPA President and Chief Executive Officer Richard Kessel said, would include use of renewable energy, energy efficiency, and transmitting hydropower from Canada, which then would be redistributed.

Buffalo Gains a Museum

Nov-18-2008 — Buffalo’s museum district gains another jewel soon. Nearly ready to welcome the public, the new Burchfield Penney Art Center is a welcome addition to this region’s cultural life and visitor attractions. It’s a spectacular achievement, and the opening in tough economic times of such a stellar showcase for the work of Western New York artists is a bright testament to community vitality.

Buffalo Niagara Home Value Grows

Nov-18-2008 — The Buffalo area's relatively stable housing market has earned a place on a select national list of communities where home values are on an upswing. According to a survey by the National Association of Realtors, the Buffalo-Niagara Falls region is among just 28 out of 152 metropolitan areas across the U.S. to chart an increase in single-family home prices in the third quarter.

Saving Buffalo's Untold Beauty

Nov-17-2008 — ONE of the most cynical clichés in architecture is that poverty is good for preservation. The poor don’t bulldoze historic neighborhoods to make way for fancy new high-rises. That assumption came to mind when I stepped off a plane here recently. Buffalo is home to some of the greatest American architecture of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with major architects like Henry Hobson Richardson, Frederick Law Olmsted, Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright building marvels here. Together

Memorial Auditorium is Getting a Fond Farewell

Nov-17-2008 — Hundreds gathered today at the Buffalo Convention Center to bid farewell to Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, home to thousands of memories

Gourmet World headquarters opens in Lockport

Nov-12-2008 — A new Internet-based business is up and running in Harrison Place. Gourmet World Inc./ GiftsWish.com has been processing orders for high-end gourmet foods and gourmet gift baskets inside the old Harrison Radiator factory since September. On Monday, owner Bhaskar Bhowmick threw open his doors to let the public see how it’s working out.