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Macklowes Sell G.M. Building For $2.9 Billion
Posted: May 24th, 2008, 10:49pm EDT by By CHARLES V. BAGLI
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A group led by Mortimer B. Zuckerman is buying the Fifth Avenue building and three other Midtown towers from the Macklowe family for $3.95 billion.
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Fair Game: Gauging the Big Bets of a Hot Hand
Posted: May 24th, 2008, 10:48pm EDT by By GRETCHEN MORGENSON
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Fairfax Financial Holdings, a Canadian insurance company, owes its performance less to its core operations and more to its derivative gains. But some of its positions raise questions for the future.
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Toughest Summer Job Is Finding One
Posted: May 24th, 2008, 9:30pm EDT by By PETER S. GOODMAN
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The job market of 2008 is shaping up as the weakest in more than 50 years for teenagers seeking summer work.
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Novelties: The Magnifying Glass Gets an Electronic Twist
Posted: May 24th, 2008, 5:47pm EDT by By ANNE EISENBERG
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For people who lose part of their sight to diseases, several portable video devices that enlarge print may help them make the most of their remaining vision.
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Economic View: The Invisible Hand Is Shaking
Posted: May 24th, 2008, 3:04pm EDT by By ROBERT H. FRANK
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Adam Smith’s understanding that the invisible hand is often benign but not always has important implications from economic policy to the recent debate about gasoline taxes in particular.
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Suits: A C.E.O. Hits ‘Reply,’ and Now It’s Regret
Posted: May 24th, 2008, 3:02pm EDT
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A tale of how the chief executive of Countrywide Financial mishandled an e-mail message from a customer, and other items.
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Scene Stealer: Indie Films, Coming to a Small Screen Near You
Posted: May 24th, 2008, 3:02pm EDT by By BROOKS BARNES
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A new business aims to act as a sales agent for independent filmmakers not picked up by Hollywood — with an eye to distribute content on the web or on other on-demand services.
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Ventures: At Least a Start on Housing’s Revival
Posted: May 24th, 2008, 3:02pm EDT by By VIVIAN MARINO
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Apparently believing that the worst of the housing crisis is behind them, some investors have been picking up stocks in this beleaguered sector, pushing up share prices.
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Shifting Careers: Diversity at the Office: Policy vs. Reality
Posted: May 24th, 2008, 3:01pm EDT by By MARCI ALBOHER
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A discussion about how employers can create and sustain diversity in the workplace.
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Prototype: Cloud Computing: So You Don’t Have to Stand Still
Posted: May 24th, 2008, 3:01pm EDT by By MICHAEL FITZGERALD
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The term ‘cloud computing’ means outsourcing computing resources — processing, storage, messaging, databases and so on — and paying only for what you use.
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Wall Street Exodus: Fear, Panic and Anger
Posted: May 24th, 2008, 3:01pm EDT by By SARAH KERSHAW
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Investment bankers, recruiters and psychologists say the current economic downturn, the cascade of layoffs and grim financial news have exacted an especially daunting psychic price.
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Under New Management: For the Chief, a Little Skepticism Can Go a Long Way
Posted: May 24th, 2008, 3:00pm EDT by By KELLEY HOLLAND
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Managers and corporate leaders sometimes lack the essential skill of skepticism because, among other reasons, they do not get the information they need.
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Market Maker: Energy Speculators Draw the Heat
Posted: May 24th, 2008, 3:00pm EDT by By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ
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Members of Congress have joined the antispeculation bandwagon blaming speculators for high oil prices and have proposed legislation to curb energy trading.
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Fundamentally: When the ‘I’ Word Replaces the ‘R’ Word
Posted: May 24th, 2008, 2:58pm EDT by By PAUL J. LIM
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As the most dire recession fears have started to abate, the bond market is beginning to fret about an equally dangerous development for its future: the growing threat of inflation.
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Global Dreams for a Wireless Web
Posted: May 24th, 2008, 2:54pm EDT by By JOHN MARKOFF
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An entrepreneur is trying to cover the Earth with Web access, one hotspot at a time. But his big idea is encountering equally big obstacles
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Everybody’s Business: Running Out of Fuel, but Not Out of Ideas
Posted: May 24th, 2008, 2:44pm EDT by By BEN STEIN
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As I watch the drama about gasoline and oil prices play out on the streets and in the news media, some images and memories come to mind.
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Finding Potential for Debt in Distress
Posted: May 24th, 2008, 2:44pm EDT by By NORM ALSTER
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Money managers have traditionally made profits buying distressed debt on the cheap, but individual investors can get into the game directly as well.
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Databank: Dow Falls 507 Points as Oil Prices Soar
Posted: May 24th, 2008, 2:43pm EDT by By JEFF SOMMER
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Rising energy costs and further declines in the troubled housing market led to steep losses in stocks last week.
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The Count: Foreign Tourists, on the Road to Another Record
Posted: May 24th, 2008, 2:43pm EDT by By PHYLLIS KORKKI
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As dollar-poor Americans cut back on their travel abroad, foreign tourists have been visiting the U.S. in higher numbers than ever.
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At the Top of His Game
Posted: May 24th, 2008, 2:42pm EDT by By ANSHUL SAMAR; as told to PATRICIA OLSEN
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Mr. Samar is a 14-years-old entrepreneur who is marketing a card game that he says appeals to both children and their parents.
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Letters
Posted: May 24th, 2008, 2:42pm EDT
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The Problem.
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(Famous Name) Slept Here
Posted: May 24th, 2008, 9:33am EDT by By VIVIAN S. TOY
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Often, for no extra money, buyers get to brag about their home’s provenance, and show off inside info — where Sinatra sang, where Bowie hid out.
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$50 Billion Telecom Deal Falls Apart
Posted: May 24th, 2008, 4:05am EDT by By HEATHER TIMMONS
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The world’s largest corporate deal in an emerging market, a tie-up worth nearly $50 billion between two telecommunication companies, came to a screeching halt.
