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Xerox
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Exhibit looks at the Xerox copier as the ‘Immovable Camera’
Xerox played a large role in West Coast art movements.
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Xerox chooses Webster for toner plant
Xerox will expand its Webster toner plant, with the help of taxpayer-funded incentives. Empire State Development, the state’s economic development agency, announced Xerox’s decision via press release yesterday afternoon. The company was considering several locations for the plant, though Webster was the only US site on the list. Xerox plans to invest $5 million to […]
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WallTherapy 2013 Update: The artists speak
Thursday was Day 7 of the 10-day Wall\Therapy street-art festival, with at least eight murals completed and many more nearing completion. Wednesday night, an artist talk was held at School of the Arts, which included a panel of six muralists who engaged in a discussion led by Wall\Therapy co-founder Dr. Ian Wilson. The panel included […]
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COMIDA approves Xerox benefits
This morning, the Monroe County Industrial Development Agency’s board approved a package of property and sales tax incentives for Xerox. Xerox sought the incentive for a potential expansion of its Webster toner production plant. Under the package, Xerox would get approximately $441,500 worth of tax breaks over a 10-year period. The company says it’ll create […]
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COMIDA to vote on Xerox incentives next week
Next week, the Monroe County Industrial Development Agency will hold two additional hearings on Xerox’s application for property and sales tax incentives on a potential expansion project at the company’s toner plant in Webster. And at 11 a.m. on Thursday, July 25, COMIDA will meet to vote on the proposal (the location is forthcoming and […]
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Sol Linowitz
The New York Times called Sol Linowitz, who died on March 19, “one of the handful of people who truly fit the description ‘wise man.’” The Washington Post described him as “a businessman who became chairman of the board of a small Rochester-based company that grew to become Xerox, a diplomat who was co-negotiator […]
