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V-Frog gets jump on digital dissection

Updated: 11/07/09 10:45 PM
One of the country’s most vocal animal rights groups is spreading the word about a virtual dissection program developed and sold by a University at Buffalo high-tech spin-off company.

Big business is being aided by passage of jobless bill

Updated: 11/08/09 8:24 AM
WASHINGTON — Emergency help for the jobless will be a huge windfall for realtors, homebuilders, mortgage bankers and others, and that’s no accident.

Freddie Mac loses $6.3 billion

Updated: 11/08/09 8:24 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Freddie Mac’s losses narrowed to $6.3 billion in the third quarter, but the government-controlled mortgage finance company didn’t need a federal cash infusion.

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Local firms are ready for an improved economy

The recession might be over, but you won’t find many local executives singing “Happy Days Are Here Again.”

Holiday airfares are climbing

If holiday travelers on the same plane compare what they paid to fly, they’re likely to find quite a spread, depending on when they bought their tickets.

Corporate giants sitting on piles of cash

In the summer of 2008, steel giant Nucor decided to raise some cash. It issued new shares of stock and floated some corporate bonds. As financial markets crumbled, the company ignored pleas from some investors and analysts that it buy back shares, which are now selling for about half their peak.

Obama signs law benefiting unemployed and home buyers

WASHINGTON — President Obama signed a $24 billion economic stimulus bill into law Friday, giving tax incentives to prospective home buyers and additional jobless benefits to those idled by the business slump.

Greatbatch posts third-quarter loss after $34.5 million lawsuit verdict

Updated: 11/07/09 8:39 AM
Greatbatch Inc. lost $20.6 million in the third quarter, as the $34.5 million verdict against the Clarence medical device and battery maker in a lawsuit filed by a competitor wiped out the firm’s weakening operating profits.

$200 million assurance keeps Delaware North in casino race

Updated: 11/07/09 8:39 AM
ALBANY — Delaware North met a Friday deadline by Gov. David A. Paterson to confirm that it can quickly pay a $200 million upfront franchise fee payment if it were selected among a half-dozen bidders to operate a big new casino at a Queens racetrack.

State agency’s grants will help WNY groups rehabilitate 71 houses

Updated: 11/07/09 8:39 AM
A New York State agency has approved $754,000 in grants that will go toward rehabilitating 71 houses into homes for low-and moderate-income families in three Western New York counties.

Walmart escalates online price war with DVD deals

Updated: 11/07/09 8:39 AM
NEW YORK—First it was books. Now it’s DVDs.

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