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Exhibitors fight Javits teardown

Crain's New York Real Estate

A powerful group of businesses in the trade-show industry has coalesced to fight Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to tear down the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center to ensure they have a voice in the final decision.After nearly six months of intense meetings a... »

Citigroup's bike deal is big bargain

Crain's New York Transportation

Citigroup Inc.'s five-year, $41 million sponsorship of New York City's bike-share program will turn 10,000 bicycles into a fleet of advertisements, giving the bank a virtual monopoly on mobile marketing that has until now been highly restricted. The de... »

Former Model-T plant rolls to market

Crain's New York Transportation

A fully occupied, half million-square-foot office building in Long Island City, Queens, is up for grabs with a hoped-for price of roughly $90 million. The former industrial building, located at 33-00 Northern Blvd., is being marketed by Holliday Fenogl... »

Can Tumblr Turn a Profit?

WSJ.com Small Business

By Angus Loten David Karp has focused on expanding Tumblr Inc.'s network of free bloggers for the past five years.Today, 55 million of them are posting text, photos and videos on the site. Even Beyoncé and Jay-Z turned to Tumblr's blogging platform ear... »

Judge urges city, unions into arbitration in turnaround dispute

GothamSchools

The first court appearance in the union lawsuit to halt hiring decisions at 24 turnaround schools ended with the judge telling the city and unions to resolve their dispute out of court. Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Joan Lobis urged the city and teache... »

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Ted Allen on His New Book, Crushing Chefs’ Dreams, and Chopped’s Lost Chihuahua

Grub Street New York

Poppin' champers across the country. Ted Allen is on a roll: At this month's James Beard Broadcast awards, his show Chopped picked up two medallions, one for Allen's hosting skills, and another for the best studio-based cooking show. So how has Allen b... »

New York Minute

Bronx Banter Blog

  We cut heads. Conversations with barbers over at McSweeney’s. [Photo Credit: Tomas Andres Donoso] »

The Conversations: Michael Haneke

The House Next Door

[Editor's Note: The Conversations is a House feature in which Jason Bellamy and Ed Howard discuss a wide range of cinematic subjects: critical analyses of films, filmmaker overviews, and more. Readers should expect to encounter spoilers.] Ed Howard: It... »

Jamie Dimon Shows Some Love for Volcker Rule

NYTimes.com Dealbook

Jamie Dimon, the chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, who has been critical of the Volcker Rule, took a more measured stance on the regulation at an industry conference on Monday. »

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Silver: There will be ‘some version’ of Justice Center bill

Capitol Confidential

Assembly Democratic Majority Speaker Sheldon Silver earlier this afternoon said there will be “some version,” of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Justice Center bill this, but he suggested it probably won’t happen without some changes including a mechanism for “out... »

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