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Previous: August 27, 2010

Thursday 09.02.2010

• Columbia Memorial, Samaritan receive NY grants
• HP wins 3Par at $2.4B, Dell concedes
• CDTA celebrates 40 years with 40-cent fares
• New York ranks 5th in education, but gets D+ for reform
• DiNapoli hikes employers’ contributions to retirement fund
• Poll: New York consumers have little confidence
• Ball to close Canadian can factory
• Paterson names Colon acting Secretary of State

Wednesday 09.01.2010

• Ellis gets the ok for an urgent care unit [Blog: TBR's Biz Blog]
• First Niagara responds to Conn. AG
• Will Troy get its own Bombers? [Blog: TBR's Biz Blog]
• SBA leader coming to Saratoga Thursday
• First Niagara’s planned acquisition questioned by Conn. AG
• Cuomo holds wide leads over two rivals
• Wilber National Bank names interim CEO
• Lynn Smith appeals court order to freeze her assets
• KeyBank to handle NYS checks
• Report: Hospital patient infections down
• Breonics lands $2.9M NIH grant
• New month, new state taxes and fees [Blog: TBR's Biz Blog]
• Half of metros—including Albany—post long-term job gains
• Kitware wins $11M defense contract

Tuesday 08.31.2010

• Glens Falls Hospital offers patient financing program
• WAMC lands $100K Newman’s Own grant
• GlobalFoundries, Labor Dept. host job fair
• Paterson acts on 92 bills
• SuperPower, partners to work on $4.2M energy storage project
• Colonie chamber will hold restaurant week
• Betting, attendance at Saratoga track picking up
• Unshackle Upstate grades lawmakers
• Intel to buy Infineon unit for $1.4B

Monday 08.30.2010

• Education Secretary Duncan says ‘Race to the Top’ leading to reforms
• Audit: Stimulus funds for local project ‘spent right’
• Albany 13th ‘brainiest’ city in country
• Intuit: Small business hiring up in NY
• Global semiconductor sales up 37% in July
• State tax revenues up for second consecutive quarter
• Planet Fitness opens 7th local club
• Study: NY's gubernatorial races frequently close
• RPI’s $100M data center has new leader
• Weekend attendance at Saratoga track up 32%; bets up 20%
• Continental-United merger approved by U.S. regulators

Friday 08.27.2010

• Hudson Valley Community College awarded $3M to create nanotech center
• Albany dips in national TV rankings
• Convention Center Authority buys more land in Albany
• Albany area lands $31M in NY grants for infrastructure, housing
• SEC: McGinn, Smith will go on trial in 2011
• Census: 12.7% of Capital Region children lived in poverty in ‘08
• Intel lowers Q3 revenue guidance
• TransUnion: New Yorkers managing credit cards better

Thursday 08.26.2010

• Kaye says Paterson testimony on World Series tickets ‘misleading’
• Downtown Albany building doesn’t sell at auction
• Albany Devils to play 36 home games at Times Union Center
• Brayton Graphics moves—again
• Giants, Jets rank high on Forbes list of NFL's most valuable
• Timothy McGinn suffers heart attack
• GlobalFoundries exec joins Adirondack Trust board
• IBM: Internet security threats reach all-time high
• Beech-Nut leaves small town in the lurch [Blog: TBR's Biz Blog]

Wednesday 08.25.2010

• Housing woes [Blog: TBR's Biz Blog]
• Average NYer spends $107 on back-to-school supplies
• NY issues consumer guide on health plans
• Burlington Coat Factory seeks to exit mall [Blog: TBR's Biz Blog]
• Bellafiore to leave Eric Mower
• Is Albany dead? [Blog: TBR's Biz Blog]
• Toll Brothers turns quarterly profit, first in 3 years
• Global business network names chair

Tuesday 08.24.2010

• U.S. Education Secretary visiting Albany Monday
• 353 NY companies make Inc.’s list
• NY wins Race to the Top funds
• New York fines 20 insurers, HMOs
• Locally made bands: silly or not? [Blog: TBR's Biz Blog]
• Local home sales plunge 38%
• Espey reports record profits, revenue
• Betting, attendance down at Saratoga

Monday 08.23.2010

• NLRB judge rules against Times Union
• NY’s new insurance program accepting applications
• FDA warns Albany Molecular about Mass. plant
• Abercrombie & Fitch to close 110 stores by 2011
• HP tops Dell with $1.6B bid for 3Par
• Majority of states on the upside for jobs

Friday 08.20.2010

• Development group names new board
• State: wages to bounce back this year
• Sweet news: Candy-maker keeps hiring [Blog: TBR's Biz Blog]
• Plea in mail fraud case [Blog: TBR's Biz Blog]