Siena College News

Governor Paterson's popularity has been decreasing according to the polls. With less than a year to the election for New York State governor, Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo is already leading in the polls although he has yet to officially announce his candidacy.

The economic recovery received an unexpected boost Friday when the U.S. Labor Department said the unemployment rate dropped to 10 percent in November from 10.2 percent the month before.

The New York state Senate voted 38 to 24 Wednesday to kill a bill that would have legalized same-sex marriage in the state.

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The economy may not be making spirits bright and New York consumers will continue to restrain themselves from jingling those cash register bells.

Forty-eight percent of New Yorkers plan to spend less this year overall and 45 percent plan on spending the same amount last holiday, according to the new statewide survey of consumers released Tuesday by the Siena Research Institute .

By Susan Malinowski and Charles F. Seifert Developing and implementing specific competency-based training programs is something most organizations discuss at one point or another.

The bitter recession and state budget crisis won't prevent the University at Albany from charging ahead with a $64 million new School of Business.

David Paterson's campaign may not be quite as effective as he'd hoped: A Marist College survey released Friday indicates that 56 percent of New York state voters have seen at least one of Paterson's television commercials - and those who'd seen the ad appeared slightly less likely to support his run.

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Separate reports Monday cast Mayor Robert Duffy and County Executive Maggie Brooks as potential candidates for statewide office.

A new poll says New York Gov. David Paterson's overall favorability rating has increased slightly in the past month, up from 27 percent in October to 33 percent now.

A Siena College poll due out today is expected to give a first glimpse at how New Yorkers feel about the governor and lawmakers as they try to deal with the deficit.

School Stuff Submitted by Michelle M. Murphy, Director of Communications, Northwest Catholic High School, on 2009-11-11.   Michelle M. Murphy Uju Nwankwo '10, NWC Girls' Basketball Coach Karl Herbert, and Allison Mullings '10, smile after the girls signed their Division 1 letters of commitment to play basketball in college.

Intel, the world's largest microchip maker, said Thursday it has agreed to pay $1.25 billion to Advanced Micro Devices , its much smaller archrival, to settle an epic legal dispute with AMD that had its origins in the mid-'80s. Although Intel itself admits the settlement doesn't require it to change its practices, the move may well be an olive ...

Pennsylvania residents say the recession has taken a dramatic toll on their finances, with roughly one in four households reporting that someone had taken a second job in the past six months to make ends meet, according to a new survey.

Local philanthropists William Dake and Susan Dake have donated $3.9 million to the Community Foundation for the Greater Capital Region in Albany, N.Y., to establish a donor-advised fund.

New York state consumers, sensitive to high unemployment that now has reached double digits nationally, are feeling less confident about the economy.

Monthly New York State Consumer Confidence Index including Gas and Food Analysis For information/comment: Dr.

Colonie Center and the New York Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc. invites everyone to Colonie Center on Nov.