Strictly Businesstag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-14032712009-11-20T15:42:13ZTypePadNew era for New Eratag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b85a69e20120a6bb1344970b2009-11-20T10:42:13-05:002009-11-20T15:39:29ZNews that one of the Buffalo area's signature companies is cutting back -- way back -- is serious and disappointing for many. Thus my hat is off (sorry) to the Buffalo News writers and editors who resisted what must have...Blog Editorhttp://blogs.buffalonews.com/strictlybusiness/2009/11/new-era-for-new-era.htmlSame ol' same ol'tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b85a69e2012875b7fdda970c2009-11-19T11:02:33-05:002009-11-19T16:19:57ZI remember a day when I was in the process of moving from one town to another, standing in a Wal-Mart, and not remembering whether I was in the old town, there to buy cleaning supplies for the house I...Blog Editorhttp://blogs.buffalonews.com/strictlybusiness/2009/11/same-ol-same-ol.htmlYour tax dollars at worktag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b85a69e20120a6afa39e970b2009-11-18T11:01:38-05:002009-11-18T17:52:18ZIn New York, it seems, nobody wants to build anything, or rebuild anything, unless they get grants, loans or tax forgiveness from the government. From today's Buffalo News Business Today section: - Developers in a snit over AM&A's plan -...Blog Editorhttp://blogs.buffalonews.com/strictlybusiness/2009/11/your-tax-dollars-at-work.htmlThis qualifies as good news...tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b85a69e2012875acf67e970c2009-11-17T10:53:10-05:002009-11-17T15:48:21ZIn today's Buffalo News Business Today section, a couple of national stories that, under today's standards, just about qualify as good news. - GM 3rd-quarter loss drops to $1.2 billion GM lost $1.2 billion in the third quarter — far...Blog Editorhttp://blogs.buffalonews.com/strictlybusiness/2009/11/this-qualifies-as-good-news.htmlOff to see the wizard...tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b85a69e2012875a8f37a970c2009-11-16T12:42:42-05:002009-11-16T17:42:42ZSome of us who Aren't In Kansas Anymore were happy to watch The Wizard of Oz on TBS over the weekend. Twice. Sunday's Buffalo News Business Today section front accidentally picked up the theme with stories about Brains: - Region...Blog Editorhttp://blogs.buffalonews.com/strictlybusiness/2009/11/off-to-see-the-wizard.htmlCarShare revs uptag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b85a69e20120a66f4f43970b2009-11-10T14:38:58-05:002009-11-10T19:05:28ZContinuing my run as The Buffalo News Financial Desk's Crunchy News* Reporter (You know, crunchy granola, hippie, eco-friendly, hazards-of-industrial-food, be-kind-to-animals stuff.): - CarShare expands; demand revs up CarShare has hit the ground running in Buffalo. Less than six months after...Blog Editorhttp://blogs.buffalonews.com/strictlybusiness/2009/11/carshare-revs-up.htmlHotel boom?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b85a69e201287566ea88970c2009-11-09T10:52:12-05:002009-11-09T15:52:12ZA weekend News story outlined plans by a number of developers to open new hotel rooms in downtown Buffalo. The projects are in different stages, with some just concepts at the moment (such as a hotel envisioned for the Statler...Grove Potterhttp://blogs.buffalonews.com/strictlybusiness/2009/11/hotel-boom.htmlGot jobs?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b85a69e20120a6b1b864970c2009-11-06T12:20:16-05:002009-11-06T17:20:16ZThe breaking news on the economic front this morning is the latest, and still frightening, unemployment situation: - Jobless rate tops 10 pct. for first time since '83 - AP/The Buffalo News The unemployment rate has hit double digits for...Blog Editorhttp://blogs.buffalonews.com/strictlybusiness/2009/11/got-jobs.htmlHe's been buying up the railroadtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b85a69e20120a653b689970b2009-11-05T09:37:07-05:002009-11-05T14:37:07ZIn many cities where it wasn't the day after Election Day -- and even in some cities where it was -- the big news was the move by Warren Buffett to have his Berkshire Hathaway investment company buy whatever pieces...Blog Editorhttp://blogs.buffalonews.com/strictlybusiness/2009/11/hes-been-buying-up-the-railroad.htmlNo bump in the grindingtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b85a69e20120a653297e970b2009-11-04T12:39:38-05:002009-11-04T17:37:03ZThe story about Ashville's Fairbank Farms and its recall of a half-million pounds of suspect ground beef continues to grind on. - Beef plant operating after E. coli alert- The Buffalo News The Western New York beef processing plant at...Blog Editorhttp://blogs.buffalonews.com/strictlybusiness/2009/11/no-bump-in-the-grinding.html