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Business

CEO On Keeping America’s Oldest Flour Company In The Mix

As America’s oldest flour company, King Arthur Baking Co. has seen a lot. It opened in 1790, when George Washington was president. But little could have prepared it for the start of the coronavirus pandemic, when demand for King Arthur’s products jumped six-fold almost overnight. The ...

Firsthand Look

Key members and supporters of Retool’24 visited the manufacturing sites of Artone LLC and New Flyer following the conference that was held recently at the Chautauqua Harbor Hotel. The tour group included professionals from the Jamestown Board of Public Utilities, the New York State Energy ...

Rent Inflation Remains A Pressure Point For Small Businesses

NEW YORK (AP) — Cost pressures continue to hurt small businesses. In particular, rent inflation is a pressure point for small businesses, according to new data from the Bank of America Institute. The average monthly share of rent in total payments through May is 9.1%, up significantly from ...

The US Housing Slump Deepened This Spring

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The housing market shows few signs of busting out of its three-year funk after a disappointing spring season and amid a gloomy outlook for the summer and fall. Home shoppers came into 2024 with optimism that mortgage rates would ease further after a decline late last ...

Improving Support

Richard Erickson was re-elected the chair of The Resource Center’s board of directors during the agency’s general membership meeting, held at TRC’s Michael J. Raymond Center on Jones and Gifford Avenue in Jamestown. Also elected as officers for the board’s 2024-25 term were Dr. Dawn ...