Crain's New York Business articles from March 2005

Crain's New York Business archives from March 2005

Random House sells out for best sellers; Literary imprint adds commercial titles to list; boosting bottom line.(News)
March 7, 2005... Byline: matthew flamm For a house that made its name publishing James Joyce and, more recently, E.L. Doctorow and Norman Mailer, Random House has had an unusual last year. Its two best-known, best-selling authors in 2004 were Donald Trump...

Major merger roils retail.(News)(merger of Federated Department Stores Inc. and May Department Stores Co.)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2005... Byline: elisabeth butler News of the proposed marriage between Federated Department Stores Inc. and The May Department Stores Co. sent shock waves through the New York retail community and raised a slew of questions for the companies'...

Pickup in building activity brings industry shake-ups; Turner executives exit; foreign-owned construction firms pull out of NY area.(Special Report: Meetings & Conventions)(Hunter Roberts Construction Co)
March 7, 2005... Byline: christine haughney It was an uprising that took place overnight. In an abrupt February coup, a dozen executives from Turner Construction Co. who oversaw the building of mammoth towers, such as the Bear Stearns headquarters at 383...

Growing dot-coms choose to sell; Firms seek larger partners as expectations for IPOs plummet.(News)(Initial public offerings)
March 7, 2005... Byline: anita jain Robert Petty has spent the last four years meticulously building his Internet broadcasting company, Roo Group Inc., by partnering with Reuters and ABC News, among others, and acquiring three other dot-coms. Money is...

Corrections.(Correction Notice)
March 7, 2005... The editor of PR News is Matthew Schwartz. His name was incorrect in a Feb. 28 "At Deadline'' item. New York-Presbyterian/Columbia's proposed heart hospital calls for five floors above ground and two floors below. The breakdown was...

Getting a much-needed lift on the ski slopes of Vermont.(Viewpoint)(Column)
March 7, 2005... Byline: James Brady This was school break, last week of February, and New York emptied out, some going south to get away from winter, the rest of us heading north to embrace it. While we were gone, the Pope got sick, Hunter Thompson...

Government Alert: Ratner considers more housing for Atlantic Yards; Would reduce office space, but not affordable units; primary strategizing.(Briefs)
March 7, 2005... Forest city ratner says it is contemplating increasing the number of housing units at its proposed Atlantic Yards development to 5,800 from 4,500. The company will keep its commitment to make 50% of the units affordable, and of that, 10% would...

New hedge fund aims for better returns; Upside: cheaper, more transparent than other products.(News)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2005... Byline: From Investment News, a Crain publication A new kind of mutual fund is on the horizon, one that invests in separately managed accounts and shoots for absolute returns. Next month, Manhattan-based Absolute Investment Advisers...

Seat prices perking up at NYSE; Buyers bank on IPO, ownership options.(News)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2005... Byline: bruce kelly The price of a seat on the New York Stock Exchange hit and held high ground last week, rebounding sharply over lows set in January. An NYSE seat sold for $1.5 million on Tuesday, and another sold two days later for...

Bloomberg and his rivals.(Viewpoint)(Michael Bloomberg)
March 7, 2005... No issue dominates newspapers or public discussion as much as whether New York should build a new stadium on the far West Side and whether it should compete to host the 2012 Olympics. But the omnipresent debate doesn't mean that voters will...

Shorter acts get more attention; Can cost less than big-name options.(Special Report: Meetings & Conventions)(Satellite Asset Management)
March 7, 2005... Byline: juliette fairley Each year, at Satellite Asset Management's parties, as soon as attendees finished their dinners, they headed for the exit door-even though a live band rocked on. So for the past two years, the Manhattan hedge...

Putting a new face on an old bag.(News)
March 7, 2005... Byline: elisabeth butler Tumi adds colors, styles to liven staid image; still way behind Coach For the past 30 years, Tumi, which sells quality luggage and accessories, has been quietly catering to staid executives. But now, the...

MoMA savors Danny Meyer's art; Museum restaurant wins top rating with modern cuisine, effortless elegance.(Dining/Restaurant Review)(Museum of Modern Art)
March 7, 2005... Byline: bob lape Perhaps it should, since Danny Meyer's Union Square Hospitality Group invested $10 million. But The Modern artfully embodies and ennobles the Museum of Modern Art's great leap forward. It showcases culinary excellence...

Nixed by unionized council.(Viewpoint)(Column)
March 7, 2005... Byline: Alair Townsend The under-stored people of the Bronx just lost a BJ's Wholesale Club because the chain is nonunion. The developer withdrew the land-use application when it was clear that there were not more than two votes to approve...

Mayor won't make no-tax-hike pledge.(Briefs)
March 7, 2005... Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he will not rule out raising taxes again if elected to a second term in November. In his first campaign for mayor, Mr. Bloomberg pledged not to raise taxes, but he reversed himself in 2002 with tax hikes that...

Jets, others eye bids for MSG and teams; Cablevision board meets today.(News)
March 7, 2005... Byline: anne michaud and aaron elstein With the sale of Cablevision Systems Corp. increasingly likely, wealthy New Yorkers, including New York Jets owner Woody Johnson, are considering bids for the company's sports assets-Madison Square...

B'way scene stealers; `Spamalot' crowns rapid rise of novice producers.(News)
March 7, 2005... Byline: miriam kreinin souccar Long lines of groupies dressed in peasant smocks and helmets have been crowding around the Shubert Theatre where the show is in previews. A nearby sidewalk concession stand is already selling out of "I'm Not...

Cafes seek fortune in clients' tea leaves; Beverage's popularity spurs NY teahouses; must offer more than a cuppa to profit.(News)
March 7, 2005... Byline: lisa fickenscher Nestled in a residential neighborhood on East 118th Street, Harlem Tea Room has the distinction of being the only business of its kind in the area. But the four-month-old cafe is hardly an anomaly in the city....

Hearst to launch weekly; Women's service title `Quick & Simple' debuts in summer.(News)
March 7, 2005... Byline: jon fine Hearst Magazines will take a major financial gamble this summer with the launch of its first U.S. weekly, a low-cost women's service title dubbed Quick & Simple. Because of its frequency, Quick & Simple will rank as...

Breaking news from Crain's Web site; newyorkbusiness.com.(Special Report: Meetings & Conventions)
March 7, 2005... Stay on top of breaking news with free e-mail news alerts from NewYorkBusiness.com, the Web site for Crain's New York Business. NewYorkBusiness.com offers a daily e-mail summary of top news stories, including exclusive reports by the staff...

The Weeks Ahead.(Calendar/Datebook)(Calendar)
March 7, 2005... Byline: adrianne pasquarelli this week's events March 9. SoundBoard holds dinner on talking business with Norm Brodsky. 6:00 p.m. to 9:15 p.m., Chrysler Building, 405 Lexington Ave., third floor. Fee: free for members, $45 nonmembers....

Host businesses sought; exploring careers.(News)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2005... The greater new york councils exploring program is seeking businesses to host educational sessions offering high school students the opportunity to explore various industries and make better decisions about possible career choices. The...

Meetings & Conventions.(Special Report: Meetings & Conventions)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2005... The show's the thing. With industries continuing to consolidate and competition hitting a new level of intensity, cutting-edge strategies are taking center stage at meetings and conventions. This special section looks at the latest innovations...

New Executive: A fair and balanced guy; News Corp. group general counsel says being a Democrat hasn't hurt him.(Profiles)
March 7, 2005... Byline: matthew flamm Lawrence jacobs did not get where he is by agreeing with his boss. The new group general counsel for News Corp. parts ways with Chairman Rupert Murdoch and the company's famously conservative media operations like Fox...

Facts and figures on top meeting cities; From gambling to Southern charm.(Special Report: Meetings & Conventions)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2005... LAS VEGAS Business travelers tend to stay slightly longer than they do in most other cities, preferring to stick around and turn their work into a vacation. The site of the most conventions for the last few years, Las Vegas remains No. 1....

Competition ups ante for trade show exhibits; High-tech booths can cost $2 million.(Special Report: Meetings & Conventions)
March 7, 2005... Byline: claire wilson Last December, at MINExpo, a mining industry show in Las Vegas, visitors to the Caterpillar booth were sure they were in for a downpour. Although no water drops fell, they heard violent thunder and witnessed bolts of...

Drums, a squid and solidarity; Team-building events resemble playtime.(Special Report: Meetings & Conventions)
March 7, 2005... Byline: claudia gryvatz copquin At a senior leadership meeting last June, Chase Automotive Finance, a Garden City, L.I.-based division of J.P. Morgan Chase, wanted to make sure that all attendees walked to the beat of the same...

Execs turn to charters to avoid airline hassles; Cost is offset by convenience; part- ownership, debit plans available.(Special Report: Meetings & Conventions)
March 7, 2005... Byline: claire wilson Pat Schaumann is a big proponent of charter flights. Since 2003, Ms. Schaumann, the president of St. Louis-based MAC Meetings and Events, has relied on a chartered plane to transport a client's staff and a handful of...

Big Brother comes to exhibit floor; High-tech IDs track attendees, giving organizers ready data; tags drop in price but take toll on privacy.(Special Report: Meetings & Conventions)
March 7, 2005... Byline: jeremy quittner At the National Retail Federation's annual convention in January, Big Brother was keeping tabs on nearly half of the 15,000 attendees in a way. Thanks to high-tech identification tags, the organizers of the New York...

Venues try vanity fare: fine dining, casual Puck; Meeting halls use food as selling point; prices unpalatable?(Special Report: Meetings & Conventions)
March 7, 2005... Byline: louise kramer At a recent gathering of exhibit managers at the Tuscan Culinary Room in San Antonio, the hosts offered fine wine, unusual beers and designer-brand waters. The hors d'oeuvres included hard-to-find cheeses, olives and...

German airline checks in with discount fare plan; LTU's Dusseldorf service may spark wider price cuts; in Laker's footsteps.(News)(Lufttransport-Sued AG)
March 7, 2005... Byline: tommy fernandez On May 2, a little-known German airline will offer something that has not been seen in the trans-Atlantic market in years: cheap fares in peak travel months. In a move that could mark the beginning of a bold new...

At Deadline.(Late News)
March 7, 2005... Cipriani takes stake in former Regent hotel restaurateur giuseppe Cipriani has quietly assumed a 50% stake in 55 Wall St., along with developer Steve Witkoff. The partners are closing the deal in the next several weeks. They paid $60...

Wal-Mart: anatomy of a takedown; How activists kept controversial big-box store from entering Rego Park-for now.(In The Boroughs)
March 7, 2005... Byline: tommy fernandez In december, lobbyist richard Lipsky read the newspaper headlines about Wal-Mart's plans to enter Queens and exclaimed, "We're ready for this fight!'' In this case, "we'' included community activists, labor...

Small Business - Software makers learn to think small; Packages of programs integrate accounting, e-mail sharing, other tasks; range of prices.(Small Business)
March 7, 2005... Byline: jeremy quittner After years of adding employees and sales accounts, Brooklyn Brewery was going great guns, but its computer networking system and software had been stretched to the breaking point. "We wanted to add extra...

Nasdaq's future rides on Instinet bid; Rivals are stronger contenders; trouble if Archipelago wins the prize.(News)(Column)
March 7, 2005... Byline: aaron elstein With little fanfare last month, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. entered a sealed bid to acquire one of its biggest rivals, Instinet. Victory would give Nasdaq a commanding 50% share of the vast volume of electronic stock...

New York, New York.(Briefs)(3Sixty Hospitality)
March 7, 2005... Byline: edited by valerie block Canine shrine on NY track In a city where people love dogs so much that they have been known to buy entire apartments for them, one would think there'd be a museum dedicated to the species. One may be...

Executive Moves.(Profiles)
March 7, 2005... Byline: adrianne pasquarelli accounting & consulting Bain & Co.: Steve Ellis, 42, was promoted to worldwide managing director, based in the New York office of the Boston-headquartered business consulting firm. He had been a partner....

Available on databases; CRAIN'S STORIES.(News)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2005... Crain's is available on several electronic data-bases for readers wishing to locate published stories. Full text can be found on Nexis and Dialog. Dow Jones also carries full text on Dow Jones Interactive, Newsbank CD-ROM products and Profound....

Then & Now: How Many Lawyers Does It Take? Crain's weekly look back at the past two decades is a prelude to the paper's 20th anniversary, culminating in a special issue on June 6.(Briefs)(Brief Article)
March 7, 2005... the growth in the legal business is apparent in this week's chart. Altogether, the top 10 law firms on the current roster have more than double the number of lawyers in the New York area compared with the firms in the 1985 rankings-and those...

Cantor Fitzgerald back to expansion; Bond trader eyes offices on Park Ave.; Fifth Ave. site for new discount store.(Real Estate)
March 7, 2005... Cantor fitzgerald, the bond-trading firm that lost more employees in the World Trade Center attack than any other company, is negotiating a deal to rent more space for its now expanding workforce. Cantor executives are in talks to take the...

The Best of Bob Lape.(Dining/Restaurant Review)(The Riverdale Garden)(Riverview)(Lure Fishbar)(Restaurant Review)
March 7, 2005... The following are the top-rated restaurants reviewed by Bob Lape in the past four months. The Riverdale Garden (3 STARS) 4576 Manhattan College Parkway (corner of West 242nd Street, near Broadway), Riverdale, the Bronx. (718) 884-5232....

How four companies reignited growth; These flexible entrepreneurs reinvented themselves to expand, but they had to approach change methodically. The greater the departure, the more study it required.(small business)
March 14, 2005... Byline: Judith Messina With her jewelry selling briskly at high-end stores such as Barneys and Takashimaya and her small company's revenues rising, Wendy Mink considered her business a success. That's when a customer came to her with a...

Growing presence.(Special Report: Small Business)(Brief Article)
March 14, 2005... Mexicans are one of the fastest growing groups in the city. Many Mexican immigrants have settled in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, where 45% of the population is Hispanic. "As long as there is an open-door policy on immigration, Mexicans will...

Connecting the dots.(News)
March 14, 2005... David Jackson's blog is most useful in explaining how events at one company can benefit another. For example, after Google started a movie-search service last month, Mr. Jackson observed that a small publicly traded company called Hollywood...

At Deadline.(news)
March 14, 2005... Starck and Knable form hotel brand hotel designer philippe starck and former Wall Street Regent hotelier Christopher Knable have teamed up to form a luxury hotel brand called Starck Hotels & Resorts. Mr. Starck, who designed the Paramount,...

Hotel add-on confirms marquee status; Marriott expansion boosts biz center.(In the Boroughs)
March 14, 2005... Byline: anita jain Brooklyn's largest hotel, the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge, will get even bigger with a $77 million, 24-story addition adjacent to the current property. The move indicates that the borough is not only...

Crain's top lists available; book of lists.(News)(Brief Article)
March 14, 2005... C rain's book of Lists is the premier marketing tool for any company doing business in New York. Digital formats of Crain's popular year-end issue are available that include software for sorting, editing and exporting data. Crain's New...

Nursing home sector pushed to downsize; NY task force dogs frail facilities to cut Medicaid costs; big need for beds looms.(News)
March 14, 2005... Byline: gale scott New York's nursing home industry is under unprecedented financial and political pressure to downsize. A task force convened by Gov. George Pataki has targeted nursing homes as well as hospitals for either...

Insiders see Fields-Ferrer runoff.(Virginia Fields, Fernando Ferrer )(Brief Article)
March 14, 2005... Byline: ANNE MICHAUD Pundits don't give c. Virginia Fields much of a chance to win the mayoral race. But three political consultants not connected with her campaign say that she has a good shot at finishing second behind Fernando Ferrer in...

Building network of reps; National Financial extends its reach by recruiting, acquiring.(News)(Brief Article)
March 14, 2005... Byline: From Investment News, a Crain publication Manhattan-based National Financial Partners Corp. is continuing to build its network of independent broker-dealers and financial planning groups. Last year, it made 18 acquisitions of...

Channel One becomes the loneliest number; Advertisers ignore it, and critics want it out of schools.
March 14, 2005... Byline: claire atkinson Its equipment is badly in need of an upgrade, advertisers are fleeing, critics are declaring that they want to put it out of business, and its top executive, one of the founders, is leaving. Channel One, once...

Stock Watch: McGraw-Hill trips on acquisitions; New regulations also threaten to damp earnings.(Stocks)
March 14, 2005... Byline: tom fredrickson It was a textbook example of how quickly and brutally things can go wrong for a high-flying stock. Last week, not one but two news events on the same day battered media and financial services conglomerate...

When fashion collections inspired genteel mayhem.
March 14, 2005... Byline: James Brady The Paris fashion collections once were so genteel, even the editor of Vogue was safe. Every January and July, the fashion editors and favored clients, rich women, film actresses, people like Babe Paley and the...

Small business resources; NEWYORKBUSINESS.com.(Brief Article)
March 14, 2005... newyorkbusiness.com, the web site for crain's, features free resources to help entrepreneurs start or grow businesses. Click on "Small Business'' to view a list of local events for small business people, links to membership groups and more....

Close encounters of the cubicle kind; The noisy and smelly grate big-time in doorless world; stress levels rising.
March 14, 2005... Byline: samantha marshall Damon gonzalez is suffering from olfactory overload. One female co-worker sprays on enough perfume to make him sneeze. There are so many fragrances available for sampling at the major fashion publication where he...

Growth Tales; Key strategies used by firms less than four years old.
March 14, 2005... Byline: Tina Traster Niche player spins old-style records Where most people saw only a dinosaur graveyard, Thomas Bernich saw something entirely different-opportunity. He calculated that so many makers of vinyl records had gone bust...

B'klyn's Mexican bakers can't exist on bread alone; Forced to carve niches in a crowded field.( )
March 14, 2005... Byline: kerry murtha Francisco Lopez Jr. remembers when people would line up outside his family's Brooklyn bakery to buy his mother's freshly made tamales. Back then, the Paco Lopez Panaderia was one of the only authentic Mexican bakeries...

The Weeks Ahead.( )(Calendar)
March 14, 2005... Byline: adrianne pasquarelli This week's events March 15. Workshop in Business Opportunities, LDC of East New York, Baruch College and Women in the Black hold technology program and networking reception. 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., 55...

Security firms are now the crisis; Profits hard to come by in a glut of players; landlord obsession fades.(News)
March 14, 2005... Byline: tom fredrickson Profit margins at private firms that guard New York City's buildings are being crushed. After spiking post-Sept. 11, 2001, the New York security business has become brutally competitive as newly merged behemoths...

Defective care, effective news.( )
March 14, 2005... Byline: Greg David Newspapers are supposed to "report'' the news, not "create'' it, said a letter from the two most powerful men in health care in the state, which was published last week in Crain's. The cause of their outrage was the Feb....

Former analysts put stock in blogs; See opportunity to rebuild reputations after market bust; new riches hard to find.
March 14, 2005... Byline: aaron elstein A few choice words from David Jackson could send stocks soaring when he was a Morgan Stanley telecommunications analyst at the peak of the technology mania. But when the market nose-dived in 2002, Mr. Jackson was one...

New York, New York.(Briefs)
March 14, 2005... Byline: edited by Valerie Block Downtown's next stage Lower Manhattan is about to get its first new dose of post-Sept. 11 culture. Dance Space Center says it will start construction on its new home next door to City Hall next month....

European-style sausages up garmento's sleeves; Ronnie Mandler sizzles Union Square with gourmet links.(Dining/Restaurant Review)
March 14, 2005... Byline: bob lape Many more new yorkers are lining up for Ronnie Mandler's sausages than any fare of New York's top-rated restaurants. The Israeli-born garment industry executive-"We have factories in Israel and Jordan, manufacturing for...

Corrections.(Correction Notice)
March 14, 2005... Gregg Oehler's title at AmericanStyle magazine is national sales director. He was misidentified in the Feb. 14 "Telling Tales'' column. Citibank made the loan to Gilsanz Murray Steficek that was cited in the Feb. 14 list of the largest...

Financial firm reinvests in its home; TD Securities renews on W. 52nd; apparel store signs for Brooklyn mall.( )
March 14, 2005... For the past 18 years, td Securities Inc. has called the former E.F. Hutton building at 31 W. 52nd St. home. But when the firm's parent, Toronto Dominion Bank, decided to call all divisions save the securities group back to Canada, TD began...

Martha needs a publisher to spruce up her magazines; Must bring back advertisers under intense scrutiny.(Workplace)
March 14, 2005... Byline: miriam kreinin souccar The obsessive interest surrounding Martha Stewart since her release from prison earlier this month is helping to make an opening at her company one of the hottest media jobs around. Martha Stewart Living...

City's financial aid adding 51 jobs; IDA financing helps nonprofits and firms renovate, expand.( )
March 14, 2005... The city's Industrial Development Agency approved financing assistance to help four nonprofits and three industrial companies. Mercy College was authorized to receive $15 million in civic facility bonds to help renovate about 125,000 square...

A constitutional convention.
March 14, 2005... In the early 1990s, Mario Cuomo campaigned across the state calling for to bypass the Legislature and the special interests to fix the mess in Albany. He was strongly supported by business groups and most of the media, and resolutely opposed by...

Government Alert: Reforms agitate insurance agents; Legislation to raise standards draws lobbyists' attention; lt. governor lineup.
March 14, 2005... A package of reforms that would hold insurance agents and brokers to higher standards is making the industry nervous. More lobbyists than reporters attended a recent press conference in which Assemblyman Ryan Karben, D-Rockland, outlined...

Execs ignore 3 Democratic mayoral bids; No money for Fields, Ferrer or Weiner; Mike's their man, Miller is the speaker.
March 14, 2005... Byline: anne michaud Business interests are studiously avoiding Democratic mayoral candidates Fernando Ferrer, C. Virginia Fields and Anthony Weiner with what the contenders prize the most-campaign contributions. Research of city...

Costly bookstore moves aren't for the spineless; Shifting locales can rack up expenses, alienate patrons; preparation pays off.
March 14, 2005... Byline: steve garmhausen Space was so tight at the old Diamond District home of Gotham Book Mart that owner Andreas Brown describes running a business there as akin to being a size 16 foot in a size 8 shoe. No wonder he was ecstatic when a...

Reprints of Crain stories; reprint, post published articles.(News)
March 14, 2005... Crain's new york business offers reprints of the articles it publishes. To obtain an estimate of the price and the turnaround time for a reprint, please contact Lori Noffz at Reprint Management Services, (717) 399-1900, ext. 104, or...

Five keys to recruiting the right business coach; The relationship is the key thing but decision is highly subjective.(Special Report: Small Business)
March 14, 2005... Byline: tina traster Stephen krug, chief operating officer at Second Curve Capital, a Manhattan-based hedge fund, is a pro at making tough financial decisions. But firing employees used to make him weak in the knees. "It always felt...

Ark's smoother sailing; Paring duds, putting chips on Vegas raises dough.(News)
March 14, 2005... Byline: lisa fickenscher Three years ago, Ark Restaurants Corp. came within one signature of being snapped up by an airport food service provider. Then Sept. 11 happened; the deal fell apart, and Ark's business hit the skids. Instead...

Channel 7 scores a clean sweep; Overtakes longtime leader Ch. 4 in ratings.(News)(WNBC)(WABC)
March 14, 2005... Byline: matthew flamm Channel 7 has a new catchphrase. The ABC station is now "No. 1 in New York.'' The perennial No. 2 to WNBC for nearly a decade has finally pulled firmly ahead of its archrival and is on its way to lengthening a...

Executive Moves.(appointments)
March 14, 2005... Byline: adrianne pasquarelli accounting & consulting Alvarez & Marsal: Philip Kruse, 44, joined as managing director in the dispute analysis and forensics group. He had been a partner at Deloitte & Touche. architecture & design...

New Executive: Bank's savior vaults to top; Abacus CEO needs to regain Chinatown's trust and its business.(Abacus Federal Savings Bank's Jill Sung)(Biography)
March 14, 2005... Byline: tom fredrickson In 2003, a massive fraud scheme perpetrated by several employees nearly killed Abacus Federal Savings Bank, as thousands of depositors lined up at Chinatown branches and demanded their money. Then-Executive Vice...

Comptrollers tackle fiscal issues at forum.(News)(Calendar)
March 14, 2005... Upcoming crain's new york business breakfast Forums will examine the difficult financial issues facing the city and the state, take a look at the plans of the new executive director of the Port Authority, and present a debate among the...

Then & Now: Taking the Temperature of Health Care; Crain's weekly look back at the past two decades is a prelude to the paper's 20th anniversary, culminating in a special issue on June 6.(Brief Article)
March 14, 2005... medicine and its related services are playing an ever increasing role in the city's economy and in the financial lives of its residents. Health care employment in the city has climbed unabatedly for the past 20 years, even during recessionary...

Tips for Cubicle Courtesy.(employee behavior)(Brief Article)
March 14, 2005... Peggy Post, Emily Post's great-granddaughter-in-law, is spokesperson for the Emily Post Institute and co-author of The Etiquette Advantage in Business. She offers these pointers on a few problem areas. Smelly takeout Try to eat in a...

Bond e-trader faces slide from hero to has-been; Rivals raid, investors snub MarketAxess; sponsoring banks turn on offspring.(finance)
March 21, 2005... Byline: Aaron Elstein Marketaxess holdings Inc. roared out of the blocks when it went public last November. Its stock leaped ahead 60% on its first day of trading; within a week, it had more than doubled from its offering price of $11 a...

City Museum exhibits new life; Attempts to fill Historical Society's local void.
March 21, 2005... Byline: miriam kreinin souccar A major new exhibition called "New York Comes Back: Edward I. Koch as Mayor'' will open at the Museum of the City of New York in the fall. It focuses on the city's resurgence after the years that it was...

Available on databases.(News)(Brief Article)
March 21, 2005... Crain's is available on several electronic data-bases for readers wishing to locate published stories. Full text can be found on Nexis and Dialog. Dow Jones also carries full text on Dow Jones Interactive, Newsbank CD-ROM products and Profound....

Correction.(Corrections)(Correction Notice)
March 21, 2005... The New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge has the fourth-largest hotel ballroom in the city and is the largest hotel below 42nd Street in Manhattan. The rankings were misstated in a March 14 story.