The Buffalo News: Business

At some businesses, success passes to new generations

Updated: 03/20/10 5:00 PM

Robert Cohen, the owner of United Men’s Fashion on Bailey Avenue, followed in the footsteps of his father and grandfather.

UB program helps owners grow companies

Updated: 03/21/10 6:57 AM

The problem with running your own business is that, all too often, it runs you.

UAW battles image problem

Updated: 03/21/10 6:58 AM

DETROIT — General Motors and Chrysler aren’t the only ones trying to bounce back from their bankruptcies last year.

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What comes next for area economy?

Updated: 03/21/10 6:50 AM

The Great Recession could have been a whole lot worse in the Buffalo Niagara region, but what happens next will be even more telling.

The Corner Store applies for check-cashing license

Updated: 03/19/10 11:27 PM

A resident of Buffalo's West Side has written a letter to state banking regulators, opposing an application by the owners of The Corner Store for a state license to cash checks.

Fidelis Care wins tax breaks for expansion

Updated: 03/20/10 6:41 AM

Fidelis Care New York is planning to more than double the size of its Amherst office in an expansion that could create as many as 139 new jobs at the health insurer over the next two years.

Amherst IDA approves aid for Bryant & Stratton

Updated: 03/20/10 6:41 AM

Bucking the eligibility guidelines used by Erie County’s IDAs, the Amherst Industrial Development Agency granted more than $790,000 in tax breaks Friday to Bryant & Stratton College to help it move its Amherst campus to a new site on Millersport Highway.

Budget woes drive use of school bus ads

Updated: 03/20/10 6:49 AM

SEATTLE — School districts have imposed all sorts of drastic cuts to save money during the down economy, canceling field trips and making parents pay for everything from tissues to sports transportation.

Travers Collins wins 32 ad awards

Updated: 03/20/10 6:41 AM

Travers Collins & Co.’s TV advertising campaign for Northtown Automotive won the Best of Show award at the ninth annual ADDY Awards banquet on Friday. Travers Collins also took home the most total awards, with 10 gold and 22 silver, at the program, hosted by the Advertising Club of Buffalo at Kleinhans Music Hall.