James T. Madore

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Business Reporter, Newsday

Long Island, Melville

Business and Finance, Metro New York, Politics

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Covers: economy, ny-area

Business Reporter @Newsday. I report on the NY-area economy and government/biz issues. madore@newsday.com, 631-843-2473 or muckrack.com/james-madore

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Tariffs start to take a toll on LI businesses

The trade war is starting to hit Long Island. Kayak seller Sea Eagle Boats in Port Jefferson expects to lay o…

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LI cultural art institutions spend $1.8 billion a year

Arts and cultural organizations - such as museums, concert halls and film festivals - play an important role …

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IDAs under fire for giving 'away taxpayer dollars'

The yearly cost of tax breaks given to Long Island companies by Industrial Development Agencies has tripled s…

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Startups turn $1 million into $24 million

Two Long Island investment funds took a chance in 2014-15 on 10 technology startups, giving them a total of $…

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Factories retrench in face of wage hike

New York State's new, higher minimum wage is leading to drastic actions by factories on Long Island that prod…

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Over half of LI firms in Start-Up NY drop out

More than half of the participants from Long Island have dropped out of Start-Up NY, the state program that p…

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Tax breaks, college backing boost emerging tech companies on Long Island - Newsday

Israeli entrepreneur Chen Levkovich had never heard of Stony Brook University until last year. Now he is movi…

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Baby boomers lead the way in starting new businesses on LI - Newsday

Baby boomers are starting businesses at a higher rate than younger generations celebrated for producing entre…

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Baby boomers confront selling, or closing, businesses - Newsday

Baby boomers across Long Island who have put years of effort, money and even love into the businesses they ow…

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NJ lures Long Island businesses with millions in tax breaks

Long Island companies are being offered millions of dollars in tax breaks to move to New Jersey. And in the c…

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LI venture firm to be reviewed by feds

U.S. Treasury investigators are trying to determine whether a venture capital firm in Brookville violated con…

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NAFTA's impact on Long Island

The North American Free Trade Agreement was a cause célèbre in the early 1990s. Presidential candidate H. Ros…

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Arrow Electronics' HQ transfer, a complicated courtship

How Colorado got Long Island's largest public company to move its HQ. To report the behind-the-scenes story o…

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NYS pension fund arm aids private LI firms

A little-known source of money for private companies has ramped up its activity on Long Island, investing $27…

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Demand for low-cost generic drugs sparks building boom on LI

Consumers' greater use of low-cost generic drugs to combat ever-higher medical bills has sparked a building b…

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With Fight Club, top Long Island business executives wrestle over books

They call it Fight Club. Two Long Island businessmen -- the CEO of a real estate company and a venture capita…

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Experts: Sandy derailed LI recovery

Long Island's economy has yet to revive from the knockout punch delivered 90 days ago by superstorm Sandy. Jo…

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2 businesses face difficulties rebuilding

The economic challenges facing Long Island in Sandy's aftermath can be seen in the struggles of two small bus…

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In Long Beach NY, a determination to rebuild after superstorm Sandy

Rita Connolly, like so many others who live in Long Beach, wants to go home. Connolly, 36, fled her first-flo…

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