NTC Marketing signs deal to import fruit from Philippines Buffalo News | NTC Marketing, which imports tropical fruit sold under the Libby's name, has signed a deal to buy pineapples from the Philippines. | The Williamsville-based company signed an agreement with the National Development Co.,the Philippines government's investment arm, during a recent meeting in New Yor...
A look at state exports to Iran The State The Associated Press | A look at states' exports to Iran during President Bush's years in office, ranked by the dollar value of their total exports from 2001 through 2007: | 1. Georgia | Total: $201.3 million | Top export: Cigarettes | 2. Louisiana |...
Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens wants to supplant oil with wind USA Today Updated | Comment | Recommend | | | By Jessica Rinaldi for USA TODAY Financier T. Boone Pickens in Sweetwater, Texas, with wind turbines in the background. By Jessica Rinaldi for USA TODAYPickens at the base of a Sw...
Buffalo open for business, Brown signals Buffalo News | The Brown administration announced a major overhaul Monday of the Economic Development Department, with a native Buffalonian who led development efforts in Cleveland succeeding Richard Tobe, who was forced to resign last month. | In addition to ele...
Town passes new law on X-rated businesses Buffalo News | After more than a decade, the Town of Amherst finally has some decent sex laws. | The board unanimously approved an adult-use law regulating sex-oriented businesses in town Monday. Before now, the town had no legally enforceable laws on the books. ...
On the Record / June 8, 2008 Buffalo News | Hires/Promotions/ | Honors | The Buffalo Area Salvation Army named Nick Verbanic board chairman. Other officers: Vice chair, Linda Wadsworth; secretary, Linda S. Priebe; and treasurer, Kenneth W. Colwell. Members: Stephen Sanders, Pamela Henrich, a...
Issa pays $46,844 demanded by NLRB Buffalo News | The British owner of Buffalo's Statler Towers met Monday's deadline to pay fines tied to a series of federal labor law violations. | Bashar Issa, the Manchester, England- based developer who started, then stopped, a $100 million makeover of the his...
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Wind power investment may fly away Buffalo News | It's coming down to the wire for Iberdrola SA's $4.6 billion bid to buy the company that owns New York State Electric & Gas Corp., and all eyes are on the state's Public Service ...
HSBC in national corporate banking push Buffalo News | Small and mid-sized Buffalo-area businesses are already quite familiar with HSBC Bank USA as a lender with international reach. Now businesses throughout the country are learning...
High oil prices are a new pipeline for prosperity in Houston Austin American Statesman | HOUSTON — Soaring oil and gas prices may be a fiscal drag for much of the nation, but here in the self-styled energy capital of the world, they are feeding an economic surg...
Alabama again has nation's lowest taxes per person The Boston Globe | MONTGOMERY, Ala.—Alabama can again claim to have the nation's lowest state and local taxes per person. | New U.S. Census Bureau reports for fiscal 2006 show Alabama's state, county and city governments collected $2,782 in taxes per person. Th...
Threat sensors installed on El Paso Houston pipeline Business Journal > 'Ruby Pipeline' planned for Wyoming to Oregon [Denver] El Paso moving forward with $3bn pipeline project [Houston] El Paso offers senior notes [Houston] | Solar-powered sensors aimed at reducing the threat of third-party damage have been installed ...
To sell Western New York, what would Wittman do? Buffalo News | Behind the sparkle of Disney World are teams of employees that ensure that concerts, shows and parades go off without a hitch. One such person is Hamburg native Bryan Wittman, who counts planning the 50th anniversary of Disneyland and the opening o...
Investor groups eyed American Axle for its plants, UAW leader says Buffalo News | Two different investment groups expressed interest in buying some of American Axle &Manufacturing's operations - including the Town of Tonawanda forge now headed for shutdown - during recent contract talks, but the company was not open to the idea,...
Need help on closing costs? Buffalo News | HomeFront and Citizens Bank are teaming up on a closing cost assistance program to help first-time homebuyers in Buffalo and Erie County with grants of up to $2,500. | Applicants must have an annual household income of less than $48,700 or purchase...
HSBC in national corporate banking push Buffalo News | Small and mid-sized Buffalo-area businesses are already quite familiar with HSBC Bank USA as a lender with international reach. Now businesses throughout the country are learning that as well. | HSBC is in a push to grow its lending to middle-market businesses nationwide, pushing out from its core New York state market into the Midwest and West C...
