Heineken Premium Light is now available in a slim can designed to convey elegance, differentiate it from Heineken lager and other beers and make it possible to drink in more places, White Plains-based Heineken USA announced today. Previously Premium Light was available only in a bottle. “Particularly in the summer months, beer drinkers look for [...]

Gilman Ciocia, a provider of tax and financial planning services based in Poughkeepsie, has moved its New City operations from Maple Avenue to the Windsor Building at 20 Squadron Blvd. near the intersection of Route 304. Company officials said the move to a larger, 2,300-square-foot space would accommodate its growing client base in Rockland County [...]

National Home Health Care Corp., the Scarsdale-based home health-care provider that has been the subject of a bidding war, reported today that its shareholders have approved a merger agreement with Angelo Gordon & Co., an investment bank based in Manhattan. NHHC’s shareholders will be entitled to $12.75 per share. The transaction is expected to be [...]

Advanced Viral Research Corp., a biopharmaceutical company based in Yonkers, today announced positive preliminary results from its Phase II dermotological study of a topical drug called AVR118. Early findings show that treatment with AVR118 appears to reduce inflammation and redness associated with surgical incisions and dermabrasion, the company said. The first group of patients underwent [...]

Al Samuels, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Rockland Business Association, has been elected to the Board of Directors of Volumetric Fund Inc. In a written statement, Volumetric CEO Gabriel Gibs said Samuels had shown keen intuition and leadership abilities that led him to believe he’d be a productive member of the Volumetric board. [...]

Eastland and Cape Yachts, which has five locations in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island, has opened a new boat dealership at 622 Rushmore Ave. on the marina in Mamaroneck. The dealership sells Sabre sailing yachts, Beneteau powerboats, Eagle trawlers and Wauquiez and Hallberg-Rassy sailboats. It also sells used yachts and offers trade-ins. Eastland Yachts, the [...]

Presidential Life Corp, an insurance company based in Nyack, reported net income of $21.1 million, or 72 cents a share, for its first quarter compared to $20.4 million, or 69 cents a share, for last year’s first quarter.

An office building to house health-care practices is being constructed at 115 Main St. in downtown Tuckahoe. The three-level, 36,000-square-foot facility with 120 parking spaces is expected to be completed in December, according to the developer, RLMW LLC of Tuckahoe. RLMW is currently in negotiations with several potential tenants, a company representative said. (The computer-generated [...]

GS Capital Partners, a private equity affiliate of Goldman Sachs & Co., has completed its acquisition of USI Holdings Corp., a Briarcliff-based company that provides financial and insurance products and services to businesses nationwide, USI announced today. The purchase price was stated as about $1.4 billion in cash, or $17 a share, when the merger [...]

ITT Corp., a White Plains-based provider of advanced technology products and services, announced today that it has been awarded a U.S. Air Force contract to provide drug surveillance services for the Headquarters Air Combat Command Acquisition Management and Integration Center at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia. The contract involves supporting aerial counter-drug surveillance with [...]

Pepsi-Cola North America is introducing a new ad campaign this week, with a new design for its Diet Pepsi cans and a series of commercials that tout the brand’s “more cola taste� slogan with light-hearted humor. Pepsi-Cola, a unit of Purchase-based PepsiCo, said the campaign is based on the findings of an independent research firm [...]

The owners of The Melting Pot franchises in Connecticut and New Jersey have signed a lease in White Plains for a third restaurant, which they expect to open in September. Will and Carol Layfield of Ridgewood, N.J., have leased more than 6,000 square feet in the Downtown Crossing project at 30 Mamaroneck Ave. between Main [...]

A free workshop offered by the Rockland Economic Development Corp.-Procurement Technical Assistance Center next Thursday will feature presentations by the state Department of Labor and information on immigration law. The Labor Department will talk about labor markets, the economic outlook, prevailing wage, growing business sectors, tax credits and more. A presentation on immigration law will [...]

Debt Resolve Inc., a White Plains-based operator of an online debt settlement and collection system, named David M. Rainey as its chief financial officer and treasurer. Rainey previously served as CFO and treasurer of Hudson Scenic Studio. Before that, he was CFO and vice president of finance at Star Gas Propane LP. Rainey succeeds Katherine [...]

As a promotion, Intelligent Energy will be offering two months of free natural gas to up to residential consumers in New York and New Jersey. The company said its offer is for up to 50,000 natural-gas customers who use Con Edison or its Orange & Rockland Utilities subsidiaries and various other utilities in New York [...]

Albert Helmig has been elected as chairman of the board of Optionable Inc., a Valhalla-based brokerage that sells natural gas and other energy derivatives. Helmig will succeed Mark Nordlicht, who resigned from the board to dedicate his time to his main business enterprises, the company said. Helmig, 55, has been on the board since 2004. [...]

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc., a biotechnology research company based in Eastview, reported a net loss of $29.9 million, or 46 cents a share for the first quarter, compared to a loss of $20.4 million, or 36 cents a share, in last year’s first quarter. Although Regeneron does not have any marketable drugs, this year it plans [...]

Suburban Cylinder Express, which provides home delivery and exchange of propane tanks, recently opened a franchise in Rockland County and Bergen County in New Jersey. The company picks up old tanks and replaces them with new ones. Prices start at $44.95 for a new 20-pound tank and $19.95 for the exchange, not including tax. Suburban [...]

Ronald Hicks will join the Rockland Economic Development Corp. as president and chief executive early next month, the Pearl River-based organization announced today. Hicks, who was one of more than 35 applicants, is a former Hudson Valley regional director for Empire State Development Corp. He is currently director of economic development for the city of [...]

Optionable Inc., a Valhalla-based provider of brokerage services for natural gas and other energy derivatives, yesterday reported a sharp increase in first-quarter profits and revenues from the first quarter of 2006. Net income was $3.1 million, or 6 cents a share, up from $825,000, or two cents a share. Meanwhile, revenues rose from $2.2 million [...]