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Schumer: New deal for Hickey Freeman

By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: May 22, 2013
Tags: Canadian suit maker, Hickey Freeman, Samuelsohn

Samuelsohn, a high-end Canadian suit maker, is in negotiations to purchase Hickey Freeman, U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer announced Wednesday. Plans include bringing new lines of business to the Rochester plant, preserving jobs, and potentially adding new ones. Schumer has spoken with Stephen Granovsky, co-owner and CEO of Montreal-based Samuelsohn, and said the successful and [...]

German company to open yogurt plant

By The Associated Press
POSTED: May 22, 2013
Tags: German company, Muller Quaker Dairy plant, yogurt plant

BATAVIA (AP) — A second yogurt plant is about to open in a Genesee County business park. Sen. Charles Schumer said the Muller Quaker Dairy plant will have a grand opening on June 3. The $206 million dollar plant is a joint venture of PepsiCo and Germany’s Theo Muller company. The 350,000-square-foot plant in the [...]

Businesses hopeful for boost from ‘Spider-Man’

By Mike Murphy
POSTED: May 2, 2013
Tags: food businesses, Main Street, Spider-Man 2 filming

Filming for “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” may have the collective spider senses of Rochesterians tingling. But for some of the food businesses along Main Street affected by the filming, many believe they will have to wait and see when it comes to determining just how Spidey’s web of influence has affected their dollars and cents. [...]

Kodak selling document imaging assets for $210M

By The Associated Press
POSTED: April 15, 2013
Tags: Brother Industries Ltd., document imaging assets, Kodak

Kodak has agreed to sell some of its document imaging assets to Brother Industries Ltd. for about $210 million, its latest deal as it seeks to exit bankruptcy protection. Japan-based Brother also would assume the business’ deferred service revenue liability, which totaled about $67 million as of Dec. 31, the companies said Monday. Kodak’s document [...]

M&T Bank gets Excellence Award

By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: March 6, 2013
Tags: awards, Greenwich Associates, M&T Bank, middle marking banking, small business

M&T Bank has been recognized by Greenwich Associates with 10 Greenwich Excellence Awards for providing excellent small business and middle marking banking products and services. Seven of the awards are national; three are regional. M&T’s middle market and small business banking divisions were recognized for “overall satisfaction’ of clients in the Northeast Region for the [...]

Document companies merge

By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: February 19, 2013
Tags: Avalon Document Services, Delaware Copy and Repro Center, Document companies, merge

Avalon Document Services has merged with Delaware Copy and Repro Center, forming the largest reprographics company in Buffalo. The merger will consolidate both companies’ downtown Buffalo locations at Avalon’s 721 Main St. facility and provide Delaware Copy’s client base with access to Avalon’s enhanced services and resources, including locations in Syracuse, Rochester and Utica, under [...]

Supreme Court rules against hospital merger

By The Associated Press
POSTED: February 19, 2013
Tags: antitrust law, Georgia hospital merger, U.S.Supreme Court

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has dealt a setback to a deal between two private companies that left one as the owner of the only two hospitals in a southwestern Georgia city. The justices ruled unanimously Tuesday that lower courts improperly dismissed complaints that the merger, aided by a public hospital authority, created a [...]

Oh the drama! Super Ads go epic

By The Associated Press
POSTED: February 4, 2013
Tags: Super Bowl ads

NEW YORK — Super Bowl ads this year morphed into mini soap operas. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson shrugged off aliens so he could get more milk for his kids in a Super Bowl spot for the Milk Processor Education Program. Anheuser-Busch’s commercial told the story of a baby Clydesdale growing up and returning to his [...]

D4, Special Counsel announce partnership

By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: January 30, 2013
Tags: D4 LLC, e-discovery projects, partnership, special counsel

D4 LLC and Special Counsel have formed a partnership to bring better cost predictability to e-discovery projects without sacrificing speed or quality, according to the company. The partnership offers cost predictability for managed review services for the entire right side of the Electronic Reference Delivery Model. “We are very pleased to be working with Special [...]

Immigration overhaul Chamber’s top priority

By The Associated Press
POSTED: January 11, 2013
Tags: immigration system, overhaul, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

WASHINGTON — The president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said Thursday that the “door to the American dream must always remain open” as he announced a broad coalition of business, labor, faith organizations, law enforcement and ethnic groups intent on overhauling the nation’s immigration system. Tom Donohue outlined his priorities for immigration legislation and [...]

WS Packaging Group acquires Label World

By Daily Record Staff
POSTED: January 7, 2013
Tags: Label World, printer, WS Packaging Group

WS Packaging Group Inc., a Wisconsin firm, has acquired Label World, a full-service Rochester printer specializing in labels and flexible packaging printing. “From delivering outstanding print quality to engaging in ongoing improvements in its operations, Label World has an established lean culture that’s enabled it to become a market innovator in terms of quality, efficiency, [...]