Anthony and Filomena Fiacco never dreamed when they planted a blue spruce in their front yard nearly 30 years ago that the tree would someday be on display in Albany as an official state holiday tree.
Existing business owners and those wanting to sail into entrepreneurial seas were the focus of an event Thursday at Proctors about uncovering funding and grant opportunities.
The National Labor Relations Board’s regional office in Buffalo said it will seek civil prosecution against the owner of the Holiday Inn Express and Suites in Latham, after accusing him of violating federal labor laws.
An interactive forum and trade show about business financing will be held at Proctors’ GE Theatre on Thursday morning for those interested in starting and expanding a business.
An uptick in discretionary spending offers local entertainers who perform magic shows and balloon artistry glimmers of a recovery in the Capital Region.
Economic development officials in the Capital Region may be only six to nine months away from getting another tool for recruiting and retaining companies to the area.
The Center for Economic Growth will spearhead a new collaborative regional work force development initiative to meet the near- and long-term needs of the area’s growing technology sector.
The Capital Region’s newspapers saw more bad news as average paid subscribers over the year declined, according to six-month figures recently released from the Audit Bureau of Circulations.
Chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. late Tuesday said it is “thoroughly reviewing” published reports fingering former chairman and CEO Hector Ruiz as the AMD executive who gave confidential company information to a defendant in the Galleon Group insider trading case.
Data centers consume more than 4.5 billion kilowatts of energy a year, enough for 700,000 single-family homes, according to a 2007 Berkeley National Laboratory study. The importance of energy efficiency becomes apparent as the cost to run these computer information processing centers — $594 million a year — ends up being passed along to their customers.
The New York Independent System Operator will receive a $37 million federal grant for a smart grid project aimed at saving New Yorkers money on their utility bills and conserving electricity.
Total contracts of sale for new and existing Capital Region homes in September increased 9 percent from a year ago, the Greater Capital Region Association of Realtors said Friday.
