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The latest business game is forecasting when the economy will get back on track. Every analyst gives a different reason for the present downturn, with no one wanting to use [...]

The so-called 'Patients' Bill of Rights,' (S1052) which has been battled from pillar to post, will finally become law after sections offensive to the business community have been eliminated. The [...]

Mortgage rates are at historic lows so 'it's a great time to buy a home,' state Banking Superintendent Elizabeth McCaul told members of the Mortgage Bankers Association at a recent [...]

A celebration of architecture and a guest lecture series are being planned for later this year by the Westchester Mid-Hudson Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), according to [...]

Retail sales rose nationally last month after going up more in April than earlier reported, showing that consumers are ready to spend and keep the economy out of a recession. [...]

Local PR agencies have prospered and are optimistic about revenues for the rest of the year, despite dire warnings of cutbacks and slowdowns in sales. In fact, many agencies report [...]

The fact that the entire New York congressional delegation backs the Airline Passenger flights Bill is joyous news for Vivian Gottleib, owner of Gemini Travel, and other area travel agents [...]

The Valerie Wilson Travel Agency is one of the nation's foremost and operates key agencies in Westchester County in Purchase and Hartsdale and in Putnam County. It also has Rand [...]

In November 1997, Oxford Health Plans (NYSE: OHP) launched a reorganization plan following some serious losses and a sharp drop in the company's stock price. After a top-to-bottom reorganization, there [...]

The plight of illegal immigrants in the United States, and the complications inherent in Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) rules, moved to the front pages last month as lawmakers hastened [...]

Space tourist Dennis Tito of California has had some 'cosmic car sickness,' but his trip to the international space station was possibly worth the $20 million price tag. He certainly [...]

Having spent a lifetime in the newspaper, radio and cable TV industries, I have been charged with moving a facility many times, usually with a small staff and an even [...]

After two years of planning, the Rev. Jack Miller and a group of volunteers recently opened Neighbors Link in a converted warehouse to bring employers and day workers together. The [...]

All that was required to move an office as recently as the 1960s was to find adequate space in a new location, bring in a mover and call the telephone [...]

There is now little doubt that Yonkers will regain the stature it deserves as the largest city in Westchester County and the fourth-largest city in the state, due to the [...]

Four former mayors of the city of Yonkers are pleased to see that the dreams they bad for a rehabilitated downtown are finally becoming a reality. The four, James FX [...]

Bankers and real estate brokers are girding for a showdown as the public comment period on a proposal to allow banks to enter the real estate field ends May 1. [...]

Many business and building owners in downtown White Plains, who have withstood waves of competition over the years, are optimistic about the future because of the possible addition of residential [...]

Despite fluctuations in the economy, Westchester County continues to attract business meetings and conventions and to build a sizable tourist industry. A storehouse of information on where to go and [...]

Yonkers General Hospital and St. John's Riverside Hospital, which have been operating under the aegis of Riverside Health since 1994, are considering a new plan of operations for the two [...]

Making corporate decisions are going to make chief executive officers a little fearful after Michael Eisner's demotion at Disney. There were no financial scandals that decimated many other companies, and [...]

For several years I have been a voice in the wilderness warning about the growing export of jobs, building the economy of other nations, at the expense of our own. [...]

The more I read the business wires daily, seeking news of locally based public companies, the more optimistic I become about the general economy. As the home of large and [...]

With mergers and acquisitions back in the news any approval should also consider how a deal affects the job market, usually overlooked. Many mergers are in fact structured on the [...]

As the rhetoric mounts, the loss of jobs in the United States has finally become front-page news with few, if any, solutions offered by politicians of either party. The growth [...]

I must confess that I have avoided the storms of 2004 by spending the winter in Florida where building continues unabated. As I write this column, bulldozers on the next [...]

My first step into the technology world was giving up an Underwood typewriter for a Wang word processor, considered the ultimate for writers in the '80s. It was replaced in [...]

Reports on the economy usually have a disclaimer citing the growing jobless rates with no mention of the jobs shipped offshore or those eliminated by technology. We're in the midst [...]

I recently wrote about the reemergence of the elderly as consumers as they outlive the obsolesce of most of their appliances. I paid my dues to help the economy in [...]

I apologize for missing the cold wave of 2004 by escaping to Florida. Down here in Florida, TV weather forecasters report from the 'severe' weather center when the temperature drops [...]

Business news, particularly in this area now looks brighter than in many other parts of the country. After years of editing news of the public companies in Fairfield and Westchester [...]

The older you get, the more you know. And now I have learned that due to living longer, we elderly are again becoming a viable marketing demographic for years ignored [...]

Every year my secret of not breaking New Year's resolutions for the entire year is to make only those that are achievable. In 2004, I have resolved not to go [...]

The Norwalk-based Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has issued four exposure drafts that would improve U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and converge U.S. accounting guidance to existing international accounting [...]

Markland Technologies (OTCBB: MRKL) of Ridgefield concluded an agreement with the secretary of the Navy for a non-exclusive, comprehensive chemical detection technology license that allows its science and technology research [...]

Creeth, Richman & Associates Inc. of Wilton have announced the official release of OLAPObjects for TM1 4.0, the only solution that provides a flexible Excel-based development platform for creating functional [...]

Fairfield-based General Electric Co. (NYSE:GE) will hold its 2004 annual meeting April 28 in Louisville at the Kentucky Convention Center. GE holds its annual meeting each year at a location [...]

FactSet Research Systems Inc. (NYSE:FDS) of Greenwich, a major supplier of computer-based financial and economic data to the investment community, announced that revenues for first quarter of fiscal 2004 rose [...]

Triple Point Technology Inc. in Westport, a provider of next-generation software solutions, will provide the software and technology behind the India Electron Exchange, the first online electricity trading exchange for [...]

Technology Marketing Corp. (TMC) of Norwalk announced that Mun Yuen Leong, chief technology officer for Avaya, has accepted an invitation to make a presentation at the opening session of the [...]

Norwalk-based Modern Media Inc. (NASDAQ: MMPT), an interactive marketing strategy and services firm, announced the pricing of a public offering of 9,700,000 shares of its common stock at $5.75 per [...]

Last year, I was disappointed when I tried to use the Internet for Christmas shopping. Nothing seemed to work properly and I quit one site after another, sometimes because of [...]

Norwalk-based Priceline.com has launched an enhanced vacation package service featuring fully disclosed prices and deals and a new weekender option where customers can pick their flight windows for two- to [...]

GE Vendor Financial Services of Danbury, a unit of GE Commercial Finance, the business-to-business financial services unit of the General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), has agreed to acquire a $1.8 [...]

Allied Domecq Spirits North America (NYSE:AED), based in Westport, has appointed an external independent advertising review board as part of its effort to ensure that the company is marketing its [...]

Praxair Inc. (NYSE: PX) of Danbury announced that the company's board of directors has adopted a policy statement on stockholders' rights plans and advanced by eight years the expiration of [...]

It is now possible to export answer data created in Questionmark Perception assessments directly into the Microsoft Excel data-base format. Stamford-based Questionmark's new Export to Excel add-on enables users with [...]

Security Capital Corp. (AMEX: SCC) of Greenwich has announced that on Nov. 30, Possible Dreams Ltd., a subsidiary, sold all of its nonreal estate assets to Willitts Designs International Inc. [...]

Stamford-based InsightExpress, a leading online market research company, has announced the availability of AdInvite, a means of inviting Web users to share their opinions in online surveys. AdInvite supplants traditional [...]