In the past several decades, women-owned businesses have become an increasingly important they have gone from just 5% of the economy to over 30%. Combined, these businesses currently generate trillions of dollars for the US economy, and employ tens of millions of workers. In spite of this, many female entrepreneurs still face incredible challenges in getting financed.
This past week, Tory Burch, fashion...
Many local Natural gas drilling proponents in the Binghamton region experienced an additional setback when the NY Supreme Court threw out a recent lawsuit - the second of its kind brought by the Joint Landowners Coalition of New York and Norse Energy. The lawsuit sought to stop the Department of Environmental Conservation's ongoing review of the environmental effects of hydrofracking.
NY Court Justice Roger...
After the recent Hobby Lobby victory, the Senate met to determine whether to deny contraception coverage to employees of other companies.
Moments after Senators defeated the so-called Blunt Amendment, Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA) accused Sebelius of lying about the administration’s rule to provide “abortifacient” drugs - his statements are downright shocking;
SEBELIUS: There also is no abortifacient drug that is part of...
The following video is called “Finding Portland”. A production team calling themselves 'Uncage the Soul' spent 51 days and used over 300,000 individual photos to assemble the entire video. They used time-lapse techniques to squeeze 3.8 hours into each second.
Prepare to fall in love with Portland all over again;
Finding Portland from Uncage the Soul Productions on Vimeo.
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This hilariously accurate video will have you dying laughing (NSFW). Any true Bostonian will have to honestly say that this girl’s ballsy attempt at our accent nails it.
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A local Syracuse distributor of consumer electronics has just closed on a new acquisition that will bring the company's total annual revenue close to $1 billion.
Wynit Co. has officially closed a $15 million deal for Navarre, the retail distribution arm of Speed Commerce.
Speed Commerce is a publicly traded e-commerce company. Their sale of Navarre will bring Syracuse based Wynit Co....
The U.S.S. George Washington is about to receive an $848 million upgrade and Norfolk, VA will be receiving most of it.
The Norfolk-based US aircraft carrier upgrade was just approved by the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee and will take effect immediately.
It is certainly incredible news for Norfolk, and the greater Hampton Roads area. This $848 million appropriation provides certainty for the local shipyards, and allows them...
Many people are trying to move toward a 'meat-less' diet, but there are still millions of people who won't stand for it. Here are the 10 best burgers that all contain tons of meat;
1. Fifty Dollar Rib-Eye Burger
Regarding BBQ, Inc.
Quite likely to be the best hamburger you'll ever try. Rib-eye steaks are ground and filled with a delicious morel mushroom...
York County is now taking historic steps to leaving 'the grid', and becoming a truly 'green' county.
In 2004 York Electric Cooperative began to offer residents the ability to buy green power, electricity generated from renewable resources such as methane gas, solar power, or wind power. For $3 residents were able to buy a 100-kilowatt block of green power (about 10...
Albany has just passed a historic new resolution that will help to build permanent housing for homeless veterans throughout Albany county.
Many supporters of veterans and the homeless rallied outside of the Albany court building as legislators debated Resolution 263, a necessary step for Soldier On's efforts to build permanent housing for local veterans who return to, or are currently living in the greater Albany...