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Buffalo Business Report - Thursday, August 30th 2012



The "graying" of Western New York continues. Using figures provided by the 2010 Census, the American City Business Journals demographic blog On Numbers has determined that there are more people in the 50-64 year old range in Erie and Niagara Counties than there are people aged 35-49. In raw numbers, the older population of Erie and Niagara County outnumbers the youngsters by about 11,300 in a population of 919,000.

Upstate New York Transplant Services is interested in opening a new location in the former Sheehan Health System building on Michigan Avenue.

During Labor Day week, the Amherst location of the Giovanna Haircare Salon celebrates 13 years in business.

In earnings news, Tops Holding Company reported a rise of second quarter net income from $300,000 to $9.5 million. North Tonawanda's Taylor Devices reported second quarter net earnings outpaced last year's by $140,000.


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