Steuben County showed solid results over the past year. We're seeing an upswing in the national economy, and it's being felt locally.

Investors are looking past those challenges and seeing an economy that's still got a good growth rate and are preferring to take a risk with their portfolio than not.

In spite of the layoffs at MT Picture Display, we're seeing some positive things in the Elmira area.

Things will start picking up.

We have seen China's economy growing at 8-9% over the past few years and in particular within the telecom industry there has been rapid developments in technology and innovation enhancements,

There have been signs recently that some of the forces that have been restraining the economy over the past year are starting to diminish and that activity is beginning to firm,