Finance
MSC Industrial Pays Big Dividends
The Board of MSC Industrial Supply, based in Melville and Davidson, N.C., has approved a 75-cent-per-share dividend payable to shareholders of records as of Nov. 12.…
Yearly Archives: 2019
Retail
Retail Down For Month, Up for Year
Retail and food services sales for September, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, slipped 0.3 percent to $525.6…
Finance
LI Construction, Healthcare Add Jobs, as Hospitality, Retail Shrink
Long Island added more than 10,000 jobs year over year as of September, helped by hot construction and health care sectors, but shed nearly as many…
Health
MyStretchBar – Long Island Professor and Inventor Introduces Unique, Effective Stretching Device Promoting Flexibility
We’ve all been there…that stiff feeling when we first get out of bed in the morning, or that tightness in our backs and hamstrings that serves…
Health News
Stony Brook Cuts Ribbon on Children’s Hospital
Stony Brook Medicine has cut the ribbon on its new 114-bed children’s hospital building, marking a huge expansion of care for children on Long Island. Stony…
Government
Comtech Lands Contract Valued Up to $100M
Melville-based Comtech Telecommunications has been awarded a contract for up to nearly $100 million to provide global field support services for military satellite communication terminals around…
Government
Henry Schein Cleared in FTC Case
An administrative law judge has ruled that two of companies named in a Federal Trade Commission complaint violated U.S. antitrust laws, but gave Melville-based Henry Schein…
Community
$5M in College Clean Energy Competition
New York State has launched the third round of the Energy to Lead competition with $5 million available for New York colleges and universities statewide. Money…
Government
Northwell Using Footprints to i.d. Newborns
Northwell Health is using technology to identify newborns by digital footprints, much as adults are identified by fingerprints, further increasing security . The system has begun…
Tech
Hauppauge Industrial Park Invests in Rebranding as LI Innovation Park
After the Hauppauge Industrial Park changed its name to the Long Island Innovation Park, an effort is going on to build a brand around the new…