Crain's New York Business

1. A Schumer plan for NY's future.(Senator Charles Schumer)(Brief...
Three times since World War II, economic expansions have taken New York City above 3.6 million jobs. Each time, the city's economy has faltered and ...
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2. Letters to the editor;Bell Atlantic deserves better call: Company offers...
The article on local telephone competition in the New York area ("Phone rivals think local as Bell goes long," Dec. 20) was off the mark ...
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3. Razing Hearst's Berlin wall.(Brief Article)
There is a grand old literary tradition of settling scores in print. Most recently, the bloodletting has occurred -- and enthusiastically so -- at The ...
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4. Burned by Internet bubble.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
The AOL merger with Time Warner has sparked a new round of stock market millionaire envy. In particular, the oft-repeated news that some 2,000 employees ...
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5. Sons of Teheran textile family create The New York Look;Women's...
When Said Arabian needed a name for his new women's clothing store in 1981, he used the "I love New York" tourism tag line for ...
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6. Silver ties electric tax cut to competition plan;Threat puts Pataki's...
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver says he won't back Gov. George Pataki's proposal to eliminate the gross receipts tax unless the governor supports electricity reform legislation ...
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7. Chicks-and-mortar chain postpones IPO ;Ranch 1 needs money for growth but...
Last fall, Ranch 1 Chicken Inc. envisioned opening hundreds of its bright yellow fast-food outlets across the country and abroad. To carry out that ambitious ...
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8. Tax threat energizes Web firms ;Fearing e-commerce levies would choke...
Worried that states and cities will make a strong push this spring to tax Internet commerce, Silicon Alley executives are stepping up efforts to lobby ...
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9. Tower developer tries law firm pitch ;Boston Properties seeks anchor tenant...
Boston Properties Inc. is aggressively courting law firms in its hunt for an anchor tenant for Times Square Tower, its second development project in the ...
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10. Big-name designers in tatters; Hilfiger the latest to stumble; trendy...
Just last month, designer Tommy Hilfiger was anointed king of the American fashion world. Designers, celebrities and fashion industry power brokers crowded into the Metropolitan ...
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