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United States Senator Chuck Schumer says he and Buffalo-area Congressman Brian Higgins have reached agreement with the CEO of KeyBank to avoid job losses during the KeyBank – First Niagara merger. Key Bank has bought First Niagara, and Schumer says the deal means all KeyBank and First Niagara branch employees will be offered comparable full-time […]
A pediatrician and a pediatric dentist who also happen to be a married couple have committed $1 million to the University of Rochester Medical Center to back up their passion for children’s health. Dr. Dennis Clements and Dr. Ann Keels gave half the money as a bequest, to establish a Student Support Fund that will […]
The University of Rochester says it has broken the $1.2 billion dollar goal for its major fundraising campaign. In a message on the university web site, President Joel Seligman says they raised nearly $1.4 billion by the end of June. The goal of the biggest endowment campaign in the university’s history was $1.2 billion. They […]