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Hank Greenberg Gives Testimony In Accounting Lawsuit (update3) - Bloomberg
sept. 11 (bloomberg) -- maurice ``hank'' greenberg , american international group inc. 's former chief executive officer, spent the day in a manhattan courthouse giving testimony in a new york lawsuit over an alleged multibillion dollar fraud at the ...
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City Planning Names Hsu-chen As New manhattan Director
the department of city planning has named department insider edith hsu-chen as its new director of the manhattan office, which is currently seeking to rezone a large swath of the lower east side. ms. hsu chen's promotion--she was previously deputy director of the borough office--comes after the departure of ray gastil, who left for seattle in july .  read more »
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Worker Dies In Scaffold Collapse In manhattan
authorities say a construction worker who plummeted about five stories to his death in manhattan when his scaffold collapsed was wearing a harness but that it was not tethered to the building.
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The Old Team Spirit - New York Daily News
step by step by step ... closer comes the day when the long forgotten and last remaining piece of the polo grounds - once one of new york's iconic sports venues - can be restored. from across the continent, the san francisco giants are sending a ...
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Rumours Claim Sir Paul Mccartney Is 'planning To Marry Nancy Shevell' - Daily Telegraph
his new partner, american heiress nancy shevell, is said to be finalising her divorce from husband bruce blakeman. the couple have been legally separated for over a year. a divorce would leave the way open for shevell and sir paul to wed, and the ...
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manhattan Gets A Mozzarella Bar
the latest installment of obikà, which opened its first mozzarella bar in rome four years ago, is set to open in the sculpture garden of 590 madison avenue.
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Criminal Law Maven To Serve In manhattan
a prominent brooklyn criminal defense lawyer - who counts corrupt judges among his clients - was sworn onto the manhattan bench thursday.
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Anorexic Guy Out-ray-ged - New York Post
how bad is that ? an anorexic man says he was discriminated against while working on tv chef rachael ray's talk show. in papers filed in manhattan supreme court, aaron ferguson charged he was forced out of his position as a payroll accountant for the ...
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U.s. Demands That Wall Street Save Lehman - International Herald Tribune
new york : as lehman brothers teetered friday evening, federal reserve officials summoned the heads of major wall street firms to a meeting in lower manhattan and insisted that they rescue the stricken investment bank and develop plans to stabilize ...
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Olsen Twins Are Terrible Neighbors, Complain Other Rich People [shut Up, manhattan]
whatever happened to predictability? the milkman? the paperboy? the evening tv? that's what poor, down-on-their-luck residents of manhattan's west village are desperately wondering, shaking their...
gawker.com

Target Takes manhattan
our friends at tar-jay are finally bringing their discount designer goodies to manhattan. target is offering new york shoppers a special four-day preview of their newest designer collections before they...
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Pick Of The Paperbacks - Daily Telegraph
in this short coda to persepolis, marjane satrapi's graphic novel about growing up in iran, a group of women chat about their love lives over a hot samovar. leading them is marjane's grandmother, married three times and grumpy until she gets her ...
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Verizon Wireless Seeks To Expand Local Workforce At Job Fair In ... - Forbes
orangeburg, n.y., sept. 11 /prnewswire/ -- verizon wireless, the leading wireless company with the most reliable voice and data network, is seeking highly-qualified applicants to fill customer-facing positions now available in the company's business ...
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Mayor Seeks To Disband Lower manhattan Panel
mayor michael bloomberg demanded major changes at ground zero, including a new deadline for the 9/11 memorial and the disbanding of the lower manhattan development corporation.
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Footnotes
the manhattan theater club has postponed ?to be or not to be,? the play adapted from the 1942 ernst lubitsch film by nick whitby and directed by casey nicholaw
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Chelsea Beers - New York Post
ready to really flex your beer muscles? just in case craft beer week doesn't quench your thirst for all things beer-related, next week you'll be able to check out the second annual manhattan cask ale festival at chelsea brewing co., where beer geeks ...
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U.s. Gives Banks Urgent Warning To Solve Crisis - The Ledger
as lehman brothers teetered friday evening, federal reserve officials summoned the heads of major wall street firms to a meeting in lower manhattan and insisted they rescue the stricken investment bank and develop plans to stabilize the financial ...
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New York Stories
doreen rappaport tells the story of the statue of liberty?s construction. laura vila?s uses words and pictures to cover the history of manhattan from primeval times to the present.
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Building Superintendent Falls 5 Floors Down An Elevator Shaft To His Death
a manhattan building superintendent plummeted to his death on friday when he stepped into an elevator on the fifth floor of the building he oversaw and fell down the shaft, the police said.
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Giants, Jets End Stadium Naming Negotiations With Allianz Over Past ... - New York Daily News
artist rendering of the new meadowlands stadium - one feature the giants' and jets' new home won't have is allianz's name on the side. lamping said the "depth of feeling" from the public led him to scuttle the potential sponsorship deal, and he broke ...
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