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3 Tips to Take Control of Fat Bottoms and Your Bottom Line!

Robyn O'Brien | Posted 12.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Bloomberg, USA Today, Cancer, Obesity, Health Care, Health, Childhood Obesity, Living News
Robyn O'Brien

As the poor are being turned away from free cancer screenings, the US is buckling under the weight of obesity. Over the past 20 years there has been a dramatic increase in obesity.

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Bloomberg Drops Greenhouse Gas Initiative

New York Times | Posted 12.05.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Michael Bloomberg, Greenhouse Gas, Bloomberg, Emissions, Greenhouse, Green, New York, Green News

After intense opposition from building owners, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has dropped the most far-reaching initiative of his plan for reducing greenh...

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White House CEO Visit List: See Which Execs Dined With Obama

politico.com | EAMON JAVERS | | Posted 12.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Bloomberg, White House, Coca-Cola, Rahm Emanuel, Ceos, Banks, National Economic Council, Business News

The White House has made a quiet but extensive effort to reach out to corporate executives in a series of dinners and lunches at the White House with ...

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Bloomberg Spent Record $102M To Win 3rd Term

AP | COLLEEN LONG | Posted 11.27.2009 | New York

Read More: Bloomberg, Bloomberg Spending, Bloomberg Third Term, New York News

NEW YORK — Mayor Michael Bloomberg spent at least $102 million to narrowly win a third term, breaking his previous records for the most expensiv...

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Meredith Whitney: Banks 'Grossly Overvalued,' Wall St. Should Have Its Own Compass

Posted 11.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Bloomberg, Meredith Whitney, Wall Street, Wall Street Regulation, Regulation, John Mack, Business News

Wall Street analyst Meredith Whitney appeared on Bloomberg Radio this morning to respond to comments made by John Mack, the CEO of Morgan Stanley, tha...

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John Mack, Morgan Stanley CEO: I Love Regulators! (VIDEO)

Posted 11.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Bloomberg, Morgan Stanley, Financial Reform, Banks, Regulation, John Mack, Business News

Morgan Stanley CEO John Mack appears to have no problem financial regulators. In fact, Mack, speaking at a financial journalist panel held by Bloomber...

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Bloomberg III Opens With Armory Battle

Jarrett Murphy | Posted 11.19.2009 | New York

Read More: Kingsbridge Armory, Bloomberg, Living Wage, Poverty, Bronx, Development, New York News
Jarrett Murphy

The fight over living wages at the Kingsbridge Armory has become a linchpin for the living wage movement and an important test just weeks after Bloomberg won re-election by a thin margin.

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Morgan Stanley CEO Calls for More Regulation of Wall Street at Vanity Fair-Bloomberg Event

Katya Wachtel | Posted 11.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Sorkin Covering the Crisis, Covering the Crisis, Morgan Stanley Mitsubishi Deal, Bloomberg Covering the Crisis, Bryan Burrough, Bethany McLean, AIG Bailout, Aig, Michael Lewis, Andrew Lack, John Mack, John J. Mack, Bloomberg, Universal Homeownership, Morgan Stanley CEO, Vanity Fair Covering the Crisis, Michael Lewis Covering the Crisis, Inbusiness, Niall Ferguson, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Graydon Carter, Margaret Brennan, Causes of the Financial Crisis, Vanity Fair, New York Times Mergers and Acquisitions, China u.s Economy, U.S. China Relations, Financil Crisis, Business News
Katya Wachtel

Morgan Stanley CEO John Mack was cheekily ambushed by Bloomberg's Margaret Brennan Wednesday night.

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Bloomberg Announces Massive Budget Cuts

nypost.com | Posted 11.17.2009 | New York

Read More: Bloomberg, New York City Budget Cuts, Budget Cuts, Mayor Bloomberg, City Agencies Budget Cuts, New York News

In one of the steepest budget cuts he's ordered in recent years, Mayor Bloomberg yesterday demanded spending slashes of 4 percent in fiscal year 2010 ...

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What We're Not Saying: Why I Miss Eliot Spitzer

Will Schwartz | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York

Read More: Hookers, Nyc, Sex, David Paterson, Eliot Spitzer Ethics, NY State Senate, Budget, Harvard Law, New York, Eliot Spitzer, Albany, Manhattan, Gay Marriage, Bloomberg, Governor, Sex Scandals, Senate, Nys, New York News
Will Schwartz

We were perversely short-sighted with the way we handled Eliot Spitzer. We prioritized our blood lust for personal justice over our desire for effective public policy.

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How Budget Cuts at the Times Helped Give NYC Bloomberg III

Steven G. Brant | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York

Read More: Comptroller Bill Thompson, Bloomberg, Newspapers, Election Day, Bloomberg Third Term, The New York Times, Mike Bloomberg, Poll, Bill Thompson, Bill Thompson Michael Bloomberg, Rupert Murdoch, New York News
Steven G. Brant

Why weren't Bloomberg's well-known plans for global business news domination a bigger issue in the recent mayoral race? There was a failure of reporting at the Times caused by budget cuts.

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New Coney Island Coming To Brooklyn After $100 Million Land Deal

AP | MARCUS FRANKLIN | Posted 11.13.2009 | New York

Read More: Bloomberg, Real Estate, Coney Island, New York Real Estate, Coney Island Land Deal, Brooklyn, New York News

NEW YORK — The historic and mostly dormant Coney Island amusement park district in New York City will be revived by next summer with some new at...

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Hong Kong Is New Target of U.S. Crackdown On Global Tax Evasion

bloomberg.com | David Voreacos, Carlyn Kolker and Alan Katz | Posted 11.12.2009 | World

Read More: Peter Zeidenberg, Bloomberg, Tax Haven, Swiss Banks, Douglas Tween, Tax Evasion, Hong Kong, Jeffrey Chernick, World News

Hong Kong is a new target of U.S. prosecutors pursuing a global campaign against evaders of federal taxes, spurred by data acquired in their crackdown...

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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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