Westchester County Business Journal
Westchester County Local Jobs
Vol. 46, # 29 | July 16, 2007
 
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While most people are aware that humans are living longer than ever before, the same can also be said of dogs and cats.

Much of that can be attributed to pet owners being willing to spend more money on medical care, and the emergence in the last 20 years of advanced
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At Mattergy Solar, a start-up business in a former auto garage on New Rochelle's Main Street, Richard Schoen has a long view of the thriving renewable energy industry in which his company seems poised to rapidly grow.

 

 

 

The Chinese were going under the needle as long as eight centuries ago to keep their youthful beauty, but only recently has acupuncture become an option for one's cosmetic face-lift in Westchester County.

 

 

 

Gov. Eliot Spitzer and state legislative leaders said last week that rates for workers' compensation insurance will decline by more than 20.5 percent and save New York businesses about $1 billion in the 2007-2008 fiscal year.

 

 

 

New York state suffered a net loss of 225,000 residents between July 2005 and July 2006, according to data released by the U.S. Census Bureau.

 

 

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Community Hospital gains court victory
By BRYAN F. YURCAN

Community Hospital at Dobbs Ferry has won a temporary injunction against New York state relating to a lawsuit it filed to keep the hospital open.

 

 

 

By ALEXANDER SOULE

Former Greenwich, Conn., resident Michael L. Domecq pleaded guilty to defrauding Allied Domecq plc, nearly seven years after he was indicted for embezzling almost $14.6 million.

 

 

 

By ALEXANDER SOULE

Parents say they are getting control of their children's exposure to sex and violence in the media, according to a new poll released by the California-based Kaiser Family Foundation.

 

 

 

By JOHN GOLDEN

Employers in Westchester County plan both to hire fewer workers and lay off fewer in the third quarter this year, while significantly more jobs in retail and manufacturing are expected to open in other counties in the lower Hudson Valley, according to the latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey.

 

 

 


New Rochelle to fans: Good to see you; stay for dinner
BY BILL FALLON

Will up to 30,000 golf fans piling into town this week make a hole in one for the New Rochelle economy?

 

 

 

By BRYAN F. YURCAN

As Congress debates a bill that would extend the Terrorism Risk Insurance Extension Act (TRIEA), many insurance experts say having some sort of terrorism insurance available is crucial, especially in the New York metropolitan area, a region well familiar with murderous fanaticism.

 
   
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