The Buffalo Chronicle
Culture
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Survey reflects positive outlook for middle-market firms raising new capital in 2020
ACG New York, the largest association of middle-market, deal-making professionals in New York, today shared the outcomes of its annual End-of-Year Middle-Market Survey. When considering the key factors behind increased valuations over…
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Global City Lab releases ‘2019 Global Top 500 Cities’
New York, London and Tokyo are the top three. The United States and China have 66 and 37 cities on the list, respectively Can a city be branded? Can the value of…
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December jobs reports keeps unemployment flat at 3.5%
BY BETH AKERS According to this morning’s report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the economy added just 145,000 jobs in December. Surveys indicated that economists were anticipating closer to 160,000 jobs. This left…
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Book Review: The American Dream Is Not Dead (But Populism Could Kill It)
Populists on both sides of the political aisle routinely announce that the American dream is dead. According to them, the game has been rigged by elites, workers cannot get ahead, wages have…
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year… (Merry Sickness and a Happy Penu-monia)
BY NORBERT RUG Life is filled with ironies. It was strange having an article published on Christmas Day about how much I enjoyed our traditions around the holidays. Odd that this would…
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The holiday season brings Christmas time memories
BY NORBERT RUG For several weeks prior to Christmas I remember getting the “wish books” in the mail from Sears, JC Penney’s, Montgomery Ward’s and other retailers. As a child I would…
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Policy experts argue that the Pentagon’s ambitious strategy for AI lacks visibility
The U.S. Department of Defense has articulated an ambitious vision and strategy for artificial intelligence (AI) with the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center as the focal point, but the DoD has yet to…
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Would the new administration food stamps rule make it harder to combat future recessions?
BY MATT WEIDINGER A recent administration rule spotlights an important question: Should able-bodied, working-age, childless adults remain consistently idle while collecting food stamps? The rule says the answer should be no, especially when jobs…
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$272m for Rome Lab in bipartisan spending package for quantum computing and artificial intelligence research
The Air Force Research Laboratory in Rome will receive over $272m in funding for fiscal year 2020 – more than $34m above the President’s budget request and $27m more than fiscal year…
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$80 million in funding for Rochester laser lab in a just-passed bi-partisan appropriations bill
Funding Will Help Support Over 350 Jobs In The Rochester-Finger Lakes Region And Keep The United States At The Cutting Edge Of Nuclear Fusion Research WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles…
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Never let the facts get in the way of a good opinion
BY NORBERT RUG We all have opinions about things and if it weren’t for them, I wouldn’t have very much to write about. We typically have an assortment of personal feelings. They…
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Teamsters Local 445 endorses David Carlucci in New York’s 17th congressional district
Labor Union With more than 3,400 members backs Senator Carlucci for NY-17 (New City, NY) – Today, Democratic congressional candidate, State Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester) was endorsed by Teamsters Local 445 for…
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House approves Coastal and Great Lakes Communities Enhancement Act, with Higgins’ amendment
Higgins’ Measure Addresses Algal Blooms in the Great Lakes Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) announced the House of Representatives approved the Coastal and Great Lakes Communities Enhancement Act (H.R. 729), a bipartisan package…
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Higgins announces committee approval of legislation reversing SALT cap
Legislation Reinstates Deduction Taken from Homeowners in 2017 GOP Tax Bill; Full House Vote Expected Next Week Congressman Brian Higgins (NY-26) and his colleagues on the House of Representatives Committee on Ways…
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Property tax bills vary widely across New York State
Residents of the Mid-Hudson village of Liberty had the highest effective property tax rate in New York (outside New York City and Nassau) during fiscal year 2019, according to the newest edition…
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Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin’ alive
BY NORBERT RUG I have prostate cancer. This has now metastasized for the third time after being in remission for a few years. I am now, once again, fighting. Fighting the cancer…
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Gender bias and discrimination persist at Canadian colleges
BY ELIZABETH PRICE The first steps towards gender equality were made in the late-19th century. It all began with the suffrage movement – women insisted that they should have the right to…
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An old friend
BY NORBERT RUG An old buddy stopped by my house the other day. He came over because I got in touch with him due to a series of challenges I had personally…
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Disclaimers
BY NORBERT RUG The opinions written here reflect those of the writer only. They do not necessarily reflect those of this newspaper, or its employees. This newspaper does not endorse these opinions…
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Following student death, Cornell Interfraternity Council bars alcohol from recruitment events
BY MARYAM ZAFAR In another reform to the fraternity rushing process passed on Tuesday night, the Interfraternity Council voted to ban alcohol — and tighten other rules — at spring rush events.…
