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  • Park Avenue Bank becomes 28th failure of 2010

    New York City's Park Avenue Bank became the 28th bank failure of 2010 on Friday, according to the...  

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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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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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Dimon's downer

Dimon's downer

Jamie Dimon isn't getting as big of a gift as he had hoped. The CEO of JPMorgan Chase, who turns 54 today, may see his bank reap far less than the $10 billion it stood to gain from its 2008 acquisition of WaMu. As a result of a...  Read Full Story

Latest Business News

  • Sulzberger pinches double the pay

    Sulzberger pinches double the pay

    Top executives at the beleaguered New York Times Company reaped hefty rewards last year, with Chairman Arthur "Pinch" Sulzberger more than doubling his total compensation to $6 million. CEO Janet Robinson got even more, reaping $6.3 million, a...   11:17 AM

  • 'Gate slams on Icahn

    'Gate slams on Icahn

    Carl Icahn running a movie studio -- oh, the horror! That is essentially what Lionsgate, home to torture porn movies like "Saw" as well as Academy Award winners "Precious" and "The Cove," told shareholders yesterday in recommending that they...   4:18 AM

  • A big, fat EU $34B bailout

    European officials inched toward a bailout pact to ease the crisis that has engulfed debt-ridden Greece, at the end of a week that saw unrest in Athens...   4:18 AM

  • Buyers using more cash

    Consumers are shopping more, and for the first time in a decade they're using cash more than credit cards. Retail sales jumped by 0.3 percent in...   4:18 AM

  • Google is ripped by China

    China said Google Inc. would be "unfriendly and irresponsible" if it defies rules to censor online content, escalating a dispute between the government...   4:18 AM

  • Att'y: AIG unprepared

    American International Group was unprepared for the financial crisis that forced the insurer to accept a $182.3 billion bailout from the US government,...   4:18 AM

  • Obama has 3 Fed picks

    San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Janet Yellen is a leading contender to be nominated by President Barack Obama as vice chair of the central...   4:18 AM

  • KKR files to get listing on NYSE

    KKR & Co., the private-equity firm run by Henry Kravis and George Roberts, filed to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange, as it seeks a wider...   4:18 AM

  • Business briefs

    Tim talks Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner pre dicted the US will re bound from the recession faster than other econo mies. Solo Raj...   4:18 AM

  • MGM Mirage, NJ agree on sale of half of Borgata

    ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- MGM Mirage said Friday it will sell its 50 percent interest in Atlantic City's top casino and stop doing business in New Jersey...  

  • 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...   4:18 AM

  • 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....  

  • 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...  

  • 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...  

  • Claims against Lehman

    Misleading financial statements and failure to disclose certain details of Lehman Brothers Holdings’ collapse give rise to colorable claims against the...   4:18 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...   4:18 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...  

  • 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....   4:18 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...  

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    Weekly animals gallery
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    Day In Photos: March 11, 2010
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