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Donald Trump Helps Same Name go Bald for Bucks

May-03-2010 — “Better you than me,” said The Donald-Donald Trump, real estate mogul of The Trump Organization-today as Dr. Donald L. Trump, President and CEO of Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI), America's first cancer center, had his head and mustache shaved by Kathleen Hogan, a Buffalo cancer patient, to honor Roswell Park's 26,292 patients, and to encourage others to participate in the national “Goin' Bald for Bucks” program.

Restaurants, Bars Toast NCAA Dollars

Mar-26-2010 — They came. They saw. They spent. Though local bars and restaurants haven't tallied all their receipts just yet, most are confident in saying the NCAA Tournament men's basketball games over the weekend paid off big.

KeyCorp Taps Quenneville

Mar-26-2010 — KeyCorp has promoted its Western New York district retail leader to be the district’s new president, succeeding the bank’s former local head, who took over as president of the bank’s Maine District earlier this year.

Buffalo, One of Best Cities to Weather Recession

Mar-22-2010 — WASHINGTON - Call them the Final Four: The four large cities that have made it through the Great Recession with the smallest increases in unemployment. Minneapolis, Buffalo, Oklahoma City and Rochester, N.Y., don't have much else in common. But a government report shows they've had the smallest increases in joblessness over the past two years among cities with at least 1 million people.

GCEDC Invites Partners to Rejoice in Year's Successes

Mar-22-2010 — BATAVIA -- The Genesee County Economic Development Center has long focused on the county's midway location between metropolitan Buffalo and Rochester in its effort to attract business and jobs. Those connections came together Friday when the leaders of business enterprise organizations in the two large cities spoke at the GCEDC's annual luncheon at Genesee Community College.

Region Rates Well in Handling Recession

Mar-19-2010 — The Buffalo Niagara region ranks among the 20 major U. S. metropolitan areas that are weathering the recession the best, according to a study being released today by the Brookings Institution. Thanks to a housing market that has been stable while much of the country’s home values have plunged and a job market that has not taken as big of a hit as many other places, the Buffalo Niagara region ranked in the top fifth in a survey of the nation’s 100 biggest metro areas.

Electro Sonic Expands to Buffalo Niagara Region

Mar-15-2010 — Canada-based electronics and electrical components distributor, Electro Sonic of America LLC, has announced a major $20 million expansion that includes a new and highly automated electronic distribution center in the Buffalo Niagara region.

Smith named chairman at NFG

Mar-12-2010 — David F. Smith, National Fuel Gas Co.’s president and chief executive officer, was named Thursday to the additional role of chairman of the Amherst-based energy company.

The Automatiste Revolution

Mar-09-2010 — Guest curated by Roald Nasgaard, Professor of Art History at Florida State University, this exhibition includes sixty works of art, as well as photographs, books, and other ephemera documenting the history of the Automatiste, Canada’s first truly avant-garde art movement. Organized by the Varley Art Gallery in Unionville, Ontario, this landmark exhibition will represent the first extensive retrospective of the work of this group of Canadian abstract artists to be shown in the United States.

Expanding into the US – Implications for HR

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Gold Medal Winners Named for Ice Wine

Mar-09-2010 — Wines from the Lake Erie, Niagara and Finger Lakes regions were the top three gold medal-winners in the first-ever New York Ice Wine Competition held recently.

Kemper System Opens North American Manufacturing Facility in Buffalo Niagara

Mar-09-2010 — Kemper System Production, a construction product manufacturer that was a BNE project win last year, officially opened the doors to their new North American manufacturing facility on North American Drive in West Seneca this week. The ribbon cutting, grand opening ceremony and plant tours were attended by representatives of Kemper's parent company in Germany, IBG Group of Companies. Kemper produces state of the art roofing, waterproofing and surfacing solutions including their industry leading e

Flight Simulator for Robitic Surgery

Mar-08-2010 — A collaboration between the Center for Robotic Surgery at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) and the University at Buffalo (UB)’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences has produced one of the world’s first simulators that closely approximates the “touch and feel” of the da Vinci TM robotic surgical system.

UB Researcher Receives $300,000 Grant

Mar-08-2010 — A Saudi Arabian university is giving $300,000 in grant money to a University at Buffalo cancer researcher.

Medicine as an Economic Engine

Mar-08-2010 — Academic medicine, as the blend of universities and medical centers is called, is coveted as the basis for much economic development in rust belt cities where, one analyst said, bell towers are replacing smokestacks as signs of economic health. Cities in that mold include Cleveland and Pittsburgh. And Buffalo.

Roswell Park launches expansion

Mar-08-2010 — Roswell Park Cancer Institute is planning a new $40 million cancer center at the northeast corner of its campus. The new Clinical Sciences Center building would likely be eight floors with 120,000 square feet of ambulatory patient space, offices and facilities space for patient consultation, counseling and education. The Board approved the plan in December.

Expert Testimony at Federal Hearing

Mar-08-2010 — Dr. James Mohler, Senior Vice President for Translational Research and Chair, Department of Urology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, was invited to give expert testimony today (March 4) at an important hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Schedule set for World Junior hockey event

Mar-08-2010 — With just 10 months before the puck drops on the International Ice Hockey Federation’s 2011 World Junior Championship in Buffalo, the pool and schedule for the tournament has been released.

CVB's Canadian Promotion Paying off

Mar-08-2010 — Halfway through a special winter promotion aimed at the Canadian market, the Buffalo Niagara Convention & Visitors Bureau has said it already surpassed initial projections.

Bills Raising Price of Season Tickets

Mar-08-2010 — The Buffalo Bills said Friday that the average price of a season ticket in 2010 will climb to $59.14 — an increase of 15.7 percent from last season.

Buffalo Home Prices, Sales up in January

Mar-08-2010 — The Buffalo area housing market is off to a better start in 2010 than a year ago as median prices and pending sales were up by double digits in January.

GM to pump $425M in Tonawanda Plant

Mar-08-2010 — The latest was announced Thursday morning when the automaker confirmed at a news conference that it is investing $425 million at the plant to manufacture a new generation of its Ecotec engine.

NYS Approves D'Youville Pharmacy Program

Mar-08-2010 — D’Youville College has received approval from the state Department of Education to open its planned School of Pharmacy, spokesperson John Bray said Wednesday.

Passport Office Headed to Genesee Gateway

Mar-08-2010 — A new passport office is slated for the Genesee Gateway site. The quest to establish a passport office in Western New York has succeeded, two area congressmen announced Wednesday.

New AAA facility brings one-stop shop

Mar-05-2010 — The opening of a new AAA facility is bringing one stop shopping and 15 new jobs to western New York.

Roofing Business Finds Home in WNY

Mar-04-2010 — Richard Doornink has long had a soft spot for Buffalo.And when the IBG Group of Companies was looking to set up a North American factory and distribution center for its Kemper System Production roofing products business, the Canadian businessman soon was touting the region to the German company’s executives.

Kemper System Opens West Seneca Facility

Mar-02-2010 — A German manufacturer of construction chemical products announced March 1 that it will create a North American production and distribution hub in West Seneca.

Medical Acoustics product makes top 100

Mar-02-2010 — Medical Acoustics LLC was thrilled to get a call last fall from Popular Science magazine, which wanted to feature its therapeutic lung flute product among the 100 Top Innovations for 2009 in the December issue.