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Forget inflation, New York residents plan on coughing up an insane amount of money this Valentine's Day.

Finally, a good reason for New York to come dead last in a national roundup!

Student loan repayments resume in October and that has economists worried about how that will damage the economy.

New York State attempts to balance clean energy goals with concerns over affordability as gas and electric rate hikes loom in 2023.

Big business AND no buffering!

Should employers be worried?

This could help an estimated 200,000 workers per Upstate county.

So, what's going on with the Crossgates Best Buy?  Anyone? I haven't driven by Crossgates yet to check it out.  I initially read a headline by the Times Union made it dramatically sound like Best Buy is closed for good.  And look, who knows- with all the events of 2020 and economic circumstances- it very well may happen eventually (as much as I hate to say that about any store)...

Another one bites the dust! Yet another clothing store is shutting down, impacting the Capital Region. While it seems like the trend of store-closings is less than last year (that's my impression, I don't know the statistics), it still hasn't stopped...

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President Obama is in the Albany area today and you can follow along on Twitter via hastag #obama518 – a lot of people complaining about the traffic but others commenting on Air Force One.

The dismal state of the economy has been rough on everyone, but perhaps no more so than on those between 16 and 29. Whereas the US unemployment rate currently stands at 8.3 percent, more than half of young people under 30 are out of work.

There are a lot of celebrities that won’t get out of bed for less than a quarter of a million dollars, but a lot more Americans are surviving on much, much less.

Anyone who has a car and a reason to go somewhere may have experienced a little weight loss this month. It’s not because they’ve been power walking, watching what they eat or doing more activities that don’t involve the use of a Snuggie. It’s because their wallets and purses weigh a lot less.