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Our Public Advocate's Public A**-Kissing and Other Tales of Disappoinment

Will Schwartz | Posted 11.09.2009 | New York

Read More: Corruption, New York Daily News, Bill De Blasio, Michael Bloomberg, The New York Times, Bloomberg, John Liu, Media, Bill Thompson, New York City, New York News
Will Schwartz

Within hours of winning their elections, Bill De Blasio, our future public advocate, and John Liu, our comptroller-elect, each demonstrated their own distinct styles of ineptitude.

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Mayor Bloomberg's Online Ad Blitz: The Final Tally

techPresident | Posted 11.06.2009 | Technology

Read More: Bloomberg Online Spending, Bloomberg Online Ads, Mayor Bloomberg, Bloomberg, Mike Bloomberg, Bloomberg Campaign Spend, Bloomberg Ads, Bloomberg Campaign Spending, Technology News

Indeed, spending records from the New York City Campaign Finance Board show that Bloomberg handed over more than two million dollars to Connections Me...

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John Reed, Former Citigroup CEO, APOLOGIZES For Creating Monster Of A Bank

The Huffington Post | Ryan McCarthy | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Former Citigroup CEO, Bloomberg, Vikram Pandit, Glass-Steagal, Financial Reform, Financial Crisis, John Reed, Too Big Too Fail, Traveler's, Citigroup, Business News

It may be the most direct apology of the financial crisis. Former Citigroup chairman and CEO, John Reed, has apologized to a Bloomberg reporter fo...

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Bloomberg Considers Charging $1,000/Year For Parts Of Site

Business Insider | Jay Yarow|Nov. 4, 2009, 9:22 AM |1 | Posted 11.04.2009 | Media

Read More: Paywalls, Online Fees, Bloomberg, Media News

Bloomberg LP is mulling plans to charge for access to parts of its website, as well as parts of newly acquired BusinessWeek's website. Bloomberg is...

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Bloomberlusconi Wins in New York!

Tony Hendra | Posted 11.04.2009 | New York

Read More: Bloomberg, Political-Corruption, Berlusconi, Mayoral Race, New York, New York News
Tony Hendra

Flouting the law, sneering at democracy, bachelor-at-large Michele Bloomberlusconi triumphed yesterday in his flagrant third-time purchase of the top spot in the supposedly smartest city in the world.

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Freelancers Hit With New Tax After Reprieve

Village Voice | Camille Dodero | Posted 10.30.2009 | New York

Read More: Bloomberg, Commuter Transit Tax, New York Freelancers Tax, New York, Bloomberg Tax, New York City, Freelance, Martin Malave Dilan, Freelancers, Mta, Freelance Tax, New York News

Last week the Freelancer's Union sent an email encouraging its 75,000 members to go out and stump for Michael Bloomberg's reelection campaign. "Will y...

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The New York Times and Bloomberg Act as Stenographers for MSNBC on Anti-CNN Coverage

Charles Warner | Posted 10.29.2009 | Media

Read More: NY Times, Bloomberg, Msnbc, Cnn, Time Warner, Bill Carter, Lou Dobbs, New York Times, Fox, Media News
Charles Warner

Neither of two news stories made the connection between CNN's rating declines and the drastic change in its position on Time Warner Cable in New York, where 10 percent of America's televisions are.

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The Full Story of How Tim Geithner Secretly Bailed Out Wall Street at Your Expense

Henry Blodget | Posted 10.28.2009 | Business

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Aig, Timothy Geithner, Bailout, Bloomberg, Financial Crisis, New York Federal Reserve Bank, Business News
Henry Blodget

One of AIG's goals last fall was to persuade the counterparties to the credit default swaps it had written to accept buyouts as low as 40 cents on the dollar. Then Tim Geithner, head of the New York Fed, stepped in.

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Bloomberg Sets Record For Personal Spending In Pursuit Of Public Office

nytimes.com | MICHAEL BARBARO and DAVID W. CHEN | Posted 10.24.2009 | New York

Read More: Bloomberg, Howard Wolfson, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Michael Bloomberg, New York Mayor, Campaign Spending, New York Public Interest Research Group, New York Mayoral Race, New York News

Michael R. Bloomberg, the Wall Street mogul whose fortune catapulted him into New York's City Hall, has set another staggering financial record: He ha...

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Designers Rally To Save NYC Garment District

Huffington Post | Mallika Rao | Posted 10.23.2009 | New York

Read More: Bloomberg, Outsourcing, Nanette Lepore, Nyc Garment District, Fashion, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Garment District, Michael Kors, New York News

Hundreds gathered on Wednesday in the heart of New York City's garment district to sway city officials against a decision that may push out the strugg...

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Tens of People Breathing Easier on Atlantic Yards Issue

Matt Rodigheri | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York

Read More: Bloomberg, Mike Bloomberg, Atlantic Yards, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Mayor Bloomberg, Development, Brooklyn, Bruce Ratner, Slideshow, Forest City Ratner, Architecture, Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn, New York News
Matt Rodigheri

A slideshow from the Saturday March by Develop, Don't Destroy Brooklyn.

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Norm Pearlstine On BusinessWeek Purchase: "I Didn't Say The Magazine Has To Be Profitable"

The Wrap | Sharon Waxman | Posted 10.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Bloomberg LP, Bloomberg, Businessweek, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Norm Pearlstine BusinessWeek, BusinessWeek Sale, Norm Pearlstine, Magazines, Media News

I didn't say the magazine has to be profitable. What we've said is we have to run BusinessWeek as a business. But within the world of Bloomberg, there...

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BusinessWeek and Bloomberg: Congrats to the Happy Couple!

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 10.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Bloomberg, Business Week, Business Media, Media, Acqusitions, Business News
<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

It turns out that fewer magazines folded in 2009 than in the two years prior. While USA Today is way down right now, the Wall Street Journal has crept up to take its place.

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Bloomberg LP Acquires BusinessWeek

Posted 10.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Bloomberg, Bloomberg LP, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Businessweek, BusinessWeek Sale, Magazines, Media News

Bloomberg LP has agreed to acquire BusinessWeek from McGraw-Hill, the company announced Tuesday. The terms of the sale were not disclosed, though Bus...

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National Democrats Aren't Aiding William Thompson Jr. In Mayoral Race Against Bloomberg

AP | SARA KUGLER | Posted 10.09.2009 | New York

Read More: William Thompson Jr, William Thompson, New York City Politics, Mayor Bloomberg, Bloomberg, Democrat-William-Thompson-Jr, Mayor Bloomberg Third Term, New York City Mayoral Race, New York News

NEW YORK — A Democrat is struggling to unseat the mayor of the nation's largest city, but top party leaders are staying on the sidelines. The D...

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Gun Show Loopholes Tracked By New York City; Dealers Allowed Purchase To Undercover Gun Buyers Who Admitted Spotty Records

The Associated Press | Sara Kugler | Posted 10.07.2009 | New York

Read More: Nyc, Mayor Bloomber, Background Checks, Sting, Gun Show, New York City, Gun Show Loophole, Nevada, Undercover, Ohio, Bloomberg, Tennessee, Semiautomatic Weapons, Fbi, Occasional Sellers, Atf, New York News

NEW YORK (AP)-- New York City officials secretly videotaped dozens of firearm purchases they say were illegal at gun shows in states that have not clo...

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Washington Post, Bloomberg To Launch News Service

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 10.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Washington Post Bloomberg, Bloomberg, Newspapers, Washington Post, Media News

SAN FRANCISCO — The Washington Post and Bloomberg News are teaming up in a new partnership that will distribute their political and financial co...

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An Estate Tax Victory By Any Other Name

Chuck Collins | Posted 10.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Warren Buffett, Anti-Tax, Estate Tax, Income Distribution, Wealth, Death Tax, Bloomberg, Chamber of Commerce, Politics News
Chuck Collins

Sometimes you can't declare victory until the other side concedes defeat. That's what happened Monday in the decade-long struggle over the future of the estate tax, our nation's only levy on inherited wealth.

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JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon: Banks Shouldn't Be Too Big To Fail, Except When They Are

bloomberg.com | David Reilly | Posted 09.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Bloomberg, Treasury Department, JPMorgan Chase, Financial Reform, Barney Frank, Too Big to Fail, Banks, David Reilly, Obama Administration, Jamie Dimon, Business News

Sept. 30 (Bloomberg) -- It was surprising to hear JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Jamie Dimon say, "It would be a very bad long-term policy error...

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Colorado Poverty Rates Up According To Latest Census Data

Posted 09.29.2009 | Denver

Read More: Latino Children, Poverty Rate, Census, Colorado Poverty, Colorado Census, Pueblo Colorado, Latino Poverty Rate, Bloomberg, Black Children, Poverty, Denver News

The AP reports that new census data indicates the poverty rate--defined by the "a family of four earning less than $22,050 a year... or an individual...

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City Plans To Add Supermarkets, Fresh Food To Poorer Areas

New York Times | DIANE CARDWELL | Posted 09.24.2009 | New York

Read More: Bloomberg, Healthy Eating, New York Supermarkets, City Planning Commission, Bloomberg Health Rules, Supermarkets in Poor Areas, Mayor Bloomberg Health Rules, New York Healthy Eating, New York News

The Bloomberg administration, in its ever-expanding campaign to make New Yorkers eat better, has already clamped down on trans fats, deployed fruit ve...

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Mayor Bloomberg's Health Rules Don't Apply To Him

New York Times | MICHAEL BARBARO | Posted 09.23.2009 | New York

Read More: Bloomberg, Trans Fat Ban, Mayor Bloomberg, Mayor Bloomberg Trans-Fats, Mayor Bloomberg Health Rules, New York News

He dumps salt on almost everything, even saltine crackers. He devours burnt bacon and peanut butter sandwiches. He has a weakness for hot dogs, cheese...

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Bloomberg Submits Bid For BusinessWeek

BusinessWeek | Posted 09.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Bloomberg, Bloomberg LP, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Businessweek, BusinessWeek Sale, Magazines, Media News

After being given a few days' grace past the September 15 deadline for final bids for BusinessWeek, Bloomberg LP submitted its bid for the 80-year old...

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Bloomberg Competition

Jeff Danziger | Posted 09.18.2009 | New York

Read More: Bloomberg, William Thompson, Nyc Mayoral Race, Political Cartoon, Third Term, Cartoon, New York News
Jeff Danziger

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Shahien Nasiripour

Decision On Disclosure Of Fed Loan Recipients Rests With Solicitor General Kagan, A Transparency Proponent

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 09.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Transparency, Bloomberg, Foia, Wall Street, Bailout, Federal Reserve, Freedom of Information Act, Financial Crisis, Ben Bernanke, Accountability, Barack Obama, Elena Kagan, Business News

For over a year, the Federal Reserve has refused to publicly identify the companies that received over two trillion dollars through its emergency lend...

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