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- Smart Money: Bruce Williams answers readers' questions about personal finance.
- Next Steps: Financial and legal planning advice for Baby Boomers and seniors from matrimonial lawyer Jan Warner and writer/editor Jan Collins.
- The Truth About Money: Financial adviser, entrepreneur and author Ric Edelman writes a weekly personal investment column.
Press-Republican Business Headlines
• Lake Forest sues over tax status
Names city and school district in motion in Supreme Court.
• Tourism industry guards against budget cuts
Tourism leaders seek added funds to keep visitor spending levels up.
• Expressway meeting in Malone draws 60
Franklin County residents seek specifics on the four-lane rural highway that the state Department of Transportation is considering that stretches from Watertown to Rouses Point.
• AUTO BAILOUT: Automakers try to sell Congress on rescue Thursday
U.S. automakers are returning to Congress for high-stakes hearings they hope will persuade skeptical lawmakers to save their troubled industry with $34 billion in emergency aid.
• NATIONAL: Business Highlights
UAW grants concessions, exec warns of depression; Stocks finish higher despite dismal economic data; Productivity growth better than expected in 3Q; Fed: Economy darkens heading into holidays; Oil prices waver on skimpy crude inventory report; Obama names Richardson to head Commerce; SEC adopts n...
Names city and school district in motion in Supreme Court.
• Tourism industry guards against budget cuts
Tourism leaders seek added funds to keep visitor spending levels up.
• Expressway meeting in Malone draws 60
Franklin County residents seek specifics on the four-lane rural highway that the state Department of Transportation is considering that stretches from Watertown to Rouses Point.
• AUTO BAILOUT: Automakers try to sell Congress on rescue Thursday
U.S. automakers are returning to Congress for high-stakes hearings they hope will persuade skeptical lawmakers to save their troubled industry with $34 billion in emergency aid.
• NATIONAL: Business Highlights
UAW grants concessions, exec warns of depression; Stocks finish higher despite dismal economic data; Productivity growth better than expected in 3Q; Fed: Economy darkens heading into holidays; Oil prices waver on skimpy crude inventory report; Obama names Richardson to head Commerce; SEC adopts n...
Local employers (50 or more workers)
| A.N. Deringer. Inc.
Website: www.anderinger.com
Akrimax
Product: Customs brokerage, freight forwarding, and w'hse Website: www.akrimax.com
Battat Incorporated
Product: Pharmaceuticals Website: www.battatco.com
Belcam, Inc. (Delagar Division)
Product: Toys Website: www.belcam.ws
Bombardier Mass Transit Corporation
Product: Manicure/pedicure implements Website: www.bombardier.com
Camoplast Rockland Ltd.
Product: Mass transit, rail vehicles Website: www.camoplast.com
Canadian Pacific Ltd.
Champlain Plastics
Product: Rubber tracks for snowmobiles and tractors Website: www.champlainplastics.com
Curtis Door Systems Inc.
Product: Injection molded plastic products Website: www.curtisdoorsystems.com
Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc.Product: Door systems for trains Website: http://dhl-dgf.com
Dominion Sample, Inc.
Product: Distribution of comic books Website: www.dominionsample.com
Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations
Product: Wall covering sample booklets Website: www.gp.com
Hannaford Bros Co.Product: Paper products (Delhaize Group) Website: www.hannaford.com
Company ProfileWebsite: www.delhaizegroup.com Product: Consumer food and other supermarket products Financial Snapshot Home Bistro Foods, Inc. Website: www.homebistro.com
HSBC Holdings Plc
Intrapac (Plattsburgh), Inc.
Product: Gourmet frozen dinners Website: www.intrapacgroup.com
J C Penney Corporation, Inc
Product: Plastic viles, closures, jars Website: www.jcpenney.com
Jeffords Steel & Engineering Co.Product: Retail apparel and home furnishing products Company Profile Financial Snapshot Website: www.jeffordssteel.com
KeyCorp
Kmart CorporationProduct: structural steel fabrication (Sears Holdings Corp.) Lowe's Home Centers, Inc M&T Bancorp Medisca, Inc. Website: www.medisca.com
Mold-Rite Plastics
Product: Pharma(Repacker/Distr. Of Pharm. Prod/Devices Website: www.mrpcap.com
Monaghan Medical Corp.
Product: Injection molded caps & jars Website: www.monaghanmed.com
Multina USA, Inc.
Product: Medical devices Website: www.multina.com
Product: Seats for rail cars |
NBT Bancorp Inc.
New York State Electric & Gas Corporation (Energy East) Website: www.nyseg.com
Northern Parts & Service
Website: http://www.energyeast.com Product: Electric/Gas supplier Company Profile Financial Snapshot Website: www.3wire.com
ORC Macro International Inc
Product: Restaurant Appliance/Equipment Distribution Website: www.orcmacro.com
Pactiv Corporation
Pepsi Bottling Group Inc.
Product: Telephone research Website: www.pbg.com
Plattco Corp
Product: Manufacturer, seller and distributor of Pepsi-Cola beverages Company Profile Financial Snapshot Website: www.plattco.com
Plattsburgh Quarry (Graymont Materials)
Product: Dust values/Custom iron, stainless steel Website: www.graymont.com
Press-RepublicanProduct: Crushed stone, asphalt, ready-mix concrete Website: www.pressrepublican.com
Prim Hall Enterprises, Inc.
Product: Newspaper publishing Website: www.primhall.com
Salerno Plastics, Corp.
Product: Design & mfg. Post press equip./machine shop Website: www.salernobags.com
Schluter Systems
Product: Plastic bags Website: www.schluter.com
Schonbek Worldwide Lighting IncProduct: Dist.of ceramic tile trims & accessories (Swarovski Group) TD Banknorth Inc. (TD Bank Financial Group) The Northeast Group Website: www.thenortheastgroup.com
Time Warner Inc.
Product: printing, mailing, picknpack, dist. & whse. Website: www.timewarner.com
TwinState
Product: Interactive services, cable systems, filmed entertainment, television networks and publishing. Company Profile Financial Snapshot Website: www.twinstate.com
UPS
V. Fraas USA, Inc.Product: Integrated telecommunications company Website: www.fraas.com
Vapor Stone Rail Systems
Verizon
Product: Scarves & Accessories Website: www.verizon.com
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc
Product: Residential and business telcom products and services Company Profile Financial Snapshot Website: walmartstores.com
World Warehouse & Distribution Inc.
Product: Supermarkets and retail discount stores Company Profile Financial Snapshot Website: www.worldwarehouse.com/
Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Inc
Product: Public warehouse, freight forwarding, 3 PL |
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