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In addition to SU, Enitiative partners include Cayuga Community College, Le Moyne College, Morrisville State College, Onondaga Community College, the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, the Central New York Community Foundation, The Gifford Foundation, the Greater Syracuse Chamber of Commerce, National Grid, and Messenger Associates, Inc. We also reported news that the POMCO Group, a benefits administrator specializing in self-funded plans, planned to add about 20 mid-level employees in several departments in the first quarter. "It's certainly becoming a more active part of our growth strategy than it's been," Anaren president and CEO Lawrence Sala said during a Jan. 29 conference call discussing the company's quarterly earnings with analysts and investors.
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2008 Year in Review: The Early Months Were Calm Before the Storm
The business scene in the first six months of 2008 looked much different than the final half of the year.
It was a time before many of us were familiar with terms like collateralized debt obligations, the TARP, and credit-default swaps. Of course, the foundation of many of the current troubles we find ourselves in had been laid long before they came to a head this fall.Still, it was probably hard to believe during the first six months of the year that by the end of 2008, the federal government would be directly investing in the nation's biggest banks and the economy would be shedding jobs at a pace not seen in decades.Closer to home, businesses were keeping busy. Many were bought and sold. Some grew. Some shrank.Here's a look at a few of the highlights of the Central New York business scene from the first 26 weeks of 2008.JanuaryOn Jan. 4, we reported on the first round of grants in Syracuse University's Enitiative Project, an effort to spark more ent...See the full content of this document
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