Ford allow Explorer buyers to choose tires on next model
Ford Motor Co will let customers decide if the next Explorer version uses Firestone tires as standard. The recall of about 6.5 million tires tied to at least 101 deaths has damaged both companies’ images. Ford sources report some buyers reject Explorers with Firestone tires and Ford seeks Michelin as a supplier while negotiating with Goodyear.
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Ford Motor Co
Ford
Michelin
Goodyear
Della DiPietro
Bridgestone/ Firestone Inc
Paul Allen to leave Microsoft board and stay as adviser
Paul Allen co founder of Microsoft will depart from the board of directors but remain an adviser to Bill Gates. He co founded the company in 1975 with Gates and has a net worth around 36 billion. He left Microsoft in 1983 during Hodgkin disease treatment and has since invested in about 140 new media companies.
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Eal Allen
Microsoft
Bill Gates
Allen
SBA offers disaster loans to weather affected counties
The SBA announces federal disaster loans for eligible small non farm businesses in Cayuga Onondaga and Oswego counties hit by spring and summer severe weather. Loans up to 1.5 million at 4 percent for up to 30 years. Call 800 59 2955 for an application.
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U.S. Small Business Administration
Cayuga
Onondaga
Oswego
OCC to Offer Evening Classes on Starting a Small Business
The Onondaga Small Business Center sponsors evening sessions from 6 to 9 p.m. on Oct. 26, Nov. 16 and Dec. 14 at the Whitney Applied Technology Center Onondaga Community College. Call 498-6070 for details.
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Onondaga Small Business Center
Whitney Applied Technology Center
Onondaga Community College
Call
Bratt and News
San
Labor and employment law specialist joins Mackenzie Smith Lewis firm
Jacqueline B Jones joins the labor and employment law group at Mackenzie Smith Lewis in Syracuse. Her practice focuses on labor relations and human resources advisory services for employers. Jones is a graduate of the University at Buffalo School of Law and Syracuse University.
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Jacqueline B. Jones
Mackenzie Smith
Lewis Michell & Hughes
Syracuse
Jones
University of Buffalo School of Law
Syracuse University
Newhouse School of Public Communications
School of Management
Michael Folsom
Brewerton
Syracuse Crunch
Folsom
the Crunch
Onondaga Community College
Michael P. Kirk
Camillus
Americar
Kirk
New York
S. Bay Road
Telergy secures 150 million in bank financing to fuel IPO push
Telergy signs financing with Merrill Lynch Bank of America Securities and CIBC plus others for 150 million to fund fiber optic builds and marketing in the Northeast. The agreements amend a 200 million loan to drop an IPO covenant, delaying the stock market debut while providing cash to continue expansion and business plan execution in New York City area and beyond. Telergy, based in DeWitt, employs about 600 people.
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Telergy
Merrill Lynch & Co
Bank of America Securities
CIBC
New York City
Unitedratts
Brian Keli
Manlius
Merrill
MasTec North America
Florida
DeWitt
Bristol-Myers cuts cephalosporin output in Syracuse plant
Bristol-Myers Squibb will stop bulk production of cephalosporin at its East Syracuse site, laying off fewer than 20 of 780 workers by year end. The move aims to shift to other products, possibly Taxol, while preserving R&D and a pilot plant. severance and outplacement are offered. penicillin production remains ongoing.
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Bristol-Myers Squibb Co
Pamela M. Brunet
Bristol
Brunet
New York
Orkers
Deb Mills
Central Square
Mills
Thompson Road
Syracuse
Europe
China
India
U.S
Peter Ward
Ward
Hanford Pharmaceuticals
Bristol-Myers
Drietal M.aint
Charles A. Heimbold Jr
Wall Street
Clairol Beauty Products
Zimmer
Biologics
New York Stock Exchange
Heimbold
East
United States
Chicken Soup author inspires Syracuse crowd of 300
Elizabeth Doran reports Mark Victor Hansen lectured to over 300 area business people at The Oncenter. He promoted The Power of Focus with coauthors Jack Canfield and Les Hewitt, urging readers to write goals, visualize success, and work with others to create value while balancing work and downtime.
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Mark Victor Hansen
Syracuse
Devorsetz, Stinzi
Ano, Gilberti
Heintz & Smith PC
ILC Marketing
Hansen
Power of
Focus
Jack Canfield
Les Hewitt
Canfield
Canheid
Economy grows 5.6 percent in second quarter
The Commerce Department reports GDP rose 5.6 percent in April to June, beating Q1’s 4.8 percent and topping earlier estimates. Inflation cooled. CPI for the year is 3.5 percent. A software glitch trimmed housing costs inflation by 0.1 point this year.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Mark Zandi
Economy.com
Federal Reserve
Alan Greenspan
Labor Department
Economusls
Tan Shepherdson
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