Real estate by the techies, for the techies
By GREGORY ZELLER // Tech companies are their own corporate species, including their unique habitats. That’s the professional assessment of Ross Selinger, a commercial real estate veteran who’s spent 26…
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LI jobless rate dips below 4% in April
Long Island’s unemployment rate dropped below 4 percent in April for the first time in nine years, the Labor Department reported Tuesday. Nassau’s rate dipped 0.5 points to 3.7 percent,…
Taking down the hospital’s biggest killer
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Northwell Health clinical study is targeting a notorious killer that preys on weakened hospital patients. By testing white blood cells and monitoring “expression biomarkers,” SeptiCyte…
American Culture, now bottling its own future
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the Close Call file comes the story of American Culture, a Huntington Station hair-care manufacturer that nearly gave Long Island the brush-off. Cofounder Louis Guarneri…
SynchroPET gets an A in U of Buffalo testing
Stony Brook-based SynchroPET has taken another step toward unprecedented, simultaneous PET/MRI imaging. By placing a PET camera into the bore of an existing MRI machine – that’s the chamber where…
Pharm hand: Why Rechler Equity is big on biotech
By GREGORY ZELLER // Anyone still doubting the importance of the pharmaceutical and biotech industries to the Long Island economy should take a peek at Rechler Equity Partners’ portfolio. This…
Health insurers ask for big rate hikes
New York health insurers are asking for premium increases of as much as 45 percent for 2017 as they try to combat rising costs and, in some instances, offset mega…
Peace may be with you on LinkedIn
A hacker who calls himself “Peace” is offering to sell the email addresses and passwords of more than 115 million LinkedIn users, apparently from a 2012 hack. Peace wants about $2,200….
A new take on old-school conversation
By GREGORY ZELLER // The art of conversation isn’t dead yet, if science has anything to say about it. But face-to-face linguistic communication between two human beings, no screens involved,…
Taking the fight to cancer’s stem cells
By GREGORY ZELLER // Many have said them, tried their best and fallen short – but the words still have unique and powerful meaning, in medical parlance and beyond. A…
NYIT cybersecurity center gets fed cred
By GREGORY ZELLER // The New York Institute of Technology, which boasts campuses in New York City and Old Westbury and is developing a new Cyber Defense Research Facility in…
Vital Performance: Success by taking small sips
By GREGORY ZELLER // One of Hofstra University’s most entrepreneurial thinkers is diving into the sports-drink market, and if Gatorade isn’t worried, it’s OK – that’s actually part of Allon…
Craft Beer Week kicks off with, um, lots of beer
By JIM MCCUNE // Long Island Craft Beer Week gets a head start on the national celebration today, with special brews, charity events, brews, food, brews and music. The Colorado-based…
Green Bank inks four solar deals
NY Green Bank, the state’s $1 billion energy financing arm, has completed four new deals that will encourage job creation and private investment. Combined, the efforts are expected to facilitate…
Ms. Michelle cookies, now in a Big Box
By GREGORY ZELLER // Ms. Michelle’s is going to Walmart. Still baking inside Stony Brook University’s Calverton Business Incubator, gluten-free goodie gourmet Michelle Gillette Kelly and her husband/business partner Chris…