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Studio Arena Theater - Canary In The Coalmine?

A couple of weeks ago, Colin Dabkowski of The Buffalo News wrote about the ongoing financial troubles of Studio Arena Theater.
Two weeks ago, in the face of an unthinkable closure, an emergency fundraising effort managed to pull in about $225,000 from a combination of foundations, theater board members and local banks, according to Studio Arena [...]

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We’re Number Two!

The Public Policy Institute of New York State, the research arm of the state Business Council, released a study Tuesday comparing average annual wages, electricity costs, commercial rents and tax burdens across the United States.
To the surprise of absolutely no one, New York ranked high on the list of most expensive places to do business [...]

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