Council of Industry touts region’s commercial curb appeal BY KATHY KAHN Special to the Rockland Times The sluggish economy may get a healthy boost form Council of Industry, which has nearly 200 manufacturing members in the seven-county mid-Hudson region. Rather than publish its yearly directory of participating businesses, president/CEO Harold King has kicked it up […]
BY MICHAEL RICONDA Orangetown – With a year and a half gone by since he took the helm of the Rockland Economic Development Corporation, REDC President and CEO Michael DiTullo took the opportunity to speak with the Rockland County Times about past successes and future plans for bringing business to the county. Since its inception […]
Dose of reality has peculiar taste BY KATHY KAHN Special to The Rockland Times Does Obama care? Americans do and they certainly hope the president’s plan to provide health insurance to all is going to work. The Affordable Care Act is about to arrive in full force this October, 2013. New York opted to set […]
Product vs. Process BY CHRIS HANLY Investment Consultant, Gary Goldberg Financial Services With the first half of 2013 coming to a close, I’ve been meeting with clients regularly to review their portfolios and discuss our results from the preceding 6-12 months. Needless to say, there’s been a fair amount of smiling and sincere thanks. While […]
Seventh Hudson Valley Entrepreneurial Conference & Expo Today, Friday, May 17, 2013 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Gateway to Entrepreneurial Tomorrows, Inc. (GET) and the Village of Haverstraw host the Hudson Valley Entrepreneurial Conference and Expo in Haverstraw, NY. The event is being held at Rockland Community College Haverstraw Extension Campus, located at 37 […]
BY MARIA LORD It is no secret that the average American is currently going through financial hardship. However, according to CNN Money ‘The ranks of the long-term unemployed are thinning…” Nearly 4.4 million Americans were out of work for at least 27 weeks in April; according to Labor Department data released Friday. That’s a drop of 14 […]