Courtesy Ford extends service hours into early morning
Courtesy Ford in Mattydale adds around the clock service for brake and muffler work after cutting shop rates to 23 or 24 dollars per hour for certain tasks. The change drew positive feedback as customers adapt schedules. five new late-shift workers hired with plans for four more. Rapp Superstore chief Bill Rapp Jr. elected Syracuse Auto Dealers Association president for another term.
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Pete Detor
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Lafford
Small firms questioned as engine of job growth
A Washington think tank report challenges the idea that small businesses drive most jobs and wages. It finds smaller firms create many jobs but also destroy them faster and pay lower wages, while large firms offer better benefits and security. Advocates dispute the findings, citing another federal study showing many small firms pay higher wages in numerous industries.
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National Federation of Independent Business
America
Washington, D.C
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Julia Lane
Maryland
Abercrombie Catalog Mixes Clothes and Risque Content
Camillus family finds in their mailbox a ribald Abercrombie & Fitch catalog promoting clothes but featuring alcohol references and suggestive material aimed at college students. The issue, costing five dollars, sparked calls for recall from Mothers Against Drunk Driving while the company defends its stance and notes parental guidance warnings were included.
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Ron Monterville
Abercrombie & Fitch Clothing Company
Camillus
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Boston
Carousel Center
Syracuse
Monterville
Limited
Karolyn Nunnallee
Mothers Against
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Mothers Against Drunk Driving
Arbitration Begins As GM UAW Strike Pause Emerges
Independent arbitrator Thomas J. Roberts starts hearing GM claims that two Flint plant strikes violate the UAW GM contract. Both sides imposed a news blackout as the hearing unfolds with GM seeking swift relief to order workers back.
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General Motors Corp
United Auto Workers
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J. Roberts
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Flint
David Healy
Burnham Securities Inc
New hires and business updates in Syracuse area
The Herald Journal reports staffing moves and company expansions across Syracuse and nearby, including Hovalu naming a catering director at The Four Points in Liverpool, Sterio's Landmark Restaurant founder retiring after 18 years, Laurie Thompson named director of the SUNY Health Science Library in Syracuse, and Thomas Edmonds named president and CEO of Pass & Seymour Legrand.
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Health Science Library
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Bethesda
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Greenspan Warns Asia Faces Prolonged Slowdown
Greenspan warned Asia to suffer a vicious cycle of lost confidence and reduced production as data show ongoing deterioration in Asian economies. Moody's may cut Japan's rating, sending the yen higher and triggering stock declines in Hong Kong.
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U.S. Federal Reserve
Alan Greenspan
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House
Japan
Craig Chudler
Salomon Smith Barney (Japan) Ltd
Tokyo
Moody’s Investors Service
U.S
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Asia
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Chadler
Mark O'Fyiel
Morgan Stanley Ape Ltd
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