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Venus Williams wins at U.S. Open 27 Aug 2013 | 01:36 am
Two-time U.S. Open champion Venus Williams began her 60th Grand Slam tournament with a straight-set win over No. 12 seed Kirsten Flipkens as the tennis season's final major championship got under way ...
Construction begins on tower at Hudson Yards 27 Aug 2013 | 01:32 am
Manhattan's Hudson Yards mega-development is rising again, twice as large as Rockefeller Center and more centrally located than London's Canary Wharf. Construction has begun on a 47-story office towe...
Zady gives fashionistas ethical treatment 27 Aug 2013 | 01:23 am
Forget fast fashion. Consumers want designers to slow down and think about the impact their businesses have on workers and the environment—where their clothes come from, how they were made, and how l...
'Urban informatics' program gets going 27 Aug 2013 | 01:15 am
A New York City graduate program aimed at applying information technology to urban problems is welcoming its first class of students. Mayor Michael Bloomberg spoke today to the 25 new students at the...
Shortage of office condos spurs spike in prices 26 Aug 2013 | 11:51 pm
A surge in sales of office condominiums, spaces that businesses and nonprofits buy and occupy, is putting a strain on the thin supply of units in what remains a niche market. Michael Rudder, a broker...
Dunkin Donuts to pay $200K in back wages 26 Aug 2013 | 10:58 pm
The U.S. Labor Department says the operator of 55 Dunkin Donuts franchises throughout New Jersey and on New York's Staten Island will pay nearly $200,000 in back wages to 64 employees for overtime and...
Hospital spins problem property into gold 26 Aug 2013 | 10:34 pm
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital has just completed an innovative, complex property deal that offers gains on multiple front. The transaction provides the hospital with long-term revenue, generates the c...
De Blasio's 'two cities,' Thompson's biz record & more 26 Aug 2013 | 09:30 pm
This week's Crain's features an abundance of political news. Public Advocate Bill de Blasio's campaign catchphrase of a "tale of two cities" may oversimplify the economic stratification of New York. ...
Stocks mixed following corporate deals 26 Aug 2013 | 07:51 pm
A handful of corporate deals helped nudge the stock market up Monday, despite a disappointing report on the economy. Amgen surged 8%, the biggest gain in the Standard & Poor's 500 index, after the bi...
Mover goes flat out for the Army 25 Aug 2013 | 10:01 am
FlatRate Moving is spreading the love as it launches a new upcycling program with a neighbor in the South Bronx—the Salvation Army. Starting Aug. 1, the moving company began providing its New York Cit...
