Category: Business

New York plans to replace steep community college residency penalties with late fees, broaden qualifications for child care workers and reduce duplicate health care reporting as part of a second round of … more: New York advances 75 reforms covering college costs, child care and business paperwork

Rochester’s West Main Gateway initiative is advancing 22 property and business projects through a $10 million program supporting renovations, equipment and public spaces along a downtown corridor. New York and the … more: Rochester’s West Main Gateway advances 22 projects with $10 million grant program

New credit card accounts opened by New York residents in the second quarter of 2026 had an average credit limit of $5,151, down 11.05% from accounts opened in the same quarter a year … more: New York credit limits fall 11% on new accounts, report finds

NYSEG plans to upgrade about 800 miles of transmission lines as New York confronts aging infrastructure, rising demand and tighter electricity reserves. State regulators expect adequate supplies this winter, while longer-term planning raises … more: NYSEG plans 800 miles of upgrades as New York’s power grid faces growing strains

Employees generally favor private rewards, but people who score higher on a measure of narcissism are more drawn to recognition their colleagues can see, according to a Cornell-led study published this month. In … more: Cornell study finds public praise appeals more to workers high in narcissism

LP Building Solutions' Bath plant has reached two years without an OSHA-reportable injury, company officials told WETM. Training, forklift alerts and fall-protection measures are among the safeguards described at the siding … more: LP’s Bath siding plant marks two years without an OSHA-reportable injury

New Yorkers and the nation are more accepting of electric vehicles. The Roadmap for Policy Momentum tracking poll found widespread support for EVs across various groups but it does not translate across … more: Consumer survey: New Yorkers embracing electric vehicles

Ben Miller-Gootnick is a Washington, D.C.-based public law attorney whose interest in how government works began well before law school. At Brown University, he paired public service with independent research and … more: Ben Miller-Gootnick: Academic Foundations in Public Law and Public Service

“Performance marketing” is the best-named product the ad industry ever sold. The name does the selling on its own. It implies the other kind of marketing doesn’t perform. Nobody wants … more: Performance Marketing Measures Everything Except Whether Anyone Cares

For years, defense posed a challenge for Silicon Valley. Cumbersome government purchasing cycles, high costs, complex procurement processes, and investors more interested in low-cost software firms than hardware startups all defined the landscape. … more: Defense Startups Raise Record $49 Billion as Investor Interest Surges

More than half of 20,000 stories generated by four artificial intelligence models featured a lighthouse, according to Cornell research on the variety of AI fiction. One recurring character was Elias, often … more: Cornell study finds AI stories repeatedly return to lighthouses and Elias

Older adults in upstate New York are learning how artificial intelligence can help with workplace tasks, according to Spectrum News 1. Jennifer Johnson, 72, co-owner of Johnson Estate Winery, uses ChatGPT to develop … more: Older workers learn to put AI to work

Gov. Kathy Hochul says Monica's Pies can keep its grape-shaped sign in Naples after she spoke with the state transportation department. Her Oct. 18 social media post follows a state letter … more: Hochul says Monica’s Pies can keep grape-shaped sign in Naples

Happy Beauty Co. has opened a cosmetics store at Eastview Mall in Victor, according to Eastview Mall. The shop is in Main Court just inside Entrance 4, next to … more: Happy Beauty opens at Eastview Mall in Victor

Most small businesses in the Finger Lakes already take cards, cash and perhaps a mobile payment app. Crypto is rarely at the top of the list, and for many shops it … more: Accepting Crypto on a Small Business Website: A Practical Guide for Local Owners

Student loan payments can become such a familiar part of monthly expenses that many people stop thinking about the terms they agreed to years earlier. As long as the payments remain manageable, … more: Why Student Loan Terms Deserve Attention as Your Finances Change

Lower natural gas supply costs may offer only modest relief on winter utility bills, while electricity and heating oil present different pressures for households across the Finger Lakes. National Grid's winter forecast … more: Winter energy costs: Small gas savings, higher electric bills and costly heating oil

New York collected $68.5 billion in state taxes through September, $7.3 billion more than budget officials projected for the first half of the fiscal year, according to a new report from state Comptroller … more: New York tax receipts beat midyear forecast by $7.3 billion

Gold (XAU/USD) remains one of the most actively traded markets of 2026. For traders who place frequent or larger orders, the type of account matters as much as the broker. ECN-style accounts, often … more: Top 10 ECN Brokers for Gold Trading in 2026