Great pumpkin shortage!
Updated: 11/19/09 11:38 PM
PORTLAND, Ore. — The holidays may not be so sweet this year in some parts of the country.
Stocks fall for 3rd day as dollar strengthens
Updated: 11/20/09 6:26 PM
Investors can't shake their fears that the economy isn't keeping up with the stock market.
Area loses 3% of jobs, fastest pace in 8 years
Updated: 11/20/09 7:00 AM
The Buffalo Niagara region continued to lose jobs during October at the fastest pace in nearly eight years, the state Labor Department reported Thursday.
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24 Hour Business
Updated 11/20/09 11:07:05 PM
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Parent of Quality Markets files for bankruptcy
Updated: 11/20/09 8:05 AM
Penn Traffic, parent company of Quality Markets grocery stores, filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Wednesday for the third time in a decade.
CEO has J. C. Penney primed for holiday retail battle
Updated: 11/20/09 6:50 AM
NEW YORK — This holiday season, J. C. Penney CEO and Chairman Myron E. Ullman III is armed with a lineup of exclusive fashion brands he helped bring to the department store chain, and he’s ready to battle key rivals like Macy’s.
Cutlery sales boost Servotronics
Updated: 11/20/09 6:50 AM
Servotronics’ third-quarter profits jumped by 38 percent as soaring sales, at its cutlery business more than offset a drop in revenues at its motion control equipment segment.
AOL plans to cut up to 2,500 jobs
Updated: 11/20/09 6:50 AM
SAN FRANCISCO — The struggling Internet company AOL plans to shed up to 2,500 jobs — more than a third of its work force — as it prepares to separate from Time Warner and finally sever their ill-fated marriage.
Subdued economy dampens stocks
Updated: 11/20/09 6:50 AM
NEW YORK — Signs of a subdued economic recovery sent investors out of stocks Thursday and in search of safer assets like the dollar.
Reports indicate continued weak recovery
Updated: 11/20/09 6:50 AM
WASHINGTON — A gauge of future economic activity and a report on unemployment benefits signaled Thursday that the recovery likely will remain weak in the coming months.
Embezzlement of 401(k) alleged
Updated: 11/20/09 6:50 AM
A businessman whose Lockport company shut down in 2007 was indicted by a federal grand jury Thursday on charges that he stole money from an employee pension plan.
Local Business
- Reports indicate continued weak recovery
- On the Record / November 20, 2009
- Embezzlement of 401(k) alleged
- Cutlery sales boost Servotronics
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Real Estate and Development
- Ho-humhomebuilders
- Canadian firm expands to WNY
- Manhattan McDonald’s gets European-style makeover
- Recovery feels drag from dip in housing
Manufacturing, Transportation, Labor
- Area loses 3% of jobs, fastest pace in 8 years
- Canadian firm expands to WNY
- DirecTV hires Pepsi official
- Fired editor files complaint
Finance, Investments, Insurance
- Subdued economy dampens stocks
- AES to air financial risks
- Foreclosures to persist
- 30-year mortgage rate stays below 5% mark
Personal Finance
- Some toys found with high levels of lead
- Do the math before cashing in miles, points for trips
- The language of money is bilingual
- Purchases hint at low holiday sales
Help with your 2008 taxes
- Last-minute tax help offered at several sites
- Consumers quiz accountants on tax questions
- News to host tax-help hotline
- State tax boss says refunds are no later than usual
Retail
- CEO has J. C. Penney primed for holiday retail battle
- Parent of Quality Markets files for bankruptcy
- Leggo my Eggos? Not if you can’t find them
- Former Spencerport IGA will become Tops Market
Technology and Science
- AOL plans to cut up to 2,500 jobs
- Ford, Subaru, Volkswagen top list of safest new vehicles for 2010
- Coalition formed to push for electric cars
- Univision shows coming to YouTube
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