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  • Wall Street balks at Dodd's financial reform bill

    Senator Chris Dodd’s attempt to push through a financial reform bill is already starting to...  

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  • Time magazine loses No. 2 editor

    A rising star at Time magazine has resigned to pursue outside writing activities. Romesh Ratnesar...  

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  • Bottled water files lawsuit against filtered water

    It's the battle of the bottle. Yesterday, the International Bottled Water Association filed a...  

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  • Tom Hudson’s new fund earns 3 percent in January

    Tom Hudson, a swashbuckling trader known for his biting attacks on companies as founder of the now...  

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  • Wendy’s execs tight-lipped about CKE buy

    Top executives of Wendy’s/Arby’s who spoke this morning at the Bank of America Consumer Conference...  

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Real Estate Blog

  • This week's calendar: March 11 to 17

    Thursday, March 11 Urban Land Institute Panel This panel will address the current status of...  

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  • Brokers on the TV

      Have you ever watched “The Hills” and thought to yourself, “Gee, I really enjoy the inherent...  

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  • Brooklyn Bridge Park to open soon... ish!

    With the city and state nearing an agreement on the status of Brooklyn Bridge Park, we got in...  

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  • The weekly wrap-up, March 5

    This week we learned that… … An inch of Detroit sounds like just about the amount we’d be into...  

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  • Air to ground

    Matthew Daimler, founder of popular travel site Seatguru.com , knows his way around an airplane....  

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Greece fire!

Rioting paralyzed Athens yesterday as tens of thousands of angry workers went on strike and masked protesters set fires, smashed windows and battled club-wielding cops in street clashes over Greece's painful belt-tightening of benefits....  Read Full Story

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Latest Business News

  • Dodd backs Ben

    Dodd backs Ben

    Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd on Monday is expected to hand more power to Federal Reserve boss Ben Bernanke, and press banks to contribute billions to a fund that would pay to wind down fallen institutions, sources told The Post....   10:04 AM

  • EMI hit with legal 'Brick'

    The hits keep coming for record label EMI. A British court yesterday ruled in favor of Pink Floyd, bringing to a close the acid rock band's lawsuit...   10:04 AM

  • Goldman hired for ResCap sale: sources

    Government-controlled finance company GMAC has hired Goldman Sachs to start the process of selling the company's money-losing mortgage unit Residential...   10:04 AM

  • Claims against Lehman

    Misleading financial statements and failure to disclose certain details of Lehman Brothers Holdings’ collapse give rise to colorable claims against the...   9:24 AM

  • Fraudster's guilty plea

    Ezra Levy, a former hedge fund trader and ex-CFO of Boston Provident Partners LP, pleaded guilty to federal charges that he stole about $3 million from...   9:42 AM

  • Deutsche Bank losing staff over salaries

    Talk about sturm und drang! Sources tell The Post that there's unrest over compensation at Germany's Deutsche Bank and that it's creating a talent...   9:46 AM

  • FCC calls shots on Comcast-NBC deal

    If you want to know how the Department of Justice will handle NBC Universal's merger with Comcast, watch the Federal Communications Commission....   9:37 AM

  • Feds mull rule changes

    US regulators will consider changing rules that let broadcasters pull signals from cable companies during contract disputes, Federal Communications...   9:38 AM

  • Business briefs

    Imports fall The trade deficit in the US unexpectedly nar rowed in January as im ports fell for the first time in five months, indi cating demand...   10:59 AM

  • Where's the beef?

    Where's the beef?

    Wendy's is flirting with Carl's Jr. Billionaire fast-food tycoon Nelson Peltz, whose firm controls Wendy's/Arby's Group, is seriously considering making a bid for CKE, the owner of Hardee's and Carl's Jr., a source close to the process said....  

  • Slim's the fattest cat

    Slim's the fattest cat

    Mexico's Carlos Slim is the world's richest man -- the first non-American to hold the top spot in 16 years. Slim, who's also the largest individual shareholder of The New York Times, has amassed a $53.5 billion fortune in telecom,...  

  • Barclays Center looks to poach MSG events

    Barclays Center looks to poach MSG events

    Brooklyn's new Nets arena is hustling to fill seats before it has even broken ground. Enlisting the help of sports and entertainment marketing powerhouse IMG, the $800 million Barclays Center is gearing up for a rivalry with storied Madison...  

  • Fall guy at EMI

    Fall guy at EMI

    Elio Leoni-Sceti's sudden decision to quit as EMI CEO was driven partly by a lack of support for his strategic plan for the label and his not wanting to be the fall guy should that plan fail to deliver, sources told The Post. According to two...  

  • Two 'Material Girls'

    Two 'Material Girls'

    Look out, Ralph and David Lauren -- there's a new parent-child fashion team about to walk the runway. The father-son team behind Polo Ralph Lauren will now be joined by Madonna and her 13-year-old daughter Lourdes, who yesterday announced they...  

  • New York, New Yorker on top

    New York magazine and The New Yorker dominated this year's nominations for the National Magazine Awards with 10 apiece, followed by National Geographic...  

  • US is pulling outta autos

    Uncle Sam may finally be getting out of the car business. The government's former car czar, Steven Rattner, said yesterday that the US Treasury,...  

  • The Donald in casino court row

    Trump Entertainment Resorts, the bankrupt casino company pursued by two sets of competing billionaires, needs a new, court-approved loan to remain open...  

  • Google & China talk

    Google & China talk

    Google Inc., in talks with China after threatening to stop censoring Internet search results there, said the discussions will yield results soon. "We decided not to publicize our dealings with China," CEO Eric Schmidt said yesterday at a media...  

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