Business First of Buffalo articles from August 1999

Business First of Buffalo archives from August 1999

Adelphia dialing architects.(Adelphia Communications Corp)
August 30, 1999... Adelphia Communications Corp. has quietly moved ahead with redevelopment plans for Buffalo's Inner Harbor area. The cable company is running a preliminary design competition within the local architecture community for the redevelopment of...

Payday: Maryvale teachers have upstate's highest median salary.(Maryvale, NY)
August 30, 1999... Maryvale teachers have upstate's highest median salary Teachers in the Cheektowaga-Maryvale Union Free School District have an extra incentive to return to their classrooms next month. They've reached a higher pay level than any of their...

Bankruptcy attorneys see harm in reforms.
August 30, 1999... Buffalo-area bankruptcy lawyers warn that the reforms set before Congress next month are designed to give creditors a tighter grip on debtors, and make it more difficult and expensive to seek relief in U.S. Bankruptcy Court. Buffalo...

Business lobbies to cut estate tax.
August 30, 1999... At the tender age of 27 and with only $600 in startup capital, Terry Neese in 1975 founded a temp agency in Oklahoma City, Okla. Terry Neese Personnel Services now boasts $10 million in annual revenue. Neese, who owns 100 percent of the...

Trendy by design: new millennium may mean new designs.(Special Report: Architects and Engineers)
August 30, 1999... New millennium may mean new designs When Richard Bergman was showing off his model house at this year's Horizons home show, one room in particular drew a lot of response. The den. It wasn't the design or the amenities, but the...

Professionals invest in safety insurance.(Special Report: Architects and Engineers)
August 30, 1999... When a bridge crumbles or a sidewalk cracks, there are usually a number of people who have cause to worry about a potential lawsuit - architects, engineers, surveyors and landscapers. That is why more professionals have been taking out...

Renewals are suite deal for Sabres.(renewals on Marine Midland Arena's 31 suites; Buffalo Sabres)
August 23, 1999... In an off-season abbreviated by a trip to the Stanley Cup finals, the Buffalo Sabres are busy trying to resign a lengthy list of free agents. But the "free agent" list is not confined to just the locker room. Sabres management is also...

Job shortages mount as summer workers head back to school.
August 23, 1999... The crunch is on. Businesses across Western New York are feeling the annual labor pinch as college students leave summer jobs for school. The exodus has hit a wide spectrum, from summer camps to supermarkets, design firms to banks....

Arena name dispute influences future deals.(Marine Midland Arena)
August 23, 1999... A tussle between HSBC Bank USA and the Buffalo Sabres has many naming-rights sponsors checking their contracts to find out what options they have if their companies change hands or change names. The Sabres' home is named for a bank that...

Ingersoll-Rand wants out of Dresser joint venture.(Dresser Industries Inc.)
August 23, 1999... Ingersoll-Rand Co. is offering to sell its 49 percent share in Dresser-Rand Co. to majority owner Dresser Industries Inc., a Halliburton Co. subsidiary. Ingersoll-Rand, a manufacturer of industrial machinery and equipment in Woodcliff...

C.H. Robinson acquires Rochester firm.(Vertex)
August 23, 1999... C.H. Robinson recently extended its reach to Rochester through the acquisition of Vertex, a freight forwarding company. Vertex was a subsidiary of Country Wide Transport Services. "The strategy behind the acquisition is that it's very...

Businesses step up efforts to keep low-cost electricity.
August 23, 1999... Low-cost power from the Niagara Power Project in Lewiston helps sustain more than 100 jobs at Praxair Corp. in Niagara Falls. Eliminate that power and you eliminate the jobs, say company officials. The story is the same for scores of...

From HR to eternity: growing professional services company finds its niche.(Small Business)(Employer Services Corp.)
August 23, 1999... Employer Services Corp. 300 International Drive Williamsville, NY 14221 Phone: 626-3555 fax: 626-3556 E-mail: esc@fcs-net.com SMALL BUSINESS PROFILE What's up? Employer Services Corporation is a professional employer...

Kaleida expanding Millard in Amherst.(Kaleida Health to expand Millard Filmore Suburban Hospital in Amherst, New York)
August 16, 1999... Significant expansion of Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital is a possibility as Kaleida Health rethinks how it will provide healthcare services north of Buffalo. Under consideration for the Amherst hospital are projects that would...

More air traffic helps sales soar.(sales at shops at Buffalo Niagara International Airport)(Industry Overview)
August 16, 1999... Melanie Jones had some time to kill before her airplane to Chicago left Buffalo Niagara International Airport, so she wandered into a gift shop. While there, the Illinois resident, leaving Buffalo after a two-day conference, bought three...

Power to the people.(prices charged by municipal utilities in Western New York)(Industry Overview)
August 16, 1999... The price is right for municipal utility customers Larry Whistler began making plans to move his Town of Tonawanda business to the Village of Akron nearly three decades ago. He purchased a building at 32 Main St. in 1971 and soon...

Building a medical business.(Health First)(Toshiba Stroke Research Center at The University of Buffalo)
August 16, 1999... Toshiba Stroke Research Center at UB wants to bring companies along to manufacture pioneering devices Scientists at the Toshiba Stroke Research Center might be doing more than developing solutions for potential stroke sufferers. Their...

Planning for growth.(Health First)(Priselac and Associates)(Company Profile)
August 16, 1999... Business boom has been hallmark of company focusing on employee benefits Priselac & Associates 17 Court St. Suite 500 Buffalo, N.Y. 14202 Phone: 852-2611 800-688-2611 * fax: 852-0945 What's going on: Priselac & Associates offers...

Brisk auto, truck sales could lift tax revenues.(sales taxes)
August 16, 1999... The hot pace of U.S. car and truck sales, especially if it continues, could spell good news for counties and other taxing entities in New York that share sales tax revenues. But with more than four months to go in 1999, budget officers...

Caring for people who need home care services.(Health First)(People inc.'s home care services)
August 16, 1999... Over 12 years ago, Susan Benedict Bayerl, R.N., went to People Inc. with a mission - to start a pilot project for New York state. That project was to coordinate the opening of the first home care program for developmentally disabled...

Jones resumes efforts to add offices.(Edward D. Jones and Co.)(Company Profile)
August 16, 1999... Edward D. Jones & Co., a St. Louis, Mo.-based investment firm that caters to conservative middle-market investors, says it plans to expand its Buffalo-area presence with the opening of 82 new two-person offices by the year 2004. A...

Counting success: Niagara University's accounting program is designed to help students deal with the global marketplace.(Legal & Accounting Services)
August 16, 1999... A new resource to help small- and medium-sized companies expand into the global marketplace and enrich the international background of accounting and business students has opened at Niagara University. Known as the Center for...

Hits keep on coming.(Home of the Hits Inc.)(Company Profile)
August 16, 1999... Alternative music retailer finds niche on Elmwood * Home of the Hits Inc. 1105 Elmwood Ave. Buffalo, N.Y. 14222 Phone: 883-0330 * fax: 883-0404 E-mail: Homeoffhehits@wzard.com Hours: 12 to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday 12 to 6 p.m....

A driving record: sales volume soars at WNY auto dealers.(Western New York)(Industry Overview)
August 9, 1999... Sensational U.S. car and light truck sales are driving ahead at an all-time record pace and Western New York dealers are along for the ride. Inside and outside the U.S. auto industry, there is a widespread belief that only war, a stock...

Jet contract takes off for Astronics.
August 9, 1999... A large Air Force contract and the booming aviation industry is fueling expansion at an East Aurora manufacturer. Luminescent Systems Inc., a subsidiary of Buffalo-based Astronics Corp., expects to add 50 employees to its East Aurora...

Economy still not growing.(Western New York)
August 9, 1999... Western New York is slipping further behind the brisk pace being set by the national economy. The Business First Economic Index, which measures the level of business activity in Erie and Niagara counties, declined 1.7 percent during the...

Dialysis company sets expansion plans.(Western New York DC LLC acquires dialysis unit of Kaleida Health)
August 9, 1999... Kaleida Health has sold a kidney dialysis unit and the rights to build a dialysis center to a dialysis company with expansion plans in Western New York. Western New York DC LLC bought the unit at Millard Fillmore Hospital at Gates Circle...

CTG to hire workers from KeyCorp center.
August 9, 1999... CTG will expand its Buffalo-area work force by almost 25 percent over the next few weeks when it hires most of the 107 local employees whose information technology jobs are being eliminated by KeyCorp. Cleveland-based KeyCorp, the parent...

Plenty of phone calls led to Sam's shelves.(Heintz and Weber Co.)(Company Profile)
August 9, 1999... In January of this year the Heintz and Weber Co., a Buffalo condiment company, started pursuing Sam's Club to stock its biggest selling product, Weber's Horseradish Mustard, on store shelves throughout New York and Ohio. Steven Desmond,...

Bills' season ticket sales scoring higher than tally from last year.(Buffalo Bills)
August 9, 1999... As the start of the season draws closer the Buffalo Bills will see improvement in at least one vital area in 1999: season ticket sales. Individual game tickets go on sale Aug. 7. While season tickets can still be had, most purchases for the...

Approval expected for bank stock extension.(Greater Buffalo Savings Bank)
August 9, 1999... Greater Buffalo Savings Banks stock subscription has topped the $6 million mark, the states minimum capital requirement, and organizers of the start-up bank say they are confident the drive will reach its goal of $10 million. To hit that...

Hot sauce becomes hot stuff in Randolph.(Hot Papa's restaurant, Randolph, NY)
August 9, 1999... RANDOLPH - Sharon Smith knows a thing or two about hot sauces: like what's the steamiest and when and how to use them in preparing foods. She's also surrounded by them every day at work and home. About six days a week she probably cooks with...

Fraud buster.(Strategic Compliance Associates Ltd.)
August 9, 1999... Always on the lookout for insurance scams What's going on: Strategic Compliance Associates advises general business, insurance and health-care clients on conforming with local, state and national regulations that govern their industries....

Land of (limited) opportunity: weak economy pushes WNYers out of town, survey finds.(West New York)
August 2, 1999... Weak economy pushes WNYers out of town, survey finds Darin Fields had it all planned out, or so he thought. It was 1996. Fields, then a 26-year-old Wheatfield resident, was methodically laying the foundation for his career. Step...

Credit union reduces expansion plans.(Olean Dresser Clark Federal Credit Union)
August 2, 1999... Olean Dresser Clark Community FCU has scaled back its controversial plan to become a countywide credit union. Instead of opening membership to all 85,000 Cattaraugus County residents, as proposed in a 1998 application to the National...

Moving in: region's attributes snare new residents.(Western New York)
August 2, 1999... Jobs got them here. Lifestyle is what is keeping them here. They are the areas transplants - those' folks whose career paths led them and their families from far-flung places to positions at area companies. Though professional advancement...

Another stampede: 'millennium elephant' threatens to flatten business.(problem of replacing executives about to retire from major corporations)
August 2, 1999... In the corporate world, sometimes it's one animal right after another. Just when businesses were thinking they might get the monkey off their backs regarding the Year 2000 problem, here comes the "millennium elephant." It's a catchy...

Make better market choices through education.(continuing education programs for employees)
August 2, 1999... A bear market could wreak havoc on 401(k) plan valuations, which is why some employers are hoping to soften the blow. Employers are taking steps to prepare for the market correction that many believe is inevitable. "I think there's a...

Publisher wants 'Net for a school.(Harcourt General Inc.)
August 2, 1999... It is not unusual for a college to have its own publishing company. What's unusual is a publishing company with its own college - and based on the Internet, to boot. Harcourt General Inc., one of the nation's largest publishers of...

Junior workers need share of training, too.
August 2, 1999... Who gets most of the training in your organization? Is it senior management? Supervisors? Workers? If your company is like most, senior management gets the most training. Recent studies have proved that management receives more than 65...