Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) articles from July 2000

Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) archives from July 2000

Shake-Up Looms for Real Estate Firm after Resignation of Colonie, N.Y., Broker.
July 31, 2000... Byline: Keri P. Mattox Jul. 31--A "restructuring" is in store for the Re/Max affiliate offices off Wolf Road following the resignation of a principal broker, according to the regional office of the national real estate franchise. ...

Dim Future Seen for Proposed Rensselaer, N.Y., Newsprint Recycling Mill.
July 31, 2000... Byline: Kenneth Aaron Jul. 31--Some paper industry experts have this to say about a proposed $680 million newsprint recycling mill proposed for Rensselaer: Send it to the waste hopper. "As a guy who covers the paper industry, this is...

Albany, N.Y., Men's Clothier, Gutted By Fire, to Open New Showplace Downtown.
July 31, 2000... Byline: Danielle T. Furfaro Jul. 31--Soon after a mid-January fire gutted his brand-new 50 State St. store, Vince Rua vowed that he would reopen Christopher's Men's Store downtown. On Friday, Rua said he has signed a lease for an...

New Target Stores Bring Department Store Roots, Value to Albany, N.Y., Area.
July 31, 2000... Byline: Danielle T. Furfaro Jul. 31--It's not your neighbor's discount retailer. When Target Corp. simultaneously opened its first two local stores last weekend, the response was overwhelming. People came from all corners of the...

Amsterdam, N.Y., Bank Raises Bid for Cohoes, N.Y.-Based Bank to $130 Million.
July 28, 2000... Byline: Kenneth Aaron Jul. 28--Ambanc Holding Co. Inc. has raised its bid for Cohoes Bancorp Inc., offering about $130 million -- $16.50 a share in cash -- for the company. If that offer is going to hold, Cohoes' shareholders will...

Shareholders of Canajoharie, N.Y., Bank Accept Bid by New York Bank.
July 28, 2000... Byline: Kenneth Aaron Jul. 28--CANAJOHARIE, N.Y.--Landmark Financial Corp. shareholders overwhelmingly accepted a $21-a-share offer from TrustCo Bank Corp NY at a special meeting Thursday, effectively squelching a higher offer made by a...

Buffalo, N.Y.-Based Cellular Phone Firm Agrees to Alter Deceptive Practices.
July 28, 2000... Byline: Danielle T. Furfaro Jul. 28--A settlement between Cellular One and the state attorney general's office may help bring greater peace of mind to upstate cellular phone customers. Following a yearlong investigation into Cellular...

New York-Based Venue Operator to Merge with Texas Radio, TV Station Owner.
July 28, 2000... Byline: Keri P. Mattox Jul. 28--Shareholders in SFX Entertainment Inc. overwhelmingly approved a merger plan Thursday with radio and television company Clear Channel Communications Inc. The companies announced in February that they...

Albany, N.Y.-Area Building Contracts Drop Sharply from Last Year.
July 27, 2000... Byline: Danielle T. Furfaro Jul. 27--The news that future construction contracts in the Capital Region dropped 42 percent in June from the same month last year came as a shock to many observers on Wednesday. But industry leaders and...

Albany, N.Y.-Area Executives Go to Horse Racetrack to do Business.
July 27, 2000... Byline: Keri P. Mattox Jul. 27--Need your lawyer's advice? Have to get in touch with your broker about a stock tip? Now that track season officially has begun, many local executives may be difficult to reach if you don't have their...

Owner of Colonie, N.Y., Hotel Files for Bankruptcy amid Lawsuits.
July 27, 2000... Byline: Danielle T. Furfaro Jul. 27--A tangled web of lawsuits and a pending foreclosure has led the owner of a Colonie hotel to file for bankruptcy protection just 10 months after purchasing the property. Alkhair Corp., doing...

Albany, N.Y.-Based Regional Investment Banking Firm Reports $1.1 Million Loss.
July 27, 2000... Byline: Kenneth Aaron Jul. 27--ALBANY, N.Y.--First Albany Cos. Inc. posted a $1.1 million loss in its second quarter, results driven by a bad market and expenses associated with the impending sale of its retail brokerages. That is a...

Albany, N.Y.-Area Is Still in Market for Microchip Fabrication Plants.
July 27, 2000... Byline: Keri P. Mattox Jul. 27--With New York's first two microchip fabrication sites clearing the hurdles for pre-approval in rapid succession, backers of a Capital Region chip-fab plant are even more optimistic a local site soon will...

Construction Begins on Colonie, N.Y., Saturn Car Dealership.
July 26, 2000... Byline: Danielle T. Furfaro Jul. 26--More than four years after the owners of Saturn of Albany purchased land off Route 9 in Latham, construction of a new dealership has begun. Phil Pearson, director of planning and economic...

Troy, N.Y.-Based Construction Firm to Pay Workers $2.3 Million in Overtime.
July 26, 2000... Byline: Kenneth Aaron Jul. 26--More than 900 Davis Acoustical Corp. workers will share $2.3 million in overtime payments, following a deal the construction company struck to settle violations dating back as far as 1975. The...

Amsterdam, N.Y., Kmart to Close as Retailer Targets 72 Less-Profitable Stores.
July 26, 2000... Byline: Danielle T. Furfaro Jul. 26--A Super Kmart on Route 30 is on the list of stores to be closed by the discount chain, meaning 182 local workers will be out of a job by year's end. Kmart Corp. of Troy, Mich., the nation's...

Deal Ends Tax Dispute among Green Island, N.Y., Two Power Firms.
July 26, 2000... Byline: Kenneth Aaron Jul. 26--A three-way settlement has put the village's hydroelectric power plant in the hands of the Green Island Power Authority. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the nonprofit utility took title to...

Troy, N.Y., Meetings Let Entrepreneurs Present Plans to Venture Funding Firms.
July 26, 2000... Byline: Keri P. Mattox Jul. 26--It's early, but this breakfast is bringing out nearly 100 local deal makers each month. The Venture B-Plan Breakfast Series -- a collaborative effort between the Center for Economic Growth Inc. in...

Schenectady, N.Y., Multimedia Company to Move to Bigger Building in Troy, N.Y.
July 25, 2000... Byline: Keri P. Mattox Jul. 25--At three stories and 20,000 square feet, Light & Power Communications Ltd.'s location on North Broadway was, at one time, ample. But with a new chief executive, a more aggressive outlook on marketing...

Defendants Respond in Suit against Albany, N.Y., Shopping Center Owner.
July 25, 2000... Byline: Danielle T. Furfaro Jul. 25--The slew of defendants named in a racketeering lawsuit against Pyramid Cos. have issued their responses to the complaint. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Albany in May, alleges that...

CEO of Albany, N.Y.-Based Cabinet Maker Steps Down.
July 24, 2000... Byline: Kenneth Aaron Jul. 24--Decora Industries Inc.'s chief executive officer, Nathan Hevrony, has stepped down, and its president and chief operating officer will fill the vacancy. Ronald A. Artzer, who joined the company in...

Albany, N.Y., Businesses Make Public Contributions to Charities.
July 24, 2000... Byline: Danielle Furfaro Jul. 24--Corporations are spending more of their time and money on community service and donations in an effort to soften their images and create positive identities. And they are working harder to make sure the...

Charlotte, N.C.-Based Food Service Firm to Buy Albany, N.Y., Food Company.
July 24, 2000... Byline: Kenneth Aaron Jul. 24--A North Carolina-based food service giant is poised to buy Quality Food Management Inc. Tom Ondrof, chief financial officer of Charlotte-based Compass Group North America, said the company's Chartwells...

Few Changes Expected from Buyout of Albany, N.Y., Investment Banking Firm.
July 24, 2000... Byline: Kenneth Aaron Jul. 24--First Union Securities' impending arrival in the Capital Region is drawing a business-as-usual response from some of the company's competitors-to-be. First Union plans to crack the upstate New York...

Albany, N.Y.-Area Palm Pilot Users Group Holds First Meeting.
July 24, 2000... Byline: Keri P. Mattox Jul. 24--They sync, they beam, they swipe a stylus across a screen and voila! They are users of the Palm -- a hand-held computer device made by 3Com Inc. that falls into the category of gadgets known as PDAs or...

New York City-Based Investment Firm Buys Local Rival.
July 21, 2000... Byline: Keri P. Mattox Jul. 21--The State Street office of investment banking firm SG Cowen Securities Corp. has been sold to Lehman Brothers. The transaction was part of a larger deal between the New York City rivals that was...

Albany, N.Y.-Area Job Rate Continues Record Run.
July 21, 2000... Byline: Kenneth Aaron Jul. 21--Another month, another record employment report. The state Department of Labor's June data, released Thursday, showed an all-time-high 462,700 nonfarm jobs in the Capital Region. In May, that number was...

Latham, N.Y.-Based Superconductivity Firm Posts $6.5 Million Profit.
July 21, 2000... Byline: Kenneth Aaron Jul. 21--Intermagnetics General Corp. turned a $6.5 million profit in fiscal 2000, ended May 28, reversing a large loss recorded a year ago. The gain of 46 cents per diluted share compared to a loss of $7...

Labor Department Orders Closed Halfmoon, N.Y., Financial Firm to Pay Wages.
July 19, 2000... Byline: Elizabeth Benjamin Jul. 19--The state Department of Labor has ordered the defunct National Finance Corp. to pay $81,951 in back wages, vacation time and bonuses to employees who lost their jobs when the company collapsed several...

New GE Executive Joins Latham, N.Y., Fuel Cell Maker's Board.
July 19, 2000... Byline: Kenneth Aaron Jul. 19--COLONIE, N.Y.--John G. Rice, the new executive vice president and chief operating officer at General Electric Co.'s Power Systems division, added another job title Tuesday: director of Plug Power Inc. ...

President of GE's Schenectady, N.Y., Division Credits Workers for Profit Surge.
July 19, 2000... Byline: Kenneth Aaron Jul. 19--With hundreds of his workers standing behind him Tuesday afternoon, Robert L. Nardelli gave them credit for the blockbuster second-quarter results issued last week by General Electric Co.'s Power Systems...

Albany, N.Y.-Area Health Care Industry in Dire Need of Workers.
July 19, 2000... Byline: Kenneth Aaron Jul. 19--James Ross' Power Point presentation confirmed what his audience already knew: There is a shortage of available workers for the health care industry. Ross, an analyst with the state Labor Department,...

Bank Suitor Pushes Deal for Cohoes, N.Y., Bank, Asks for List of Shareholders.
July 18, 2000... Byline: Kenneth Aaron Jul. 18--Ambanc Holding Co. Inc., complaining that its $120 million offer to buy Cohoes Bancorp Inc. is not being taken seriously, wants to step up its pursuit. On Monday, the parent of Mohawk Community Bank...

Study, Survey Seeks Solution to Congested Albany-Schenectady, N.Y., Corridor.
July 18, 2000... Byline: Keri P. Mattox Jul. 18--Once referred to as the Capital District's "Main Street," Route 5 between Albany and Schenectady has turned into a 16-mile corridor plagued by traffic congestion, countless curb cuts and a lack of...

Travelers Flock to Airline's Lower Fares at Albany, N.Y., Airport.
July 17, 2000... Byline: Keri P. Mattox Jul. 17--It's working. Southwest Airlines, which started flying into the airport in May, is already pulling more money into the airport at the same time it's forcing down ticket prices. Every major carrier is...

Times Union, Albany, N.Y., The Buzz Column.
July 17, 2000... Jul. 17--A 1970 PUBLIC TRANSIT BUS that "was delivered new to the city of Albany, N.Y." 30 years ago has surfaced on eBay this week, drawing bids up to $999. By Wednesday, Capital District Transportation Authority officials had spotted...

Times Union, Albany, N.Y., Business Briefs Column.
July 17, 2000... Jul. 17--FRISCH PROMOTED TO EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT: Dr. Steven Frisch has been promoted to executive vice president of integrated delivery systems for Albany Medical Center and appointed hospital systems general director of the Albany...

Striking Drivers for Albany, N.Y., Concrete Companies to Vote on New Contract.
July 17, 2000... Byline: Kenneth Aaron Jul. 17--Drivers on strike against several Capital Region concrete companies will vote on a new contract proposal Sunday morning. Michael Ruberti, attorney for four concrete companies, said that officials from...

Online Strategy Pays Off for GE's Schenectady, N.Y.-Based Division.
July 17, 2000... Byline: Kenneth Aaron Jul. 17--E-business may still be in its infancy, but its old enough to generate a surge in profits at General Electric Co.'s Power Systems division. "I think e-business is a very important dimension of our...

Albany, N.Y.-Area McDonald's Restaurants Hold All-Star Crew Competition.
July 17, 2000... Byline: Danielle T. Furfaro Jul. 17--In a move that owners and operators hope will boost the image and morale of their employees, McDonald's restaurants across the Capital Region held its All-Star Crew Competition Friday. Friday's...

Athens, N.Y., Power Plant Proposal Moves Forward.
July 17, 2000... Byline: Kenneth Aaron Jul. 17--A key state agency has reversed its position and signed off on a proposed 1,080-megawatt power plant in Athens, Greene County. The Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation said Friday that...

Times Union, Albany, N.Y., Business Briefs Column.
July 14, 2000... Jul. 14--SYNQUEST WINS CONTRACT WITH FORD MOTOR CO. ATLANTA -- SynQuest, which has offices in Clifton Park, is expected to announce today that it has been awarded a multi-million dollar software contract by the Ford Motor Co. Ford...

Schenectady, N.Y., Teamsters End Strike Against One of Four Concrete Companies.
July 14, 2000... Byline: Kenneth Aaron Jul. 14--Drivers returned to work Wednesday at one of four concrete companies where they had struck earlier this week. Fourteen drivers with Teamsters Local 294 reached a tentative agreement with Grandview...

Schenectady, N.Y.-Based Unit Aids Record Profit at General Electric.
July 14, 2000... Byline: Kenneth Aaron Jul. 14--General Electric Co. announced its highest quarterly earnings ever on Thursday, and its Power Systems division can take much of the credit. As the company logged profits of $3.38 billion, revenues at...

West Virginia Firm Withdraws Request to Drill for Gas in Stillwater, N.Y.
July 14, 2000... Byline: Dennis Yusko Jul. 14--Five days before a scheduled public hearing, an out-of-state energy firm has dropped its request to drill for natural gas on public and private town land. West Virginia's Columbia Natural Resources had...

Northeast New York Web Developer Seeks Bipartisan Support for Regional Growth.
July 14, 2000... Byline: Keri P. Mattox Jul. 14--To expand their own Internet business and to attract new, talent-pool-building high-tech businesses to upstate New York -- a region they say is ripe for e-commerce and tech companies -- the father-son...

Charlotte, N.C., Telecom Firm Toasts Troy, N.Y.
July 14, 2000... Byline: Cathy Woodruff Jul. 14--TROY, N.Y.--FairPoint Communications, one of the initial tenants of the newly refurbished Rice Building, threw a block party outside the 216 River St. building Thursday afternoon to celebrate the company's...

Erie County, N.Y., Aids Companies to Expand Facilities, Create Jobs.
July 13, 2000... Byline: Brian Meyer Jul. 13--Seven companies that plan to invest $55 million in new or expanded facilities and create nearly 800 jobs were awarded incentives Wednesday by the Erie County Industrial Development Agency. Several other...

New York Banks to Notify Consumers of Low-Cost Account Options.
July 13, 2000... Byline: Jay Jochnowitz Jul. 13--The state's four largest banks will underwrite a $300,000 advertising campaign to promote low-cost accounts after an investigation found they routinely failed to tell consumers about them, Attorney General...

Norwich, N.Y.-Based Bank to Open Branch in Albany County.
July 13, 2000... Jul. 13--COLONIE, N.Y.--NBT Bank N.A., headquartered in Norwich, announced on Tuesday the opening of its first Albany County location. The commercial-banking office is at 441 New Karner Road. "Bank consolidations in the Capital Region...

Schenectady, N.Y., Business School to Close after Summer Semester.
July 13, 2000... Byline: Danielle T. Furfaro Jul. 13--Spencer Business & Technical Institute, a 107-year-old school in downtown Schenectady, announced that it will close at the end of its summer semester, a week after a deal to sell it to a Connecticut...

Upstate New York Concrete Truckers' Strike Threatens Summer Building Schedule.
July 13, 2000... Byline: Kenneth Aaron Jul. 13--A concrete truckers' strike that has the potential to turn the summer building season to rubble entered its second day Tuesday. Meanwhile, a federal mediator has tentatively scheduled a meeting between...

Circuit City to Open Long-Delayed Location in Albany, N.Y., Shopping Center.
July 13, 2000... Byline: Danielle T. Furfaro Jul. 13--After months of delays, electronics retailer Circuit City will open its store at Crossgates Commons this September, officials said Tuesday. Originally slated to open earlier this year, the...

Troy, N.Y., Machine Maker to Move, Build Larger Factory in Bethlehem, N.Y.
July 13, 2000... Byline: Kenneth Aaron Jul. 13--TROY, N.Y.--Bruno Machinery Corp., a fixture in Troy since the 1980s, will be moving to Bethlehem, where it plans to build a multimillion-dollar factory. The presses manufactured at Bruno are sold to...

Troy, N.Y.-Based Machinery Company to Move to Bethlehem Factory.
July 13, 2000... Byline: Kenneth Aaron Jul. 13--Bruno Machinery Corp., a fixture in Troy since the 1980s, will be moving to Bethlehem, where it plans to build a multimillion-dollar factory. The presses manufactured at Bruno are sold to companies that...

Schenectady, N.Y., Tech Institutes Blames Hot Job Market for Low Enrollment.
July 13, 2000... Byline: Danielle T. Furfaro Jul. 13--Schenectady, N.Y.--Spencer Business & Technical Institute, a 107-year-old school in downtown Schenectady, announced that it will close at the end of its summer semester, a week after a deal to sell it...

Colonie, N.Y.-Based Bank Hopes to Expand, Won't Lose Local Focus.
July 12, 2000... Byline: Kenneth Aaron Jul. 12--COLONIE, N.Y.--Capital Bank and Trust Co., having turned 5, is looking to grow -- but not too big. Officials said they are hoping to spread into financial services, pending eventual shareholder...

Schenectady, N.Y.-Based Bank Files Papers on Merger with Two Area Banks.
July 12, 2000... Byline: Keri P. Mattox Jul. 12--TrustCo Bank Corp NY took a formal step Tuesday toward its possible acquisition of Cohoes Savings Bank and Hudson River Bancorp Inc., filing documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission. ...

Albany, N.Y.-Area Concrete Drivers Continue Strike; Summer Building Threatened.
July 12, 2000... Byline: Kenneth Aaron Jul. 12--A concrete truckers' strike that has the potential to turn the summer building season to rubble entered its second day Tuesday. Meanwhile, a federal mediator has tentatively scheduled a meeting between...

Food-Service Provider at Albany, N.Y., University Recognizes Staff Union.
July 12, 2000... Byline: KENNETH AARON Jul. 12--ALBANY, N.Y.--A new food-service provider at the University at Albany has agreed to recognize the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union, closing almost two years of organizing efforts by the group....

Union Representing New York's Correction Officers Rejects Contract Proposal.
July 12, 2000... Byline: James M. Odato Jul. 12--ALBANY, N.Y.--A contract similar to those embraced by all other state unions failed Tuesday after a vote by the unit representing New York's 24,000 correction officers. The state and the New York State...

Albany, N.Y.-Area Firms Make Index of Country's 3,000 Largest Public Companies.
July 12, 2000... Byline: Keri P. Mattox Jul. 12--Local heavyweights MapInfo Corp. and Plug Power are two of the 624 companies now officially added to the Frank Russell Company's index of the country's 3,000 largest public companies. The annually...

Clifton Park, N.Y.-Based Software Firm Looks Locally for Expansion Funds.
July 12, 2000... Byline: Keri P. Mattox Jul. 12-- CLIFTON PARK, N.Y.--A year after its founding, local e-business Enabled Markets is making the most of its partnerships with heavy-hitters Oracle and Exodus Communications. But for its next round of...

New York Governor Boosts State Workers' Pensions, Mends Fences.
July 12, 2000... Byline: Jay Jochnowitz Jul. 12--On the same ground where state workers in January heckled him as he delivered his State of the State address, Gov. George Pataki Tuesday signed two landmark bills giving public employees and retirees...

New York Environmental Conservation Unit to Unveil Landmark Waterway Concord.
July 12, 2000... Byline: Dina Cappiello Jul. 12--A historic agreement that addresses recreation, industry and the environment while reducing the impact of four hydroelectric dams on the Sacandaga and upper Hudson rivers will be announced today by the...

Flight Numbers at Albany, N.Y., Airport Soar Skyward.
July 11, 2000... Byline: Keri P. Mattox Jul. 11--The number of flights offered by major airlines at Albany International jumped more than 30 percent in May, bringing the total to almost 2,500 flights per month, the highest in the airport's recent...

AT&T Files Complaint with FCC about Verizon's Tactics.
July 11, 2000... Byline: Jeff May Jul. 11--AT&T Corp. yesterday accused Verizon Communications of improperly steering customers to its new long-distance plans in New York and asked federal regulators to restrict the local phone giant's ability to pitch...

Buffalo, N.Y.-Based Bank to Buy Rival, Gain Biggest Share of Area Deposits.
July 11, 2000... Jul. 11--BUFFALO, N.Y.--M&T Bank Corp. agreed to buy Premier National Bancorp for $342 million, giving it the biggest share of deposits in the Hudson Valley. Buffalo-based M&T said it will pay $21 for each Premier National share, either...

Albany, N.Y.-Area Bookstores Report Record Sales as Fans Devour Harry Potter.
July 11, 2000... Byline: Kenneth Aaron Jul. 11--Harry Potter's latest installment is proving boffo business, leaving Capital Region shelves before it can be replaced. Thousands of the books have been sold locally through stores and mail order. Some...

CORRECTION: AT&T Files Complaint with FCC about Verizon's Tactics.
July 11, 2000... Jul. 11--The story slugged AL-AT-T, filed Jul. 11 by Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, was attributed to the wrong newspaper. It should be attributed to The Star-Ledger, Newark, N.J. To see more of the Times Union, or to subscribe...

CORRECTION: Struggling Swiss Drug Maker Changes Executives, Reorganizes.
July 11, 2000... Jul. 11--The story slugged AL-DRUG, filed Jul. 11 by Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, was attributed to the wrong newspaper. It should be attributed to The Star-Ledger, Newark, N.J. To see more of the Times Union, or to subscribe...

CORRECTION: San Jose, Calif., Fiber Optics Firm Buys Laser Maker.
July 11, 2000... Jul. 11--The story slugged AL-FIBER-OPTIC, filed Jul. 11 by Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, was attributed to the wrong newspaper. It should be attributed to The Star-Ledger, Newark, N.J. To see more of the Times Union, or to...

CORRECTION: Family-Run Firm Turns Indian Food Mainstream with Frozen Meals.
July 11, 2000... Jul. 11--The story slugged AL-FROZEN-FOOD, filed Jul. 11 by Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, was attributed to the wrong newspaper. It should be attributed to The Star-Ledger, Newark, N.J. The headline also was incorrect. The firm is...

Struggling Swiss Drug Maker Changes Executives, Reorganizes Operations.
July 11, 2000... Byline: Ed Silverman Jul. 11--Novartis AG, the struggling Swiss drug giant, yesterday initiated a long- awaited shakeup of its pharmaceutical business by replacing a top executive and reorganizing its medicines along different product...

State Grants Soften Impact of Bethlehem, N.Y., Landslide on Area Businesses.
July 11, 2000... Byline: Mike Fricano Jul. 11--BETHLEHEM, N.Y.--Heather and Michael Tangora chose to invest thousands of dollars and open their business on Delaware Avenue near the Normans Kill bridge because of the basic rule of real estate -- location....

San Jose, Calif., Fiber Optics Firm Buys San Jose, Calif., Laser Maker.
July 11, 2000... Byline: Tom Johnson Jul. 11--In a deal that could spark more acquisitions in the red-hot fiber-optic field, JDS Uniphase Corp. yesterday announced it will acquire SDL Inc. in a $41 billion stock transaction that will create the leading...

Albany, N.Y., Family-Run Firm Turns Indian Food Mainstream with Frozen Meals.
July 11, 2000... Byline: Ellen Simon Jul. 11--Dinner with the Amin family is a serious matter. "It's just dinner, but we're always saying, 'This one works. This lasts in the freezer. We cannot stuff the potato like that. Who cut the tomato?' " said...

Albany, N.Y., Business Improvement Districts Use Different Growth Plans.
July 11, 2000... Byline: Danielle T. Furfaro Jul. 11--ALBANY, N.Y.--The city's three business improvement districts are all working on strategies to revitalize their neighborhoods and to contribute to Albany's overall economic growth. The Downtown...

Rensselaer, N.Y., City, Schools Stand to Lose $600,000 in on BASF Deal.
July 11, 2000... Byline: Mike Fricano Jul. 11--Rensselaer, N.Y.--The city and school district combined stand to lose approximately $600,000 in property tax revenue each year as a result of an assessment settlement between BASF and the city. The...

First Lady Wary of Power Plant Construction on River in Upstate New York.
July 11, 2000... Byline: Lara Jakes Jul. 11--COLONIE, N.Y.--U.S. Senate candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton, who has made lower utility rates a cornerstone pledge of her campaign, warned Monday against allowing a spurt of power plant construction along the...

State Regulations Keep Small Philmont, N.Y., Hydroelectricity Plant Idle.
July 10, 2000... Jul. 10--PHILMONT, N.Y.--Stephen Formel had a swell idea -- downright American in its ingenuity, he'll tell you -- to harness the waterfall by his house for electricity. He's got the dam. He's got the turbine. He's got the...

GE Is First to File Applications with Patent Office Via Internet.
July 10, 2000... Jul. 10--SCHENECTADY, N.Y.--Local powerhouse General Electric Co. on Friday became the first company to file a patent application electronically with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, according to officials at GE's Corporate Research &...

GE's Schenectady, N.Y., Plant Workers Endorse New Contract Offer.
July 8, 2000... Jul. 8--SCHENECTADY, N.Y.--Deal includes pay increases, better job security Workers at General Electric Co.'s Power Systems division gave a ringing endorsement Thursday to the company's contract offer, but it didn't ring nearly as loud...

Albany, N.Y.-Based Web Site Offers Info on Everything from Cable to Trash.
July 8, 2000... Jul. 8--ALBANY, N.Y.--1Call4All.com seeks to provide consumers with knowledge about everything from cable TV to plumbing repair Less than a year after its launch, 1Call4All.com, a Web site that offers consumers information about phone...