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Previous: March 14, 2010

Friday 03.19.2010

• Murphy, Tonko to back health care bill
• Purdue beats Siena
• NY’s outstanding debt per resident jumps nearly 25%
• IBM plugs into $453M U.K. electric-car initiative
• No union requirement on Lake Champlain Bridge project—for now
• New Schenectady YMCA opens March 23
• NY allocates $2M to rehab vacant upstate properties
• Employment slips in 100 biggest markets
• Ordway, RPI labs win stem cell research grants
• Hoop dreams: Siena alum make trip to Spokane

Thursday 03.18.2010

• Business Council issues its own plan to balance budget
• Albany Law School applications jump 17%
• Unshackle Upstate outlines problems with Paterson’s budget
• NY AG Cuomo probes state’s highest pensioners
• Report: NY hurt least if oil prices spike
• Number of new businesses in New York up 3%
• Metroplex spending $230K on 9 downtown Schenectady facades
• Momentive labor hearing delayed three months
• UAlbany’s NanoCollege to receive $1.5M to incubate clean energy companies

Wednesday 03.17.2010

• Goldstein buys Denooyer Mitsubishi franchise
• President Obama picks Siena over Purdue
• NY tax refund checks not in the mail
• Pitney Bowes cuts jobs in North Greenbush, company wide
• Democrats add to majority in NY Senate
• Report: NY’s poverty rate ranks 17th in nation
• Hill named to energy consortium board
• A deal with the Devils? Offer made to New Jersey AHL team to replace River Rats
• First Niagara sells $300M in debt
• Albany’s Sculpture in the Streets ends April 12

Tuesday 03.16.2010

• Albany's labor market 24th in country among young adults
• Ballston Spa building sells for $900K
• Push continues for wine sales at grocery
• NY film industry wages up 34% since ’04
• Paterson says on-time budget doubtful
• NYSERDA commits $100M to energy efficiency
• Albany chamber names business award winners
• FCC to seek major broadband changes
• New York roads rank near the bottom

Monday 03.15.2010

• SuperPower marks 10th anniversary with museum exhibit
• Continental Airlines to charge for meals
• Capital District OTB aligns with 2 others
• Metroplex to buy 4 downtown Schenectady buildings
• Kitware receives $600K NIH grant
• Survey: Manufacturers remain upbeat
• Trans World CEO Higgins buys more stock
• Plug Power reduces net loss to $12M in 4Q

Friday 03.12.2010

• Plug Power lands deal with food distributor, equipment manufacturer
• Albany ranks No. 10 on Green City list
• Former Wurld CEO Kerber released from prison
• Public hearing set for $55M housing project in Colonie
• 3 Capital Region financial advisers make Barron’s top 1,000 list
• Owner of Lake George mini golf course files for bankruptcy protection

Thursday 03.11.2010

• Clear Channel parent posts fourth-quarter profit
• Cuomo recuses himself in Paterson probes, puts Kaye in charge
• NYISO: 2009 electricity prices lowest in decade
• State spikes Aqueduct deal
• NYISO to hold symposium on the grid's future
• Judge dismisses St. Joseph's Housing bankruptcy case
• NY foreclosures drop 20% in February

Wednesday 03.10.2010

• The Radiant Store relocates to Malta
• Critics attack Lt. Gov. Ravitch’s budget plan
• Lt. Gov. Ravitch releases 5-year fiscal plan, says on-time budget unlikely
• Honest Weight Food Co-op plans scaled back
• 3 scientists involved with the Human Genome Project win Albany Med’s $500K prize
• New York adds 163,700 to jobless rolls
• Former chief investment officer pleads guilty in Cuomo’s pension fund probe
• Tech CEOs urge Congress to pass R&D tax credit
• GE, RPI, UAlbany land state energy grants
• Albany visitors guide goes digital

Tuesday 03.09.2010

• Harleysville-First Niagara merger delayed
• LifeLock settles with FTC, states for $12 million
• Trial date set in case of capsized Ethan Allen
• Construction supplier opens store near GlobalFoundries site
• State auctioning surplus properties
• DiNapoli pushes plan to fix future budgets
• Hiring trend upbeat for Albany in 2Q
• State commits $693K to fix docks along the Hudson River
• Report: NY private medical practices pay $4.5B in state taxes
• Former Tech Valley Printing shareholder Goldberg sued
• First Niagara CEO Koelmel’s pay jumps 47% in 2009
• Index: Construction costs dip in 1Q
• Momentive cuts net loss to $41M in 2009
• Quad/Graphics earnings, sales plummet, filing reveals

Monday 03.08.2010

• Business groups press their case in Albany
• Jos. A. Bank brings back suit promotion for laid-off customers
• Ethan Allen in Clifton Park closing
• Poll: A third of NY workers worry about losing their jobs
• State gives online lift to small biz
• Albany Med receives largest grant in 171-year history
• Applied Materials plans $2B stock repurchase