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NY Awarded $40M for ‘Green’ Energy

Jun-16-2010 — New York state will receive $40 million in federal stimulus funding to expand existing programs that help businesses and residences pay for renewable energy systems and energy-efficient upgrades.

Study Gives Buffalo High Marks For Fun

Jun-16-2010 — The Buffalo area is more fun than most metropolitan areas in America, according to a new study.

Lake Erie Wind Proposals Filed

Jun-16-2010 — New York Power Authority has received five proposals from companies vying to construct the Great Lakes Offshore Wind (GLOW) project in New York State waters of Lake Erie and/or Lake Ontario.

Yahoo! Cool to Building WNY Center

Jun-15-2010 — Not often do Western New Yorkers hear outsiders describe their climate as “mild.” But favorable aspects of the region’s weather were what Yahoo! officials say were key factors in their choosing a 30-acre site in Lockport for a new and what they say is a unique energy-efficient data center that will serve the U.S. East Coast.

Buffalo Offers Second-Fastest Commute

Jun-15-2010 — The Buffalo area is a commuter’s dream, offering the nation’s second-fastest trip from home to work. Rochester is the only major market with a shorter commuting time, according to a new Business First analysis of the latest figures from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Young Investigator Award From Prostate Cancer Foundation

May-04-2010 — Hannelore Heemers, PhD, a researcher in the Department of Urology at Roswell Park Cancer Institute, is the recipient of one of 21 Young Investigator Awards given by the Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF). Designed to encourage the most innovative minds in cancer research to focus their careers on prostate cancer, the $225,000 grant awards provide recipients with three years of funding to test transformational research questions for prostate cancer patients.

UB Cleared for Biomed Engineering

May-04-2010 — UB announced that it has received approval for the program from the state Department of Education. The approval means UB can now actively advertise the degree and recruit students and faculty to the program.

National Grid Grant for Biomedics at UB

May-04-2010 — National Grid and the University at Buffalo announced Friday that the utility company is giving $250,000 to enhance a computerized communications network that will link the school’s multiple campuses with each other and with biomedical companies around Western New York.

CTG profit rises on health-care revenue

May-04-2010 — CTG reported a 37 percent gain in first-quarter profit as the IT company’s health-care revenue continues to improve. The Buffalo-based company said net income for the period was $1.8 million compared to $1.3 million a year ago. Earnings per share rose to 11 cents from 9 in the 2009 first quarter.

Cleveland Biolabs opens new venture

May-04-2010 — Nearly a year after forming a joint venture with a Russian-based venture capital fund, Cleveland BioLabs Inc. has announced the launch of an entity to develop anticancer therapies. The Buffalo drug development firm (NASDAQ: CBLI) opened the U.S. office of Incuron LLC, a joint venture between CBLI and Bioprocess Capital Ventures LLC, the Russian firm. The launch triggers the first $5.7 million investment into Incuron.

GM Plant Expects to Add 415 Jobs

Apr-29-2010 — General Motors' Town of Tonawanda engine plant plans to add 415 jobs and retain 300 others as a result of winning a new V-8 engine line, Gov. David A. Paterson said Tuesday. Production of the "Generation V" engine — representing a $400 million investment by GM — is set to begin in 2012. It could bring the total job count to near 1,200, welcome news for a plant that last year was nervous about its future amid job cuts, the phaseout of two engines and GM's bankruptcy.

Internet Giant Rethinking the Data Center

Apr-26-2010 — There is an old engineering adage that says you can’t have faster, better and cheaper all at the same time. Yahoo is out to prove this adage wrong with its new data center under construction in upstate New York.

Cummins Recalls 140 Laid Off at Local Plant

Apr-23-2010 — Cummins Inc. is making progress in bringing back workers from temporary layoff at its production plant in Jamestown. About 140 of the 440 employees who took voluntary leave from the plant earlier this year have returned, said Mark Land, a spokesman for Columbus, Ind.-based Cummins. An additional 30 workers will come back by May 1.

Home sales, Jobless Claims Provide Good Economic News

Apr-23-2010 — The economy is improving, with home sales up, jobless claims down and inflation tame. Yet there are concerns the economic rebound won't get much juice from the housing market, which is being fueled by government tax breaks.

Mug of Hope

Apr-22-2010 — A caffeine-fueled fundraising effort for Roswell Park Cancer Institute, launched by Dunkin’ Donuts right before the holidays, culminated today when local franchisees presented Roswell representatives with a check for $100,000.

Roswell Doctor Receives Young Investigator Award

Apr-22-2010 — Hannelore Heemers, PhD, a researcher in the Department of Urology at Roswell Park Cancer Institute, is the recipient of one of 21 Young Investigator Awards given by the Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF). Designed to encourage the most innovative minds in cancer research to focus their careers on prostate cancer, the $225,000 grant awards provide recipients with three years of funding to test transformational research questions for prostate cancer patients.

Roswell Park Researcher Awarded Grant

Apr-22-2010 — Eugene Yu, PhD, of the Cancer Genetics Department at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI), has received a grant for $250,000 from The Children’s Guild Foundation of Buffalo to identify the causative genes for Down syndrome-associated mental retardation. The grant would be used to establish The Children’s Guild Foundation Down Syndrome Research Program at RPCI.

Roswell Park Designated a Center of Excellence Network for Adult BMT Transplantation

Apr-22-2010 — OptumHealth Care Solutions, one of the nation’s largest health and wellness companies, recognized Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) as a designated member of the OptumHealth Centers of Excellence network in the area of adult bone marrow transplantation. The Centers of Excellence network was created to provide patients with the assurance they are receiving treatment from a medical center and physicians who are committed to standards of excellence.

Business Park Planned for Genesee County

Apr-16-2010 — The Genesee County Economic Development Center has been working on plans to build a 1,300-acre business park in the town of Alabama. This site in Genesee County is where Yahoo was considering building their data center before deciding on Lockport in Erie County. Currently, STAMP is in phase two of four phases. Hyde said the cost for phase two is $1.35 million.

Trocaire Adds Human Resource Studies

Apr-13-2010 — Trocaire College plans to offer a new evening program in human resource management. Starting in fall 2010, students can earn a certificate or associate degree in the field. It is the second new program announced recently by the college, which announced over the winter that it will offer its first four-year degree next fall.

Dunn Tire's Clark to Chair Excellus Board

Apr-09-2010 — Randall Clark has been named chairman of the board of directors for Excellus BlueCross BlueShield and its parent company, The Lifetime Healthcare Companies Inc. Clark is president and chairman of the board of Dunn Tire LLC. He has previously served as chairman of the board and CEO of Dunlop of North America.

Understanding Your State Nexus

Apr-09-2010 — The growth of technology has made a large world seem smaller, and the use of the Internet and ease of transportation have made crossing the border easier then ever. With NAFTA and a comprehensive tax treaty, it has become increasingly beneficial for Canadian businesses to expand into the United States (US) and vice versa. While crossing the border is great for growing your business, multi state and multinational companies have to consider the state tax implications of doing business in the US.

Buffalo Niagara Art Galleries

Apr-09-2010 — The Albright Knox Art Gallery may be the best known venue in Buffalo’s art scene but the region offers a wide range of options for enthusiasts.

Loonie Pushes Toward Par With U.S. Dollar

Apr-09-2010 — The loonie reached a value of 97.30 cents (U.S.) in Tuesday trading, recording its eighth consecutive daily increase. It is now at its highest level since early January. Analysts attributed the Canadian dollar's strength to a rebound in prices for crude oil -- Canada's biggest export -- and the relative weakness of the American dollar.

Darien Lake Pours Millions into Waterpark

Apr-09-2010 — The addition of a multi-million waterpark and other amenities has prompted Darien Lake Theme Park to create a park within a park. Darien Lake, this spring, will be debuting a five-acre addition to its existing waterpark and calling both the existing space as well as the new attractions “SplashTown Water Park.” The new attractions include a series of water slides and rides its “Swirl City” complex, some of which peak at 41.5 feet tall and run 530 linear feet. Those additions are the centerpiec

Top 100 Markets Lose Jobs in Past Year

Apr-09-2010 — The nation’s 100 biggest labor markets all have fewer private-sector jobs now than they did a year ago, according to figures released Wednesday morning by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. But 13 markets -- Buffalo among them -- experienced relatively mild declines of less than 2 percent between February 2009 and the same month this year.

Empire State Development Launches New Website

Apr-09-2010 — If the KPMG study gives companies a "quick scan", far more comprehensive information on why to invest in New York State and what incentives and programs are available can be found on the new website recently launched by our partners at Empire State Development Corporation. The address for the new site is www.empire.state.ny.us and as Chairman and CEO designate Dennis Mullen says on the homepage, viewers will see that New York State is open for business.

U.S. Business Advantages

Apr-09-2010 — Canadian businesses preparing to expand have good reason to rank the U.S. at the top of their prospects list. The U.S. offers the full spectrum of advantages, starting with the most basic- the use of Western business models, a democratic and stable political climate, highly developed infrastructure, and quality labor assets. In addition, the current U.S. population of approximately 300 million people offers Canadian businesses access to a market that includes nearly ten times the number of peopl

Buffalo Niagara Among Top 3 Inexpensive Places To Do Business

Apr-07-2010 — The Buffalo Niagara region ranked #3 in a survey of least-costly metropolitan areas to do business among 12 U.S. locations with populations between one and two million people. The "2010 Competitive Alternatives" study was performed by audit, tax and advisory firm KPMG LLP, and it measured twenty-six significant cost components including labor, real estate/facilities, utilities and transportation. These factors were measured as they applied to companies in seventeen different industries ranging

UB to purchase downtown church

Apr-05-2010 — A Buffalo church will sell one of the largest undivided pieces of property in the city to the University at Buffalo for $15 million, so UB can relocate its medical school and further develop a downtown campus.

UB receives patient status

Apr-05-2010 — The University at Buffalo has received a federal designation that will allow it to play a greater role in improving patient safety.

From Clinical to Lab

Apr-02-2010 — Edgerton, a research professor in the departments of Oral Biology and Restorative Dentistry, has been mining the rich potential of salivary research for more than 20 years. She has seen patients in the clinic who have lost saliva due to medications, chemotherapies and various other reasons. She has seen patients in her prosthodontics practice with Sjogren’s syndrome, an inflammatory disease that destroys salivary function.

Cancer Research is all in the Family

Apr-02-2010 — A UB genetic epidemiologist is partnering with the Witness Project, a nation-wide cancer information program targeting African-Americans, to conduct the first national study of genes that increase breast cancer susceptibility in African-American families.

Buffalo Niagara, inexpensive

Apr-01-2010 — As midsized cities go, the Buffalo Niagara region is a pretty inexpensive place to do business, a study released Tuesday found. Thanks to low transportation expenses and competitive labor rates, the Buffalo Niagara region finished third among 12 U.S. metro areas in a ranking of cities with between 1 million and 2 million people by accounting firm KPMG.