Parenzo’s Italiano abruptly closed this week after the state Liquor Authority denied its owner a permanent license to sell alcohol due to the restaurant’s persistent troubles with intoxicated patrons.

Breton Industries will receive a $200,000 grant from the state to offset the cost of a $1.3 million expansion of its manufacturing plant.

Slashing overhead expenses and closing stores, Trans World Entertainment Corp. said this morning it narrowed its net loss in the third quarter to $22.3 million even as sales fell.

More than 30 of the approximately 200 jobs at General Electric Co.’s Fort Edward capacitor plant could be eliminated if GE decides to outsource the production of extruded film used in capacitors and some very small capacitors.

GE Global Research is developing sensors smaller than a penny that can analyze breath as an early indicator of disease and detect chemical agents in the air, the company said Tuesday.

Nonagenarians Leonard and Naomi Tucker go to the theater, are active in community groups and even swing dance. But the Albany couple knows their limitations.

With the help of connections and credit card loans, Clifton Park resident Mark Tremont is growing his business.

Buying a home can be like riding a high-speed roller coaster in the dark. Finding the right place and negotiating a deal can leave buyers stupefied and haggard. This is especially the case for first-time buyers, who lack the savvy and experience of seasoned homeowners, as my fiancée and I quickly learned during our search.

Farmers Insurance Group in Albany will lay off 41 workers by Feb. 5, closing its office off of Wolf Road.

Stephen Boese recently found out he has the chemical bisphenol A in his body. And he doesn’t know how it got there.

Schoharie County is down to one new auto dealership.

Buffets Holdings on Tuesday closed its last Old Country Buffet restaurant in the Capital Region, located in Latham, according to the corporate Web site.

A dealership with more than 30 years of Capital Region roots attracted the personal attention Tuesday of automaker Suzuki’s North American president, Kinji “Kevin” Saito.

Grossman’s Bargain Outlet is relocating its Erie Boulevard store to a larger facility in Crosstown Plaza, a broker said Friday.

Existing business owners and those wanting to sail into entrepreneurial seas were the focus of an event Thursday at Proctors about uncovering funding and grant opportunities.