Daily News (New York, NY) articles from July 2007

Daily News (New York, NY) archives from July 2007

Nonprofit broker helps potential homeowners get affordable mortgages.
July 2, 2007

Saving, first-time homeowners grant helps couple achieve dream.
July 2, 2007

Fidelity launches three investment funds based on computer model.
July 2, 2007

Mortgage nonprofit emerges from battles with exploitive lenders.
July 2, 2007

Entrepreneur hopes line of grooming products for pets takes off.
July 2, 2007

Retirement investment options for New York City workers show improvement.
July 2, 2007

Temp workers like 'a test-drive' for permanent placement by employers.
July 2, 2007

When offering tuition aid, keep gift tax in mind, experts say.
July 2, 2007

Brides-to-be turn to Web to shop for cheaper wedding dresses.
July 2, 2007

Manhattan apartment sales rise; average price up 3.3 percent to $1.33 million.(Financial report)
July 3, 2007

Owner of collapsed Bronx building a VIP developer.
July 3, 2007

Take some credit.
July 9, 2007

Building a biz from scraps.
July 9, 2007

Daily News, New York, Moneyzone column.(Column)
July 9, 2007

Almost the Caribbean.
July 9, 2007

Work, unplugged.
July 9, 2007

China food & drug czar executed after export woes.
July 11, 2007

Upshaw raking in $6.7 million.
July 11, 2007

Their Finest payday.
July 11, 2007

Shelly blocks box on congestion pricing quest.
July 12, 2007

Jump-start for congestion plan.
July 16, 2007... Jul. 16--Mayor Bloomberg kept hope alive for an eleventh-hour deal on congestion pricing last night by dispatching a top aide to Albany for talks with high-level staffers. But despite the last-minute efforts, Assembly Speaker Sheldon...

Giant TVs: Acing the screen test.
July 16, 2007... Byline: Matthew Weinberger Jul. 16--They sit in their own section of the electronics store, their size and flickering images luring you over. The giant screen TVs -- plasma, LCD, projection -- light up the showroom with pulse-pounding...

Home ownership new stage for woman after years in $600 apartment.
July 16, 2007... Byline: Lore Croghan Jul. 16--For 20 years, whenever Claire Higgins was ready for a bath or ready for dinner, she headed to the same room. Her Spring St. apartment in Little Italy was a 400-square-foot, fifth-floor walkup with a...

Lucky digits: 8/8/08 next big wedding date.
July 16, 2007... Byline: Phyllis Furman Jul. 16--May Chan and Eddie Lau feel lucky about 8/8/08. William Bruno and Natalie Augustin got married on 7/7/07. Thinking of getting married on Aug. 8, 2008? Scratch the Tribeca Rooftop, the Lighthouse at...

Keeping it in the family.
July 16, 2007... Byline: Phyllis Furman Jul. 16--For three decades, Moses Harris Sr., a combative minority labor organizer, took on tough real estate moguls like Donald Trump, pressing them on hiring practices. But when it came to building a foundation...

Daily News, New York, Moneyzone column.(Column)
July 16, 2007... Jul. 16--INVESTING POOLS SWELL: Mutual funds are a $10.8 trillion industry with 90 million investors in the U.S. alone, a new study found. According to researchers at California-based Tiburon Strategic Advisors, 641 mutual fund companies...

Bloomy, Legislature maneuver to salvage congest plan.
July 17, 2007... Jul. 17--Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver draws all political eyes at his news conference yesterday on congestion pricing. In a last-ditch effort to save his plan, Mayor Bloomberg met in Albany with Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno and other...

Albany spins wheels but gets nowhere.
July 17, 2007... Byline: Elizabeth Benjamin Jul. 17--ALBANY -- It was a bizarre day at the state Capitol -- even by Albany standards. To start with, Assembly Democrats were discussing Mayor Bloomberg's congestion pricing bill in Manhattan while the...

Rupe closer to Wall St. Journal buy.
July 17, 2007... Byline: Leo Standora Jul. 17--Rupert Murdoch moved a step closer to acquiring The Wall Street Journal yesterday as negotiators reached a tentative agreement for purchase at the media mogul's original offer of $5 billion, news Web sites...

Green light, Mike!
July 20, 2007... Jul. 20--Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno and Gov. Spitzer appear at news conference yesterday to discuss plan to reduce Manhattan traffic congestion. Mayor Bloomberg wrestled a deal from state lawmakers yesterday that lets him charge...

That roaring sound you hear could be a fare hike next year.
July 20, 2007... Byline: Pete Donohue Jul. 20--The MTA will put fare and toll hikes on the table next week in its preliminary 2008 budget but the agency won't cut services next year, sources said yesterday. The preliminary budget envisions raising...

Net tunes: The lowdown on downloads.
July 23, 2007

The electricity is blowin' in the wind.
July 23, 2007

Making right phone call via Net.
July 23, 2007

Daily News, New York, Moneyzone column.(Column)
July 23, 2007

Weekend plans: Starting a small business.
July 23, 2007

Cabbies gearing up for a strike.
July 25, 2007

You may pay $30 at Lincoln Tunnel.
July 25, 2007

Activist wants to bring trolley back to downtown Brooklyn.
July 26, 2007

Housing, mortgage woes plaguing nation begin to take hold in parts of New York.
July 29, 2007

Daily News, New York, Moneyzone column.(Column)
July 30, 2007

D.O.T. to sell foreign coins put in meters.
July 30, 2007

Franchising may be logical step to grow business.
July 30, 2007

Transit may cut underground first-aid jobs to fill budget gap.
July 31, 2007