Anthony Gucciardo opens Colonie real estate office
Anthony Gucciardo, one of the top-selling real estate agents in the Albany, New York, area, has opened a new office in Colonie.
Gucciardo is leasing space at 441 New Karner Road, inside the law firm of Tully Rinckey PLLC.
Gucciardo started his own brokerage, Gucciardo Real Estate Group LLC, in January after leaving HUNT Real Estate ERA in Loudonville.
Gucciardo, 29, said he will refer clients to Tully Rinckey for closings, but the two businesses are separate.
Gucciardo said the arrangement enables him to keep his costs down by not leasing a larger office... Read More
Century House managing partner receives Community Leader Award
Colin DeMers, managing partner of The Century House in Latham, New York, has received the annual Community Leader Award from the Colonie Chamber of Commerce.
DeMers and the restaurant, banquet facility and inn were recognized for their ?Enjoy One, Share One? program, in which for every meal purchased, the business donates the equivalent of one meal to the Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York.
So far, the program has supported more than 250,000 donated meals since it was started in June 2009, DeMers said... Read More
Senior Services adds four to board
Senior Services of Albany, New York, has appointed four Albany-area businesspeople to its board of directors.
The new directors are: Michelle Borisenok, Dan Dinsmore, Lori Hansen and Malissa Zatlokowicz.
Borisenok started Capital Business Services, which handled communications focusing on the state Legislature and lobbying groups. She sold Capital Business Services to help her husband Walter Borisenok establish Fortitech Inc., a Schenectady maker of nutrient premixes.
Dinsmore is the founder of Overit Media, an Albany marketing communications firm... Read More
New York AG sues Bank of America, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan
Three of the nation?s largest banks are being sued by New York?s attorney general for creating a national mortgage database system that he said led to fraud.
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman filed the lawsuit today against Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo. Schneiderman said the banks? database system, known as MERS, prevented homeowners and the public from being able to track property transfers through a traditional public records system. Schneiderman said instead, the records were stored on a private database over which the financial institutional members had sole control... Read More
Susan G. Komen reverses Planned Parenthood funding move
The Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation on Friday said it has reversed its decision about funding grants for Planned Parenthood.
The organization, which has an Albany, New York, affiliate, said earlier this week that it would not fund grant applications to groups under federal investigation, which includes Planned Parenthood.
Culture Map reports that after the initial Komen announcement, Planned Parenthood received more than $400,000 in donations in 24 hours.
A Friday statement from Nancy Brinker, the founder of the foundation, apologized for upsetting its supporters and partners with the funding removal, and said the foundation will ?ensure that politics has no place in our grant process... Read More
Albany at least $9K behind pacesetters for construction pay
The West offers the nation?s best salaries for workers involved in construction, installation, maintenance and repair.
The Albany, New York, area trails the nation?s pacesetters by about at least $9,000 a year.
On Numbers analyzed pay levels for the two employment sectors providing those services. The study used U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data for 2010, the latest year for which official figures are available.
The overall salary leaders in both sectors are located in the West:
? San Francisco, with annual average pay of $62,670, heads the list for the Construction and Extraction Occupations sector (BLS Code 47)... Read More
Verizon Wireless to stream Super Bowl with mobile app
 Verizon Wireless has released a new app, NFL Mobile, for Verizon customers to stream the Feb. 5 Super Bowl live on select mobile devices.
Prior to game day coverage, customers can use NFL Mobile to stay on top of breaking news, highlights, video on demand and live NFL Network coverage. The annual pro football clash on Sunday is being aired on NBC affiliate WNYT, Channel 13 in the Albany, New York, region for those keeping track of the game on television screens. The New England Patriots and New York Giants will battle for the Super Bowl title... Read More
U.S. economy adds 243,000 jobs, unemployment falls to 8.3%
The U.S. labor market added 243,000 jobs to nonfarm payrolls in January ? the biggest jump since April and a better showing than many economists had predicted, The Wall Street Journal reports.
The jobless rate shaved off 0.2 percentage points to land at 8.3 percent, the lowest since February 2009, the U.S. Labor Department said Friday morning. Also, the department revised upward by 60,000 jobs its preliminary November and December figures.
Economists surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires had expected the jobless rate to stick at 8... Read More
DiNapoli says New York's economy is losing momentum
 New York state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli's latest report says the state's economy is losing momentum, NPR is reporting.
He said the slowdown started in the second half of 2011, NPR reported.
DiNapoli said nearly half of the 334,000 jobs lost during the recession have been recovered but many of those jobs pay less, according to NPR.
The comptroller said Wall Street also isn't providing a positive sign, with profits down $3 billion in the fourth quarter. He said bonuses will most likely be smaller, NPR reported... Read More
Small markets offer top pay in transportation, production sectors
Smaller markets generate some of the larger paychecks for workers who produce and ship the nation's goods.
On Numbers used U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data to evaluate the earning power of employees in two closely related sectors. The study compared annual average pay in 406 metropolitan areas and divisions.
Airline pilot is the highest-paying job in today's database. Pilots based in Louisville top the list with average salaries of $150,250, followed by New York at $148,960 and Dallas at $145,440... Read More
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