International Business News - NY http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif An arrest warrant was issued Friday for Mark Ingram, a star player on the New York Giants' 1991 Super Bowl-winning team who failed for a third time to appear in federal court to be sentenced on a money laundering and bank fraud conviction. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080905/ny-arrest-warrant-for-ex-football-star-ingram.htm Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:55:30 EDT Worsening finances are forcing the student-run newspaper at Syracuse University to eliminate its print edition on Fridays and instead put the day's news on its Internet site. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080904/syracuse-univ-paper-cuts-back-on-print-editions.htm Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:51:23 EDT A lawsuit challenging a major Catskill Mountains resort in New York has been dismissed in trial court. Opponents of a private developer's plan to build a 629-unit resort next to the state-run Belleayre Mountain Ski Center claimed the development deal brokered by former-Gov. Eliot Spitzer is illegal. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080904/lawsuit-against-proposed-new-york-resort-dismissed.htm Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:32:20 EDT The National Indian Gaming Commission has issued a notice of violation against the temporary Seneca Buffalo Creek casino following a federal judge's ruling declaring casino gambling illegal on the site. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080904/us-regulators-issue-violation-notice-to-ny-casino.htm Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:33:38 EDT New York utility regulators have given the global energy company Iberdrola the go-ahead to buy Energy East. The 4-0 vote by New York's Public Service Commission on Wednesday clears the way for the $4.6 billion deal, which includes Energy East subsidiaries Rochester Gas and Electric Corp. and New York State Electric and Gas. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080904/ny-agency-approves-iberdrola-energy-east-plan.htm Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:25:52 EDT State utility regulators have given the global energy company Iberdrola the go-ahead to buy Energy East. New York's Public Service Commission voted 4-0 to approve the $4.6 billion deal Wednesday. It was expected to consider the proposal last Wednesday but postponed that meeting until this week after two of its five members failed to report. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080903/ny-agency-approves-iberdrola-energy-east-plan.htm Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:35:47 EDT New York Labor Commissioner M. Patricia Smith says many workers around the state will be guaranteed at least three months notice before mass layoffs. The State Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act requires private employers with 50 or more workers to notify employees and the labor department at least 90 days before a plant closing or layoff. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080902/new-york-strengthens-law-on-layoff-notices.htm Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:27:47 EDT Defense attorneys urged New York's top court Tuesday to overturn the convictions of former Tyco International executives L. Dennis Kozlowski and Mark Swartz, saying they were wrongly convicted at a flawed trial of fraud and grand larceny for taking more than $100 million in earned bonuses. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080902/ex-tyco-execs-kozlowski-swartz-to-argue-appeal.htm Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:51:53 EDT New York state agriculture officials are warning consumers not to eat a particular brand of cheese because of possible E. coli contamination. A routine inspection of La Clarita Queseria Queso Fresco late last month found E. coli bacteria in a sample of the cheese. The manufacturer, Queseria La Poblanita Inc., is voluntarily recalling the cheese, which is typically used in Mexican food. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080902/ny-officials-e-coli-in-some-mexican-style-cheese.htm Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:06:49 EDT A centralized bottling plant would allow New York state to tap the full potential of its underdeveloped maple syrup industry, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080902/us-sen-schumer-pushes-for-upstate-ny-syrup-plant.htm Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:02:52 EDT Standing by stacked 16-foot logs that hours earlier were 100-foot Norway spruce, foresters tried to explain why cutting down these old trees was an essentially green activity. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080902/foresters-cutting-trees-helps-keep-planet-green.htm Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:55:26 EDT Cliff Perez is legally blind and would like to vote without help this fall. Instead, he will have to count on his wife's assistance with New York's ancient pull lever machines, rather than use brand new $12,000 voting devices designed to give independence to the disabled. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080902/some-new-york-officials-worry-about-voting-access.htm Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:19:58 EDT A federal appeals court has refused to reinstate charges against three businessmen in an oil bribery case. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued the ruling Friday. The appeals court agreed that the deadline for charges to be brought had passed. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080829/no-charges-against-3-in-new-york-oil-bribery-case.htm Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:58:03 EDT Natural gas production from New York wells totaled 54.9 billion cubic feet for 2007, just below the all-time high of 55.2 bcf in 2006. State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Pete Grannis says the 2007 production, driven by prolific wells in the Finger Lakes region, was enough to heat nearly 800,000 homes for a year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080829/new-york-gas-production-at-54-9-billion-cubic-feet.htm Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:48:55 EDT The New York state Office for Technology says it has found 19 flaws in a proposed $2 billion statewide emergency radio network and told the main contractor they must be corrected within 45 days or the state could end the contract. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080829/ny-officials-find-wireless-network-deficient.htm Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:54:47 EDT Federal authorities have accused the mayor of a Long Island village of fleecing clients at his Manhattan brokerage firm. George Motz, the mayor of Quogue for seven years, pleaded not guilty Thursday to securities fraud and other charges. He was released on $500,000 bond secured by his home in the Hamptons. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080828/mayor-of-ny-village-charged-with-securities-fraud.htm Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:11:36 EDT In response to public concerns about a potential gas rush in the Southern Tier and Catskill region, the New York state Department of Environmental Conservation has launched a Web page with information about the Marcellus Shale. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080828/ny-officials-launch-web-page-on-gas-drilling.htm Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:39:47 EDT State regulators say New York Regional Interconnect's power line application is complete and they are now reviewing it. As part of that process, the state Public Service Commission will hold public hearings Oct. 21 and 22 in Oneonta and Utica. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080828/psc-nyri-power-line-application-ready-for-review.htm Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:22:15 EDT More than 21,000 plants atop a Con Edison facility in New York City are helping reduce the building's energy costs. It is the utility's first "green roof," an energy-saving plant system designed to improve air quality and conserve energy. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080828/con-ed-installs-green-roof-on-its-nyc-facility.htm Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:46:09 EDT The Seneca Indian Nation says it's halting construction of its planned $333 million casino-hotel complex in Buffalo because of the poor economy. Wednesday's announcement came a day after a federal judge reinforced a ruling declaring casino gambling illegal on the site, but Seneca Gaming Corp. spokesman Phil Pantano said the court action, which will likely be appealed, was not a factor. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080827/senecas-suspend-construction-of-new-york-casino.htm Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:00:39 EDT