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From Austin Business Journal September 2, 2016By Will Anderson Digital Editor  The 23 companies honored in the Austin Chamber of Commerce's 16th annual Greater Austin Business Awards share a dedication to profits as well as community.  Recognition was bestowed Thursday night in a ceremony at the Hyatt Regency Austin, which about 1,000 people attended.  An independent panel of judges sifted through roughly 500 nominees for the awards, except for the "Most Uniquely Austin [...]

From Albany Business Review August 24, 2016 By Todd Kehoe, Research Director  Nineteen companies based in the Albany area made the annual Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing companies in America.  Here’s a list of the local companies on the Inc 5000 list, which is ranked by revenue growth over the past three years:   No. 36: Remarkable Liquids, a beer and spirits distributor based in Guilderland No. 713: G&G LED Lighting, a manufacturer of LED lights based [...]

From KAIT (ABC affiliate)January 22, 2015  One Region 8 school district is using new technology to help track their buses. It's called Transfinder, and it's a system that the Paragould School District will soon have on its buses. Assistant Superintendent Scott Guantt said with this new system they will be able to maximize the efficiency of their bus routes. “It's gonna help us map our routes,” Gaunt said. “It's going to help us track our student transportation needs [...]

From the Times UnionJanuary 10, 2015By Paul Nelson  John Eoff is cautiously optimistic about the impact a casino and new building projects on Lower State Street will have on his century-old, family-run camera store.  "It'll be beautiful when it's all done," said Eoff, 62, who owns The Photo-Lab Inc., which has been on State Street near Erie Boulevard since 1948. "I'm hoping for the best and hopeful I can survive to see it."... [The] NYBizLab is the idea of Antonio [...]

From the Albany Business ReviewJanuary 16, 2015By Chelsea Diana  A Schenectady, New York technology accelerator, dubbed New York BizLab, is preparing to open its doors in March.  The accelerator at 251 State St. is the brainchild of Antonio Civitella, CEO of Transfinder Corp. - a Schenectady company that develops school bus routing software.  Civitella is creating the business accelerator in partnership with Schenectady County Community College through the Start-Up NY tax [...]