For all that have been following my posts on breast cancer, and specifically by mother's breast cancer, I thank you for your prayers. As I have mentioned before, my Mom is not in the market for life insurance, but I
Warner Music Group's shares dropped on Monday after an analyst said an industry decline in music sales seems to have accelerated in the first half of 2008.
The European Commission's $1.4 billion antitrust fine imposed in February against Microsoft was both "excessive and disproportionate," the software giant said as it challenged the penalty at the EU's second-highest court, the EU Court of First Instance.
The Federal Reserve will issue new rules next week aimed at protecting future homebuyers from dubious lending practices, its most sweeping response to a housing crisis that has propelled foreclosures to record highs.
Consumers boosted their borrowing in May, mostly reflecting heavy credit card use to finance their purchases. The Federal Reserve reported Tuesday that consumer credit increased at an annual rate of 3.6 percent in May, roughly the same pace as logged
Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation (NSLC) sales were up 5.5 per cent last year, according to financial results released today, July 8, for the fiscal year ending March 31.
The landmark Chase bank building on Montague and Clinton traded hands for $9,700,000, according to public records. The building was finished in 1916 and originally constructed for the Brooklyn Trust Company. Last year, Chase sold it to Brookfield Asset Management;
Starting today, the city is temporarily putting the brakes on alternate-side street parking regs in Gowanus, Boerum Hill, Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill. Far as we know, the lack of alt-side rules in Park Slope (party's over next Monday) for
Views from a Carroll Gardens rooftop. Photo by sadbear.Mortgage Fears Send Global Shares Down [NY Times]Raccoons: An Urban Menace [NY Times]Taxi Drivers Call for $1 Hike [NY Sun]$40M for Bklyn in NYCHA Budget [Eagle]Lighten Up, Brooklyn! [Urbanite]
The CityFacts2008 section of Crain's is full of all sorts of interesting info, like the chart above, which shows how wages stack up borough-by-borough for the five-year period that ended in 2006. Meanwhile, even though wages grew for residents of
It's hard to walk along the Brooklyn Heights promenade without coveting the gardens and views of those townhouses lucky enough to look out over the water. This ground-floor two-bedroom co-op at 164 Columbia Heights may only be one floor but
The Daily News reports that "countless commuters" are using the free Ikea shuttle service instead of city buses, saving $2 and, in some cases, shortening their commutes. "It's like a free car service," says a woman who takes the Ikea
All about the Slope this week. 1. PARK SLOPE $2,855,000590 2nd Street GMAP (left)House originally listed for $3,200,000 late last year and then reduced to $2,995,000 this spring. Two-family, four-story brownstone. Deed recorded 7/02.2. BROOKLYN HEIGHTS $2,792,50069 Joralemon Street GMAP
Is "The Real World" filming in Belltel Lofts the best thing that could have ever happened to the condo? An article in The Real Deal examines the evidence:-"Last week we sold seven apartments," said Prudential Douglas Elliman's Ilan Bracha, who
Today our anonymous embedded columnist delivers the second installment in his (or is it her?) now-monthly report on the state of commercial real estate in Brooklyn...Downtown Brooklyn & DUMBO office leasing is heading south. A veteran Downtown landlord broker privately
The 421-a cut-off has now come and gone and we can safely report that Avalon Myrtle Fort Greene, the 42-story, 650-unit rental development at 159 Myrtle Avenue, made it safely to the other side. Anyone know how the 421-a rule
