Updated: 11/09/09 11:46 PM
A $50 million project to house students at Buffalo State College cleared a key hurdle
Monday when the Erie County Industrial Development Agency took steps that will make it
possible to help pay for the construction with tax-exempt bond financing.
Stocks hold gains as the dollar's slide eases
Updated: 11/10/09 10:26 AM
Investors cooled their buying of stocks and commodities, pausing from a surge that's carried major stock indexes to their highest levels in more than a year.
Industrial renovation could get nearly $9 million in tax credits
Updated: 11/10/09 7:20 AM
A project to convert a vacant industrial building in the Cobblestone District into offices, apartments and restaurants stands to receive nearly $9 million in federal tax credits under a program to stimulate investment in depressed neighborhoods.
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Tight supplies tell toy story of shortages
Updated: 11/10/09 7:20 AM
NEW YORK — Robotic toy hamsters, the latest Barbie dolls and stylish boots are disappearing from store shelves as holiday shoppers start to get serious. But don’t confuse this with the days of Tickle Me Elmo.
Dow hits 13-month high as the dollar slips
Updated: 11/10/09 7:19 AM
NEW YORK — U. S. stocks extended a global rally, sending the Dow Jones industrial average to a 13-month high, and the dollar slid after the Group of 20 nations agreed to maintain economic-stimulus efforts. Commodities climbed, with gold reaching a record above $1,100 an ounce.
Sales tax revenue down from ’08
Updated: 11/10/09 9:34 AM
“Cash for Clunkers” bolstered sales tax collections from auto dealerships around the state in the third quarter, but sales tax revenues generated by all sources are still down this year, the state Office of the Comptroller said.
Plant honored for ‘green’ initiatives
Updated: 11/10/09 7:02 AM
Cameron Compression Systems has been stepping up its “green” efforts at its Cheektowaga plant, but the impact is also showing up in its customers’ operations.
Pfizer closes six research sites, cuts 2,000 jobs after buying Wyeth
Updated: 11/10/09 7:02 AM
TRENTON, N. J.—Less than a month after buying Wyeth, drug giant Pfizer Inc. has mapped out a new structure for its research and development operations.
Rejection of Kraft bid for Cadbury sets stage for long takeover battle
Updated: 11/10/09 7:02 AM
NEW YORK — Kraft Foods has gone hostile in its bid to buy Cadbury but didn’t sweeten its first bid, drawing an immediate rejection from the British candymaker in what is likely to be a lengthy takeover struggle.
Erie County IDA adds $500,000 to minority business loan program
Updated: 11/10/09 7:02 AM
The Erie County Industrial Development Agency is expanding its program that offers low-interest loans to minority-owned businesses.
Google faces Friday deadline
Updated: 11/10/09 7:02 AM
NEW YORK (AP) — Google has until Friday to come up with a new proposal that would give it the digital rights to millions of out-of-print books.
Local Business
- Pfizer closes six research sites, cuts 2,000 jobs after buying Wyeth
- On the Record / November 10, 2009
- Sales tax revenue down from ’08
- Plant honored for ‘green’ initiatives
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- ATM fees climbing for non-customers
Real Estate and Development
- Erie County IDA adds $500,000 to minority business loan program
- Industrial renovation could get nearly $9 million in tax credits
- Erie County Real Estate Transactions
- Niagara County Real Estate Transactions
Manufacturing, Transportation, Labor
- Tight supplies tell toy story of shortages
- TitanX workers qualify for foreign trade aid
- Chrysler to offer in-car TVs
- This truck’s not made for haulin’
Finance, Investments, Insurance
- Stillmanaging
- Rejection of Kraft bid for Cadbury sets stage for long takeover battle
- Erie County IDA adds $500,000 to minority business loan program
- Dow hits 13-month high as the dollar slips
Personal Finance
- Ways to keep budget in the black for holidays
- This retirement-plan building block is cracked
- Federal loans for students are good idea
- ATM fees climbing for non-customers
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
- Sales tax revenue down from ’08
- Tight supplies tell toy story of shortages
- Borders Express stores in 2 local malls to close
- Ways to keep budget in the black for holidays
Technology and Science
- Pfizer closes six research sites, cuts 2,000 jobs after buying Wyeth
- Plant honored for ‘green’ initiatives
- Google faces Friday deadline
- Slimmer portable PCs shed pounds and CD drives, gain touch screens
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