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Mary Sue Iarocci

RCC lands work force grant

Oct-19-08, 07:00 PM

Suffern-based Rockland Community College’s Small Business Development Center (SBDC) received $282,000 in federal funds to help small businesses face the challenges of finding, employing and retaining qualified employees.

HR as economic bellwether

Those who hire (and fire) weigh in

Apr-13-08, 07:00 PM

Those who hire (and fire) weigh in.

In search of a ‘sold’ sign

WCA sponsors event for young Realtors

Sep-14-08, 07:00 PM

The Westchester County Association’s Young Professional Advisory Committee (YPAC) continued its “Home Buyers Series” Sept. 9 when a panel of leading Realtors and attorneys discussed the “ABC’s of Real Estate Agencies.”

A glass half empty

Food pantries hit the summer wall

Jun-15-08, 07:00 PM

Economic woes have caused the need for food to go up – and many in Westchester do not fit the stigmatized picture of a homeless or hungry person.

Hospital’s Rx for RN shortage

Career day gets them interested

Feb-08-09, 07:00 PM

The economic crisis has drawn strong interest in the nursing profession, as evidenced by the record number to attend White Plains Hospital Center’s third annual “Nursing College and Career Day” on Jan. 24.

Chairman of the ’boards

Jan-06-08, 07:00 PM

Skateboard veteran, Doug Brown, opens up second 2nd nature shop in Mamaroneck.

Village hospital embraces growth

CEO sweats details and gets results

Mar-15-09, 07:00 PM

  As people lose their jobs and become uninsured, and as the insured face increasing co-pays and deductibles, what may have been medical entitlement can drift toward medical uncertainty and even abandonment.



How’s Business?

May-15-09, 01:59 PM

A.G. Williams Painting Company in Pelham is being creative to stay ahead of the curve in the uncertain economic climate.

Train crowd takes the wheel

Rental cars are headed to the train station

Dec-02-07, 07:00 PM

Starting next spring, Metro-North customers can rent a car from 23 train stations.

Hospitals tap their inner merchants

Nov-30-08, 07:00 PM

Business has “shot through the roof” at one hospital thrift store where the biggest concern now is keeping up with demand, while at a like-minded cousin that bills itself as an “upscale resale shop,” it’s business as usual.

Business in brief

Dec-07-08, 07:00 PM

The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. announced that it has signed an agreement with CytoSport, Inc. to distribute Muscle Milk, a leader in protein-enhanced functional beverages in the United States.



Syms Corp. buys Filene’s Basement

Jul-17-09, 12:45 PM

Syms Corp. and Vornado Realty Trust won an auction for the discount chain Filene’s Basement.

Giving meets belt-tightening

Feb-03-08, 07:00 PM

Nonprofits eye the economic weather



I.B. Cohen prepares for the holidays

Nov-13-09, 02:51 PM

New Rochelle’s I.B. Cohen has been in business for over 100 years.

Dawn patrol

Sleepy shoppers disavow recession

Dec-07-08, 07:00 PM

Excepting the necktie, there may be no more time-honored holiday gift than pajamas.

Worn again

Market improves for used clothes

Jun-22-08, 07:00 PM

With the economic downturn, it’s no surprise that consignment shops are popular these days with shoppers as well as people looking to sell their belongings for some extra cash.

Business Briefs

Feb-01-09, 07:00 PM

Armonk-based IBM Corp.’s board of directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of 50 cents a common share, payable March 10 to stockholders of record Feb. 10, 2009.

The stay-at-home business

Helping seniors who want to keep their old addresses

Nov-16-08, 07:00 PM

While working as a microbiologist, Joy Traille’s mother served as an unlikely inspiration for her daughter’s future career.

A growing ice age

Rink expansion in Mount Vernon

Apr-19-09, 07:00 PM

The Ice Hutch is the place to go for learn-to-skate programs, public skating and youth hockey.

Business in brief

Dress Barn sales dip

Sep-28-08, 07:00 PM

Suffern-based Dress Barn Inc. reported net sales for the fiscal fourth quarter were $382.3 million, compared with net sales of $379.9 million for the fiscal fourth quarter ended July 28, 2007.