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Business

Avoid These 3 Business Mistakes During The Holiday Season

A broken website. Sold-out items. Shipping delays. These conditions can be detrimental to small businesses during the holiday season, arguably the busiest time of year for retail sales. “We see some of our clients in one weekend — like over Black Friday, Cyber Monday — make more money ...

AT&T Offers Managers A Rare Benefit: Paid Time Off To Care For Loved Ones

NEW YORK — AT&T management employees are entitled to caregiver leave, which gives them up to 15 days off a year to care for ailing children or other relatives without eating into their vacation or personal sick days. Paid caregiver time off is a rarity in the U.S., which has no federal ...

Custom Jewelry

Jamestown native Caleb Martin began his custom jewelry company out of his garage and by selling items on Etsy. These days the company — now known as Thorum — has its headquarters, run by Caleb Martin and his wife, Stephanie, in Tampa, Florida and sells custom wedding rings. Mikinna ...

Humanoid Robots Are Here, But They’re A Little Awkward

Building a robot that’s both human-like and useful is a decades-old engineering dream inspired by popular science fiction. While the latest artificial intelligence craze has sparked another wave of investments in the quest to build a humanoid, most of the current prototypes are clumsy and ...

Black Friday Shopping Could Look Different This Year, Experts Say

Retailers thrive on tantalizing shoppers ahead of the post-Thanksgiving event, keeping them guessing about how exactly the experience will unfold. But economic conditions, past sales and other factors can provide clues about what’s to come. Here’s what marketing, retail and supply chain ...

State Comptroller To Keynote Chamber Annual Meeting

The Chautauqua County Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli will be the keynote speaker for our Annual Meeting, to be held at noon, Friday, December 8 at Moon Brook Country Club, North Main Street Extension, Jamestown. The ...