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Payless Shoe Store Latest Casualty of Retail Apocalypse

February 15, 2019February 15, 2019rcbizjournal

Footwear retailer Payless ShoeSource will close all of its 2,300 stores as it enters its second bankruptcy in less than two years.

Clock Is Ticking On The Time Hotel’s Fate

February 4, 2019February 16, 2019rcbizjournal

The Time Hotel, which positioned itself as a boutique property for urban tourists and business travelers, has been filling its rooms since it opened in May 2016 in Nyack. It remains a draw, despite the fact that the 133-room hotel has been in bankruptcy since July 2018.

HVEDC & WCA Set To Become One Organization

January 30, 2019January 30, 2019rcbizjournal

The Hudson Valley Economic Development Corporation, the leading economic development organization for the Hudson Valley, and the Westchester County Association, are joining forces to become a single group to promote regional economic development and policy making.

Marketsmith Inc. Promotes Rockland Resident Nasir Michael

January 29, 2019January 29, 2019rcbizjournal

Marketsmith Inc., [MSI] a New Jersey-based, woman-owned-and-operated, data-science-driven advertising and marketing agency, announces the formation of their inaugural C-Suite, promoting veteran Nasir Michael to chief financial officer.

Businesses Embrace Piermont Plastic Bag/Styrofoam Ban

January 29, 2019rcbizjournal

A new law banning plastic bags and Styrofoam containers is making Piermont’s business owners better environmental stewards, and encouraging other municipalities to follow suit.

Businesses Are Backbone For Sloatsburg Food Pantry

January 27, 2019January 28, 2019rcbizjournal

A coin jar. A food drive. The use of a refrigerator. Selling eggs at cost. These, and many more, are the ways in which Sloatsburg-area businesses and beyond embrace a nonprofit that works to support the most vulnerable citizens in Sloatsburg, as well as Suffern, Hillburn, Airmont and Tuxedo.

Employers Need To Be Current On Paid Family Benefits Law

January 26, 2019rcbizjournal

Beginning January 1, 2019, employees who work for a private company in New York State who have worked 26 consecutive weeks as a full-time employee, or 175 days as a part-time employee, may be eligible for Paid Family Leave.

Stock Market Jitters But Doesn’t Crater During Gov’t Shutdowns

January 26, 2019March 12, 2021rcbizjournal

The US government has been reopened – for now – but we might be back in the same place in three weeks.

Sears May Survive But It’s Too Late For The Nanuet Store

January 16, 2019January 16, 2019rcbizjournal

Sears Holdings Corp Chairman Eddie Lampert prevailed in a bankruptcy auction for the U.S. department store chain with an improved takeover bid of roughly $5.2 billion, allowing the 126-year-old retailer to keep its doors open.

Will Hedge Fund Gobble Up The Journal News In Hostile Takeover?

January 15, 2019January 15, 2019rcbizjournal

What will happen to the Journal News if Gannett Co. agrees to be bought out by MNG Enterprises Inc., a newspaper group backed by a hedge fund with a reputation for making deep cost cuts without investing sufficiently to bolster a papers’ long-term sustainability?

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