TGIF: A good Friday to everyone and a welcome new readers. It’s Sept. 11, our National Day of Service and Remembrance. It’s also National Hot Crossed Buns Day. Other countries may…
TGIF: A good last Friday of the season, everybody. Time to repack those white bucks. Before you head off for Labor Day, remember we’re always on the hunt for story ideas,…
MOVING ON UP: North Shore-LIJ boss Michael Dowling has been named the 22nd most influential person in U.S. health care. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and President Obama topped the list, which…
I’M GOING TO NEED YOU TO GO AHEAD AND READ THIS: A study of more than 250K Enron emails found that company executives commonly used phrases made famous by Office Space…
THE WORLD, SHOT: Yesterday was World Overshoot Day, the date mankind’s demands of the planet exceed its ability to regenerate, according to the Global Footprint Network. In 2000, the overshoot fell…
SPEAKING OF BEER: Craft beer production climbed to 12.2M barrels in the first half of 2015, a jump of 16%, according to the Boulder-based Brewers Association trade group. That’s not as…
TGIF: A good Friday everybody and a special welcome to new readers. It’s National System Administrator Day, so be sure to give yours a hug. After you clear it with HR,…
A BOLD NEW START: Jeff Leventhal, co-founder and former CEO of Huntington-based staffing juggernaut Work Market, is joining Boldstart Ventures as an investment partner and has chipped in some of…
SLOW NEWS DAY: Gov. Cuomo announced the completion of a $3.8M upgrade of the Holiday Inn in downtown Niagara Falls, funded with $1.1M of state and city eco-dev money. Want…
DEBRIS, THE FINAL FRONTIER: This just in from Orbital Debris Quarterly News: The International Space Station performed two recent “debris avoidance maneuvers,” changing orbit to duck a chunk of decaying…
MURCOTT MOVE: John Murcott, longtime major domo at Mark Fasciano’s ThoughtBox operation and a top player at several related portfolio companies, has landed at Work Market as an exec in what…
THEY KNOW ZIP: We’re not totally defined by where we live, but a California firm called Esri gets pretty close. Type in your zip code and Esri’s Tapestry software compiles 67…
THE BIG PUSH: Stony Brook University Medical Center is prepping to deliver its 100,000th baby in the next week or two. Stay tuned. SMART TECH: Calverton-based buncee was voted app of the…
STATE OF THE ARTZT: CA Technologies cofounder Russ Artzt has announced plans to retire. Not to us, of course, but that’s the word leaking out of Islandia. BIG PAYDAY: Converting Uber’s 45,000…
AUSTERITY? THERE’S AN APP FOR THAT: Greek developers have launched an app to help people find out which nearby ATM has cash in it. WE NEEDED A STUDY FOR THIS? New research suggests…