February 2011
10 posts
Academic-industry collaboration
behind growth of... →
The success of Buffalo-based Medical Acoustics, a medical device company expecting to turn a profit for the first time in 2011, exemplifies how partnerships with universities like UB can help…
UB introduces two new job fairs →
The University at Buffalo will host two fairs for engineering majors – the Virtual Global Engineering Career Fair on Tuesday, March 1 and the On-Campus Global Engineering Career Fair on Friday, March…
Study of TAK1 Enzyme Searches for New Ways to Stop... →
New research at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) with the goal of developing a drug that could stop the spread of breast cancer has received support from the Elsa U. Pardee Foundation through a…
nxtARROW Debuts in Western New York →
Mayor Lauded in Seeking 3-year Property Tax Freeze →
Mayor Byron W. Brown’s call for a three-year freeze on city property tax rates is winning praise from homeowners, business leaders and some lawmakers. Brown’s push to revamp Buffalo’s assessment…
Larkin District Plan Gets $1.8 Million Tax Break →
Developers Howard Zemsky and Doug Swift are getting more than $1.8 million in tax breaks for their $8.4 million project to build a new headquarters building for debt collector Capital Management…
Giving life sciences firms a hand →
Nole, a longtime consultant in the life sciences sector, signed a deal with BNMC officials for 13,000 square feet in the ground floor of the Innovation Center at 640 Ellicott St. downtown. The space,…
Survey Finds Business Leaders More Confident →
Upstate New York business leaders are more confident about the economy and their own prospects than at any time in the past four years, but they still are not ready to invest or borrow too much. And…
62 Major Markets Add Jobs; Buffalo Ranks 43rd in U →
Nearly two-thirds of the nation’s major labor markets added private-sector jobs in 2010, and Buffalo was among them.
Employees called key to GEICO success →
A company’s brand and reputation are among its most valuable assets, but they’re only as good as the service provided to customers by its employees, the head of auto insurer GEICO Corp. said…
