DeWITT — Anaren, Inc.’s (NASDAQ: ANEN) stock price fell modestly today after Thursday’s announcement that its independent committee had rejected a $23 a share purchase offer from one of its investors, Vintage Capital Management, LLC.

ELMIRA — Chemung Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: CHMG), the holding company of Chemung Canal Trust Company and CFS Group, Inc., announced last week that its shareholders have re-elected four members to the company’s board of directors. 

DeWITT — More than 200 people gathered at the DoubleTree by Hilton hotel, near Carrier Circle, this morning for the inaugural Central New York’s Best Places to Work awards event produced by BizEventz. 

The state pension fund has reached a milestone, DiNapoli said in a news release.

 More than 9,000 businesses were involved in a merger or acquisition in 2009, according to Mergerstat LLC. The vast majority of these transactions were less than $100 million. By 2012, nearly 62 million baby boomers should be heading for, or already in, retirement, potentially doubling the number of businesses that will have owners seeking an exit.