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| Social media-focused ad firms look to hire |
| Friday, July 30, 2010 - Emily Laermer - When Dylan Harvey graduated from University of Texas last year, he knew the job market would be tough. He moved to New York from his home in Austin in January, and quickly found an internship at advertising firm Draftfcb. Since his internship ended a few weeks ago, though, he has been on the market for a new job.The biggest difference between Mr. Harvey and other job seekers—he's looking for work as a copywriter, preferably in a digital or social medium, one of few sectors |
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| Oren's cup runneth over in Times Square |
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| Mile-long under-line market backed for Harlem |
| Friday, July 30, 2010 - James Comtois - Support is growing for an effort to turn a mile-long strip beneath the elevated Metro North tracks in Harlem into a marketplace for local merchants. Most recently, the Center for an Urban Future on Thursday added its backing to the proposal, which was originally put forward by the Harlem Community Development Corporation In the report, entitled “A High Line for Harlem,” the Manhattan-based Center argues that the proposed market would boost small businesses in a neigh |
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| Cohen assoc. sales agent at Fox Residential |
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| NY lawmakers near higher-ed deal |
| Friday, July 30, 2010 - Assembly and Senate leadership have agreed on a version of Gov. David Paterson's proposal to allow the State University of New York and City University of New York to set predictable tuition increases, enable the four largest universities to borrow money for construction, and make other changes, according to a legislative official.The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because details of the deal are not final, says the legislative agreement to be presented to Mr. Paterson includes:Pl |
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| Merck's 2Q net drops on higher costs, charges |
| Friday, July 30, 2010 - Drugmaker Merck & Co. on Friday reported a 52% drop in second-quarter net income, due to big merger and restructuring charges and lower income from partnerships.Merck, the world's second-biggest drug company by revenue, says its net income amounted to $752.4 million, or 24 cents per share. That's down from $1.56 billion, or 74 cents a share, in 2009's second quarter.Excluding a host of one-time items, income would have been $2.71 billion, or 86 cents a share. That beat the forecast of analysts, |
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| House rejects bill to aid sick 9/11 responders |
| Friday, July 30, 2010 - A bill that would have provided up to $7.4 billion in aid to people sickened by World Trade Center dust fell short in the House on Thursday, raising the possibility that the bulk of compensation for the ill will come from a legal settlement hammered out in the federal courts.The bill would have provided free health care and compensation payments to 9/11 rescue and recovery workers who fell ill after working in the trade center ruins.It failed to win the needed two-thirds majority, 255-159. The v |
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| Disney sells Miramax to investor for $660M |
| Friday, July 30, 2010 - The Walt Disney Co. said Friday that it agreed to sell its Miramax Films to an investor group for about $660 million, ending a 17-year association with the studio and a six-month bidding process.Miramax's Oscar-laden film library has more than 700 titles, including prestigious films such as My Left Foot (1989), Pulp Fiction (1994) and Good Will Hunting (1997).But Disney had been looking to sell Miramax amid a studio overhaul because it no longer resonated with its other family centric studio uni |
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| OP-ART; Greenwich Village, Heal Thyself |
| Friday, July 30, 2010 - Joan Chiverton Op-Art depicts scenes around St Vincent's Hospital in Greenwich Village, NYC, in its final days of operation |
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| Manhattan’s Rooftop Bars: Heaven’s Gates |
| Friday, July 30, 2010 - The rooftop bar is an institution in New York City, where the roofs are higher, the views longer and the promises grander. |
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