New York Daily News: Business
- ‘Knight’ showing its might
Monday - 07/30/2012 - 01:11 AM“The Dark Knight Rises” stayed atop the box office for the second straight weekend, making just over $64 million.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The costs of Libor rigging
Tuesday - 07/31/2012 - 12:19 AMThe state may have lost up to $136 million in the scandal involving banks rigging a global interest rate benchmark known as Libor to conceal their troubles, Gov. Cuomo’s budget office estimates.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Gun blasts flies with just a pinch of salt
Tuesday - 07/31/2012 - 02:18 PMForget the fly swatter — a new gun promises to zap pesky bugs with just a pinch of salt.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Computer whiz guilty in online coupon scam
Wednesday - 08/01/2012 - 12:32 PMA coupon counterfeiter clipped last year by the FBI for fraud pleaded guilty Wednesday to a huge online scam that offered shoppers phony deals on Sony PlayStations, Magic Hat beer and Campbell’s Soup.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - NBC will break even on Olympics: Comcast
Wednesday - 08/01/2012 - 03:25 PMNBC executives said on Wednesday that the network may break even on its expensive London Olympics coverage.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Staten Islander winner of $85M Mega Millions jackpot
Thursday - 08/02/2012 - 04:58 PMShe was looking for a bottle of wine -- and now she can afford her own vineyard.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Zipcar shares plunge to all-time low
Friday - 08/03/2012 - 03:59 PMZipcar Inc.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Amtrak basks in gay pride, and dollars
Saturday - 08/04/2012 - 04:22 PMYou oughta think twice, Chick-fil-A: The same week that the fast food chain faced criticism over its president’s opposition to same-sex marriage, Amtrak unveiled a new campaign targeting gay and lesbian customers.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - What job squeeze? Demand for tech whiz kids reaches fever pitch
Monday - 08/06/2012 - 05:00 AMNew York start-ups say they can't compete against big guns like Google and Facebook in talent chase
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Free drugs can help prevent repeat heart attacks
Monday - 11/14/2011 - 02:34 PMDoctors were stunned to find that only about half of patients offered the free post-heart attack medicine actually took the drugs regularly.
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- HSBC sorry for $700M charge over penalties
Monday - 07/30/2012 - 12:13 PMHSBC PLC apologized to shareholders Monday as it disclosed a $700 million charge to cover the cost of U.S.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Mike gives Columbia $15M for genius school
Tuesday - 07/31/2012 - 02:05 AMMAYOR BLOOMBERG doled out another consolation prize in the city’s “genius school” competition Monday, announcing cash for a new Columbia University data and engineering institute.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - iPhone 5 to be unveiled on Sept. 12
Wednesday - 08/01/2012 - 02:27 AMApple fans pining for the next iPhone may not have to wait as long as usual. The iPhone 5 will be unveiled on Sept. 12, according to tech website iMore.com — less than a year after the Oct.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - ‘Awkward!’: Zuckerberg’s sis now works for Google
Wednesday - 08/01/2012 - 01:59 PMMark Zuckerberg's youngest sister, Arielle, now a member of Team Google, and family jokes that more of their relatives now work there than at Facebook.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - VIDEO: 'KFC loves the gays' in new 'Funny or Die’ clip
Thursday - 08/02/2012 - 12:06 PMA hilarious new video from ‘Funny or Die’ show how KFC could have reacted to Chick-fil-A’s anti-gay-marriage stance.
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< - Cinnabon comes to Libya: A franchise first
Friday - 08/03/2012 - 10:32 AMThe country that was once charged with exporting terror is now importing frosting-covered cinnamon rolls, and Libyans are standing in line for a taste of American mall culture.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Boy sells lemonade to help Detroit
Saturday - 08/04/2012 - 12:22 PMJoshua Smith, 9, set up a lemonade stand in front his family's Detroit home with a goal of raising $1,000 to help the cash-strapped Motor City - but he has succeeded well beyond his initial goals.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - What’s behind Downtown Brooklyn's success story
Sunday - 08/05/2012 - 04:00 AMIt's not just the cheap rent that has enabled downtown Brooklyn to weather the economic storm.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Second Mile CEO resigns amid PSU scandal
Monday - 11/14/2011 - 02:33 PMThe chief executive officer of the charity founded by Jerry Sandusky - who has been charged with 40 counts of sexual abuse over a 15-year period - resigned on Sunday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - NBA players to owners: See you in court
Monday - 11/14/2011 - 02:40 PMSee you in court!
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- The kids are alright: New York family businesses move in new directions under latest generation
Monday - 07/30/2012 - 10:11 AMWhile most family firms don't last, some are not only defying the odds, they are growing and changing.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Borrowing from your 401(k) should be explored only after you have exhausted your other options
Tuesday - 07/31/2012 - 05:00 AMLoans from 401(k)s tend to rise 16% during the summer months, according to data from Charles Schwab.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Apple may be on verge of stock split amid talk it will join the Dow
Tuesday - 07/31/2012 - 06:13 PMTime to slice the Apple?
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Chick-fil-A as DMZ: gay rights fighting continues
Wednesday - 08/01/2012 - 02:48 PMFox News talk-show host and former GOP contender Mike Huckabee organized an apparently successful campaign to show support for the beleagured chicken chain, whose president famously claimed to be 'guilty as charged' when it comes to his company's anti-gay-marriage position.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Reid vs. Romney: Tactless or taxless?
Thursday - 08/02/2012 - 10:40 AMUnwilling to name his sources, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is still insisting it's up to candidate Mitt Romney to prove that he didn't go 10 years without paying taxes.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Report shows 163,000 new jobs but increase in unemployment
Friday - 08/03/2012 - 12:52 PMWith three months to Election Day, the latest jobs report gave both presidential campaigns something to use to stake their claim to the White House.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Generation Y’s thinking early about retirement: Fidelity report
Friday - 08/03/2012 - 04:34 PMEmployees in their 20s and early 30s are opting for Roth 401(k)s and target date funds.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - New York could pass L.A. as busiest U.S. port: study
Sunday - 08/05/2012 - 06:16 PMNew York’s shipping industry is growing so fast it could overtake Los Angeles as the busiest port in the country.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - No added cops on subway despite crime spike on trains
Monday - 11/14/2011 - 02:20 PMPolice brass said Monday they won’t be adding putting more officers in the subway despite an increase in underground crime.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Steven Spielberg and John Williams hold 'AFI Master Class'
Monday - 11/14/2011 - 03:07 PMYou won’t necessarily learn how to create a master blend of movies and music from listening to Steven Spielberg and John Williams talk about how they’ve done it with films like “E.T.,” “Indiana Jones” and “Jaws.”
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