New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has launched a statewide surety-bond assistance program in a bid to boost state contracting among small businesses and businesses owned by minorities and women.

The program, which Cuomo kicked off yesterday, is called the New York State Surety Bond Assistance Program. A surety bond guarantees an obligation or contract.

SYRACUSE –– Local auto dealers are preparing to show their wares at the 104th Annual Syracuse AutoExpo, in hopes of building on the momentum of rebounding vehicle sales.

The new car show will feature hundreds of cars and trucks spread out through two buildings and four floors totaling 135,000 square feet at the Oncenter and Convention Center in Syracuse.

LIVERPOOL — Usually, sister companies Contemporary Personnel Staffing, Inc. and Professionals, Inc. see their slowest revenue growth during the first quarter of the year.

 

That’s not the case this year.
 

Those operating small businesses today have seen some exciting and challenging changes in the marketplace that influence the way people live and do business. From the Internet to e-mail to blackberries and globalization, the business landscape is eve