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Social media presence key in job hunt
Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013
As a job seeker nowadays, you’ve got to have a social media presence.
Tough times, or is Tiffany out of touch?
Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013
Tiffany & Co., with 274 stores worldwide today, stumbled over the holidays, reporting last week that November-December sales were below expectations and likely meant full-year results also would suffer.
No forgiveness with private student loans
Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013
Nationwide, an estimated 850,000 private student loans, totaling some $8 billion, currently are in default, according to a report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
GE executive’s parting gift a $28M ‘footnote’
Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013
The folks at footnoted.com, the website that finds news nuggets in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings, bestowed its “worst footnote” honors — or the most eyebrow-raising disclosure by a public company in the past year to a filing with ties to the Capital Region: The announcement in July that General Electric Co. would pay $89,000 a month over the next decade to an executive whose job was eliminated in a reorganization of GE Energy.
’Tis the season for return fraud
Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012
Return fraud is costly to retailers and is especially prevalent at year’s end.
Burger wars shifting to your doorstep
Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012
Burger King, bumped last year by Wendy’s from its long-held No. 2 spot among top hamburger chains behind McDonald’s, is testing home delivery in a handful of U.S. markets.
’Tis also the season to self-gift
Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012
I’m self-gifting this year, and I don’t intend to feel guilty about it.
A bake sale of mammoth proportions
Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012
This isn’t a column about Hostess’ snack cakes, which, with a deep fan base, are certain to get a second chance with a new owner. Rather, it’s about the mechanics of closing down 36 bakeries, 565 distribution centers, some 5,500 delivery routes and 570 bakery outlet stores spread across the country.
Sluggish giving tough on nonprofits
Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012
Penny Holmes sees the results of a national survey of nonprofits reflected in Schenectady, in her Hamilton Hill Arts Center: Donations are even with last year or down slightly, while the need for services in the community continues to grow.
Fortitech’s journey done the right way
Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012
The next time you see Walter Borisenok, slap him a high-five.
Black Friday openings now old hat
Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012
Here are two things you should know about the upcoming holiday shopping season: It will be long, and retailers plan to do their darnedest to get you to part with your money.
Hospitals seek help to collect unpaid bills
Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012
In a ripple effect from the Great Recession, hospitals are seeing a rise in so-called uncompensated care, defined by the American Hospital Association as the combination of bad debt — bills that patients can’t or won’t pay — and charity care: services to the poorest for which repayment is not expected.
Penney chief builds on Apple experience
Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012
The first thing I noticed were the wider aisles. Then clothes arrayed on tables, not jam-packed on racks crammed close together. The whole store seemed light and airy — and even hip. This wasn’t the J.C. Penney typically found in the mall. And that was the point.
‘Angel’ sets lofty new goal: $5 million
Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012
When last we left Richard Frederick, the former health care executive-turned-entrepreneur was beating the bushes for “angels” interested in offering their money and expertise to promising local start-ups. Two years later, he’s still “doing a lot of begging, cajoling,” Frederick said this week, with an eye on a new goal for the “seed” fund he co-founded: $5 million.
Wal-Mart, AmEx team on prepaid cards
Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012
I didn’t see any eye-catching displays at the Walmart in Latham earlier this week when I dropped in to check on the rollout of Bluebird, the new prepaid-card account just unveiled by the mega-retailer and American Express.
