ALBANY — A survey of New York school districts has found that Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposal to raise the minimum wage to $15 will increase labor costs for public schools by millions of dollars. The New York State Association of ...

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The Empire State is one of the more difficult states to establish a small business, according to an annual survey published this week. New York scored an D grade for its overall “friendliness” to small business and was handed an ...

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Rochester Genesee Regional Transit Authority and 16 other transit agencies across the U.S. are asking customers to participate in a brief online survey about area bus service. Data collected from all agencies will be combined to help improve service for ...

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WASHINGTON — A private survey shows that businesses added jobs at a modest pace in January, a sign that hiring may have rebounded after a disappointing figure in December. Payroll processor ADP said Wednesday that companies added 175,000 jobs last ...

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WASHINGTON — A private survey shows U.S. businesses created a healthy 200,000 jobs this month. The payroll company ADP said Wednesday that companies hired in July at the fastest pace since December. And it revised up its estimate of the ...

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PACER, the government’s Public Access to Court Electronic Records, has seen a sharp rise in overall user satisfaction since a comparable survey was conducted in 2009. According to the U.S. Courts, 90 percent of users say they are satisfied or ...

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A recent survey of law schools by test prep company Kaplan shows that almost 50 percent of accredited law schools had smaller incoming classes this year, The National Law Journal reports. “With the supply of new lawyers outpacing the available ...

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NEW YORK — Small business owners are growing more pessimistic. A survey released Tuesday by the National Federation of Independent Business shows that owners became more pessimistic during September as employment and sales remained weak. The NFIB’s index of owner ...

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Local businesses are relatively content with their current economic status and cautiously optimistic about the coming year, according to a survey of Rochester Business Alliance members. The survey asked member companies to provide information on a variety of issues, including ...

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WASHINGTON — U.S. home prices are falling again in most major cities after posting small gains over the summer and spring, the latest evidence that the troubled housing market won’t recover any time soon. The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller index released ...

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A new survey of chief information officers nationwide found that more companies are expecting to expand their information technology departments in the fourth quarter than cut them. The survey, conducted by Menlo Park, Calif.-based Robert Half Technology

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For the second consecutive year, Garlock Sealing Technology of Palmyra was named the favorite technology provider for packing and gaskets, one of 47 different categories in Chemical Processing magazine’s annual Readers’ Choice Awards survey.

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