Farmingdale’s JFI Jets bulks up fleet
JFI Jets, a private jet charter, aircraft management and maintenance company with operations in Farmingdale, has acquired Florida-based ACP Jets, the operator of a fleet of Hawker, Citation and Gulfstream jets,…
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Can Styrofoam-munching mealworms save the planet?
Researchers from Stanford and China have discovered that mealworms can subsist solely on a diet of Styrofoam and other forms of polystyrene and excrete biodegraded material that could be used…
College students: Reduce your school’s carbon footprint, get $1M
Student-led coalitions will develop million-dollar ideas in a new statewide competition to cut down greenhouse gas emissions on New York State college and university campuses and beyond. Calling climate change…
The Debrief: Lawrence Weber, innovation psychotherapist
First and foremost a scientist, Lawrence Weber – who studied physical chemistry at Michigan State University and nucleic acids during a postdoctoral fellowship at MIT – takes an analytical approach…
Behind our sunny jobs rate, storm clouds
By JOHN L. KOMINICKI // Long Island’s rosy 4.5 percent unemployment rate – the lowest since 2007 – masks a wide range of unsettling workforce trends. Earnings for private sector…
Gorilla Toolz: Not quite 800 pounds, but just wait
By GREGORY ZELLER // Today’s lesson from the high-speed, high-tech world: If it ain’t broke, fix it anyway. That’s the emerging game plan of software developer Gorilla Toolz, which was doing…
TPP deal reached; Congress a question mark
The United States and 11 of its trading partners reached an historic accord Monday that will lift 18,000 tariffs on U.S. exports, presenting a potential boom for businesses of all…
Sharestates muscles into peer-to-peer Top 10
By GREGORY ZELLER // Bulked up with an added $20 million from its chief institutional investor, Great Neck-based Sharestates has cracked the top 10 of U.S. real estate crowdfunders, according to…
Teaching to the truth: Nowadays, we’re all in sales
By GREGORY ZELLER // It’s a big world getting smaller – one of several critical lessons in the modern marketing classroom. As social media and other online avenues regularly smudge…
LI Water Conference sets Oct. 22 colloquium
Joan Leary Matthews, head of clean water efforts for the EPA’s New York and New Jersey region, will headline the annual Long Island Water Conference symposium, set for Oct. 22…
Summertime, and the innovation was easy
By GREGORY ZELLER // If you’re looking for economic indicators from within the innovation space, consider the sizzling summer just wrapped by Intelligent Product Solutions, the Hauppauge-based product design and…
Albany funding affordable housing in storm areas
With Hurricane Joaquin positioning itself for a potential East Cost strike, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday announced a new $20 million program to support eligible affordable-housing projects in areas ravaged…
Enjoying the not-too-sweet taste of success
By GREGORY ZELLER // Given that he’s American and draws a breath, it’s no surprise Kyle Chandler likes beer. And given that he’s a Long Islander during the Island’s craft-beverage…
Monday Debrief: Bruce Stillman. The Man.
There’s barely enough room on the Internet to list Bruce Stillman’s educational credentials and professional accomplishments – his list of awards and honors runs the length of your typical DNA…
Apps surpass TV as America’s favorite pastime
By DAN BOWEN // The intersection of connectivity, app functionality and mobility have given rise to a new phenomenon. Call it interactive, call it enhanced or social. Whatever you name…