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CCIDA Thanks Carol Rasmussen For Years Of Service

The County of Chautauqua Industrial Development Agency (CCIDA) is saying goodbye to one of its longest-serving employees. Mark Geise, Deputy County Executive for Economic Development and CCIDA CEO, announced that Carol Rasmussen would be retiring from her position as Business Development ...

Supply & Demand

It’s a chicken-and-egg problem: Restaurants are struggling with record-high U.S. egg prices, but their omelets, scrambles and huevos rancheros may be part of the problem. Breakfast is booming at U.S. eateries. First Watch, a restaurant chain that serves breakfast, brunch and lunch, nearly ...

McDonald’s Improving Global Sales Help To Offset US Weakness

Improving international sales helped McDonald’s overcome some weakness at home in the fourth quarter, but the company said it expects U.S. sales to pick up later this year. McDonald’s said its sales are continuing to recover from an E. coli outbreak last fall tied to its Quarter Pounder hamburgers. The Chicago burger giant said it’s also struggling to get low-income consumers back into its stores despite expanding discounts. McDonald’s U.S. same-store sales, or sales at locations open at least a year, fell 1.4% in the fourth quarter. On a conference call with investors ...

3 Steps To Uncovering Your True Financial Goals

What are your top financial goals? If your goals are hard to pin down, or seem to drift, you’re not alone. Research suggests that, even when considering important goals, people tend to answer with whatever is top-of-mind, which may not always reflect their true, long-term goals. It can be helpful to implement ready-made processes that help us be less of a stranger to ourselves and better understand our deeper motivations, rather than fixate on top-of-mind recollections. 3 key steps to better goals We’ve used our research to inform a three-step process that can help ...

Open For Business

Dr. Rosalie Betts, a recently graduated chiropractor, has opened an office in the Brookside Professional Center, 25 Harrison St., Jamestown. Betts graduated as valedictorian of her high school in 2017, and began her undergraduate journey at Finger Lakes Community College, where she graduated ...