Acquisition a perfect ‘Fitz’ for Lifetime Brands
By GREGORY ZELLER // A major league home-goods distributor based on Long Island has added a Pennsylvania ceramics expert to its collection. Lifetime Brands Inc., a leading global provider of…
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Feds fund NYIT ‘skeletal repair’ research
A New York Institute of Technology professor has landed a sizeable federal grant to study the bone-healing possibilities of gene-generated “skeletal repair.” The National Institutes of Health has awarded $442,000…
Debrief: Happy landings with Daniel Preston
With the fate of Riverhead Town’s Enterprise Park at Calverton still very much in the air, Daniel Preston would like to throttle things back a bit. Half-truths and wild speculation…
Tomorrow’s health tech to shine at LICA Capital Forum
By GREGORY ZELLER // Another intriguing combination of presenters and panelists marks the next Capital Forum on the Long Island Capital Alliance’s schedule, this one focused on the lifeblood of…
A century later, new life for old FSC power plant
More than a century since it was built and years since it’s been anything more than a memory, a vintage Farmingdale State College structure is about to be reborn. College…
Investors buying in as FalconStor hatches risky plan
By GREGORY ZELLER // Investors are doubling down on a Melville software company with a tarnished financial record and a sterling data-storage product. Texas-based private equity firm ESW Capital LLC…
Global nod marks major milestone for Applied DNA
By GREGORY ZELLER // An esteemed international certification organization has stamped a ginning company tracking its cotton supplies with the help of Applied DNA Sciences. The Global Organic Textile Standard…
Leibowitz: Greenhouse Gas plan needs more initiative
By HEATHER LEIBOWITZ // On Aug. 23, nine Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states announced a proposal to cut power plant pollution by at least 30 percent between 2021 and 2030, strengthening…
Northwell: Blame Obamacare for CareConnect’s demise
By GREGORY ZELLER // A key component of the Northwell Health system’s core strategy to manage entire health populations is coming off the table. The health system announced late Thursday…
Suffolk IDA engineers deal for new national HQ
A corporate consolidation in Melville is in the works, thanks in part to the Suffolk County Industrial Development Agency. The agency on Thursday issued preliminary approval for a transaction that…
It’s green-o vino as Paumanok turns up SunPower
By GREGORY ZELLER // The sun is doing more than nourish grapes at Paumanok Vineyards. The award-winning Aquebogue vineyard is now partially powered by a 51-kilowatt solar-energy system installed by…
Debrief: LIU innovation chair, not in Kansas anymore
As the first person to occupy Long Island University-Post’s Vorzimer Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurship – the “charter chair,” according to the school – Dane Stangler is all about breaking new…
With Fly Sense, the bullied need not suffer in silence
By GREGORY ZELLER // A high-tech Long Island manufacturer has unveiled a next-level sensor system that can remotely detect bullying situations in schools and alert officials in real time. Digital…
At BNL and SBU’s nuclear center, the force awakens
By GREGORY ZELLER // A new force is rising in the exploration of the physical universe. Brookhaven National Laboratory and Stony Brook University on Tuesday announced the launch of the…
Southside Hospital welcomes Island’s first Baby Café
Long Island has welcomed its first Baby Café. Presenting free educational resources for pregnant or breastfeeding women and a place for those women to share their experiences with other moms,…