January 26, 2012In a business, especially a small business that may be struggling to get moving, it’s easy to focus on the financial aspects. Getting capital, paying bills, hiring employees; it’s an all consuming stress that can cloud your ideas about what the business needs to be successful. Yet, an article I recently read on Entrepreneur.com profiled [...]
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January 20, 2012COMING NOW: Facebook will start requiring people to switch to a new profile format known as Timeline. It’s essentially a scrapbook of your whole life on Facebook, compared with a snapshot of you today. WHAT THAT MEANS: Photos, links and personal musings from the past will be much easier to find. DIDN’T THIS ALREADY HAPPEN?: [...]
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January 19, 2012TrustCo Bank Corp NY on Monday said fourth quarter net income grew 26.2 percent to $8.7 million, up from $6.9 million a year earlier. The diluted earnings per share equaled 9.3 cents. An analyst estimate had put earnings per share at 10 cents. Earnings for the year climbed to $33.1 million, or 38.9 cents per [...]
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January 8, 2012Sports Direct said today it was disappointed by the sale of Blacks Leisure to its rival JD Sports Fashion and accused suppliers of obstructing its own pursuit of the outdoor clothing retailer. JD Sports confirmed last night it had bought Blacks Leisure’s 290 stores for £20 million in a pre-pack administration deal which will protect [...]
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January 5, 2012The New Year is shaping up to be the year of the consumer. The rise of social networking sites has given customers the power to rapidly spread their like or dislike of a product. According to Bazaarvoice.com, 53% of people on Twitter recommend companies and/or products in their Tweets, with 48% of them delivering on [...]
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January 3, 2012Albany Molecular Research Inc. said late Thursday that it will cut jobs primarily in its domestic operations during the fourth quarter as it winds down all of its internal research and development activities. It also said it wold terminate the lease of one of its U.S. plants, although it didnt identify which one. The company [...]
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