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A 19-year YMCA veteran has joined Nativity Preparatory Academy as its new president. The school is a tuition-free privately-operated urban middle school for students in grades 5 through 8. James Smith will be responsible for school operations, advancement and fundraising, marketing and communications and the school’s graduate support program. He joins the school following nearly two ... Complete access to news articles on rbj.net is available to Rochester Business Journal's subscribers who...

A Rochester entrepreneur whose tech company offers coaching, office space rental, crowdsourced marketing and more has begun offering free services to the small business community and those who have lost their jobs. Jonah Inikori, founder and CEO of Boodlebag, will offer services on the company’s platform for no charge through the end of August, with extensions beyond that based on need. “Being a small-business owner in the Rochester area for over 14 years, I know exactly what most...

CooperVision Inc. parent Cooper Cos. Inc. on Thursday reported a 20 percent decline in revenue and a 91 percent drop in earnings in the second quarter. For the quarter ended April 30, Cooper Cos. reported revenue of $524.9 million. CooperVision revenue was down 17 percent to $402.2 million. On a per-share basis, earnings for the quarter ... Complete access to news articles on rbj.net is available to Rochester Business Journal's subscribers who are logged in. Subscribers may login at the login...

The Finger Lakes Visitors Connection has produced an online Digital Recovery Toolkit to help small businesses understand and put in place the reopening guidelines for the economy. The Toolkit was designed as a resource center for the tourism industry to reopen, restart and reinvent their businesses in tandem with the easing and lifting of governmental stay-at-home and business restriction orders. Finger Lakes Visitors Connection, with Denise Chaapel from the Canandaigua Downtown Business...