Social Security to hand out first raises since ’09
Social Security recipients will get a raise in January — their first increase in benefits since 2009. Experts project the increase will be about 3.5 percent, and on Wednesday, about 55 million...
View ArticleMotorola brings back ‘Razr’ name for smartphone
Seeking an edge in the world of high-end smartphones, Motorola is bringing back the “Razr” name, once attached to the best-selling phone in the world. The phone revealed Tuesday is thin, like the old...
View ArticleBank of America boosts small biz lending
A little more than month after announcing plans to cut its work force to boost its bottom line, Bank of America said it is hiring small business lenders and boosting its lending to small businesses....
View ArticleEmpire National Bank earnings rise in 3Q
Islandia-based Empire National Bank reported third quarter net income jumped to $2.3 million from $465,000 a year ago, boosted by increases in earnings from investments, a growing amount of deposits...
View ArticleViacom to NY court: Scrap YouTube copyright ruling
Viacom claims in a New York federal court appeal that YouTube allows — and even welcomes — “rampant copyright infringement.” A lower court previously concluded that Google Inc.‘s popular video service...
View ArticleInvaGen investing $39M to expand in Suffolk
InvaGen Pharmaceuticals has announced it plans to invest $39 million in an aggressive expansion plan that will create 350 new jobs over the next five years in Suffolk County. Gov. Andrew Cuomo...
View ArticleMid-sized LI businesses see recovery coming
Could better times be around the corner? Most Long Island mid-sized businesses plan to hire over the next six months and nearly two-thirds believe their business will improve over the next year,...
View ArticleFeds provide $360,000 to study Route 110 traffic
The Department of Transportation has allocated $360,000 in grant funding to the Town of Babylon for a study to determine the best way to alleviate traffic congestion in the Route 110 corridor. This...
View ArticleNassau DA Rice charges 10 in $458K Medicaid sting
A prosecutor on Long Island says 10 people have been arrested in recent weeks in a Medicaid fraud sting. Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice says the defendants stole more than $458,000 in...
View ArticleCPI Aerostructures nets $2.3M contract
Edgewood-based CPI Aerostructures has received a $2.3 million schedule agreement from Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., the maker of the famous Black Hawk helicopters. According to the agreement, CPI will...
View ArticleSocial Security to hand out first raises since ’09
Social Security recipients will get a raise in January — their first increase in benefits since 2009. Experts project the increase will be about 3.5 percent, and on Wednesday, about 55 million...
View ArticleMotorola brings back ‘Razr’ name for smartphone
Seeking an edge in the world of high-end smartphones, Motorola is bringing back the “Razr” name, once attached to the best-selling phone in the world. The phone revealed Tuesday is thin, like the old...
View ArticleBank of America boosts small biz lending
A little more than month after announcing plans to cut its work force to boost its bottom line, Bank of America said it is hiring small business lenders and boosting its lending to small businesses....
View ArticleEmpire National Bank earnings rise in 3Q
Islandia-based Empire National Bank reported third quarter net income jumped to $2.3 million from $465,000 a year ago, boosted by increases in earnings from investments, a growing amount of deposits...
View ArticleViacom to NY court: Scrap YouTube copyright ruling
Viacom claims in a New York federal court appeal that YouTube allows — and even welcomes — “rampant copyright infringement.” A lower court previously concluded that Google Inc.‘s popular video service...
View ArticleInvaGen investing $39M to expand in Suffolk
InvaGen Pharmaceuticals has announced it plans to invest $39 million in an aggressive expansion plan that will create 350 new jobs over the next five years in Suffolk County. Gov. Andrew Cuomo...
View ArticleMid-sized LI businesses see recovery coming
Could better times be around the corner? Most Long Island mid-sized businesses plan to hire over the next six months and nearly two-thirds believe their business will improve over the next year,...
View ArticleFeds provide $360,000 to study Route 110 traffic
The Department of Transportation has allocated $360,000 in grant funding to the Town of Babylon for a study to determine the best way to alleviate traffic congestion in the Route 110 corridor. This...
View ArticleNassau DA Rice charges 10 in $458K Medicaid sting
A prosecutor on Long Island says 10 people have been arrested in recent weeks in a Medicaid fraud sting. Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice says the defendants stole more than $458,000 in...
View ArticleCPI Aerostructures nets $2.3M contract
Edgewood-based CPI Aerostructures has received a $2.3 million schedule agreement from Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., the maker of the famous Black Hawk helicopters. According to the agreement, CPI will...
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