Rochester Business Journal

• Schneiderman sues banks over foreclosure filings
  State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has filed suit against three major banks, including JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. and Bank of America N.A., for alleged deceptive and fraudulent foreclosure filings, his office announced Friday.
• TV-10: Local Super Bowl ads hit record price
  With most experts predicting Sunday’s Super Bowl will set television ratings records, national and local advertisers are shelling out a record amount of money for commercial spots.
• Kodak puts off plans to preferred suppliers
  Eastman Kodak Co. has indefinitely put off plans to create a two-tier system for paying its U.S. trade suppliers in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
• More than half disapprove of Obama's job performance
  The majority of respondents to this week's RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll disapprove of President Barack Obama's overall job performance. His approval rating is down slightly from a year ago.
• Harris Interactive stock surges after Q2 report
  Harris Interactive Inc. reported jump in profit, but a decline in revenues in its fiscal second quarter.
• Construction to begin on Jefferson Avenue project
  The construction phase of the $3.4 million Jefferson Avenue Revitalization project will follow a groundbreaking Saturday at Jefferson and Columbia avenues in Rochester.
• Report: Rochester region has recouped 98 percent of job losses
  The Rochester area has recouped 98 percent of the jobs lost since the 2008 economic turmoil, a percentage more than twice as high as the statewide average and far better than any other metropolitan area of New York, a report released Thursday states.
• Rochester region's bankruptcy filings flat in January
  Rochester-area bankruptcy filings were flat in January, showing a less than 1 percent drop from filings a year earlier.
• Highland Hospital to open new unit
  Highland Hospital plans to open a new unit Feb. 7, hospital officials said Thursday. The East 7 unit is dedicated partly to new neuromedicine services at Highland.
• DSS launches packaging for iPhone accessory
  Document Security Systems Inc. has put its touch on the Apple Inc. iPhone. The company announced Thursday it has designed and manufactured packaging for the iPhone accessory, Dot.

New York State Headlines

• NY: Key Cuomo aide picked to run new ethics panel
• NY: Ethics pick questioned
• NY: Workers' comp cost joins sick list
• NY: Bloomberg -- Use last rainy-day funds in budget plan
• NY: Democrats ask to ease primary ballot access

US/World Headlines

• Some former Komen supporters can't forgive, forget (AP) (2/4/2012 2:58:49 PM)
• Some blacks insist: 'I'm not African-American' (AP) (2/4/2012 2:12:35 PM)
• Tens of thousands rally against Putin's rule (AP) (2/4/2012 1:24:52 PM)
• Russia, China veto UN resolution on Syria (AP) (2/4/2012 1:07:49 PM)
• Shocked? Not! Not many surprises in Super Bowl ads (AP) (2/4/2012 1:06:12 PM)