Newt Gingrich Has Joined With the ‘Elite Media’ He Once Hated
TAMPA, FL — Newt Gingrich, who regularly sparred with what he described as the “elite media” during the Republican primaries, is now working with The Washington Post Company. At this week’s Republican...
View ArticleMorgan Stanley’s Smith Barney Dilemma; Greenwich Home Prices Decline With...
Morgan Stanley likes to tout the steady revenue provided by its wealth management franchise. At the same time, the bank is arguing that it's Smith Barney joint venture with Citigroup is worth $13...
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Details Trickle Out in LAPD Beating of Deutsche Banker Brian Mulligan
When we last left the story of Brian Mulligan, Los Angeles-based vice chairman of Deutsche Bank's media business, we were struggling to entangle conflicting accounts. The LAPD leaked a report to a...
View ArticleOn the Market: Brooklyn Heights Cinema Becomes Nonprofit, Madison Jackson...
Crispus Attackus playground in Clinton Hill plagued by prostitutes. [NY Daily News] MTA seeks $25 million for costs of tropical storm Irene. [NY Times] NYU prof. Mark Crispin Miller complaining about...
View ArticleSpeedballing: Time Warner Cable Spends $25 M. to Improve Broadband in Startup...
Today Time Warner Cable announced that the company expects to invest $25 million to expand its fiber optic network in both “established and emerging” business sectors around New York City. Many of the...
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Douglas Durst Wants to Put Lofts for Techies and Galleries in Pier 40 to Keep...
Little help? (agent j loves nyc/Flickr) The problems of Pier 40 are well documented by now. Once the golden goose of Hudson River Park, the pier is now so deteriorated, it costs more to maintain than...
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A Day of One’s Own: Shelby Knox, Ariel Levy and Susan Estrich Reflect on...
“Two, four, six, eight, Church and State don’t ovulate!” chanted the protesters at the Women’s Equality Day march held on Sunday's anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment and organized by...
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Jessica Simpson To Emerge From Postpartum Cone of Silence on Katie Couric Debut
Katie Couric (Getty Images) Katie Couric's new talk show, Katie, has announced some of its first guests--and it tends towards supermarket-checkout celebrities. Ms. Couric's first show is to feature...
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Good News! Foreclosures Still A Problem, But Loans For Luxury Homes Are On...
At least luxury homes are selling well. (technorati) The American people don't stand united on very many causes these days, but the recovery of the housing market is one of them. After all, failure was...
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Final Theatrical Trailer for The Master Released
Paul Thomas Anderson's sixth film, The Master, is set to be released September 14, and its final trailer has dropped (via Vulture)--as cryptic as any thus far released, though once again depicting...
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Ryan Lochte to Appear on 30 Rock
Ryan Lochte Beloved Olympian of few words Ryan Lochte told New York's The Cut blog that he was preparing for a 30 Rock shoot that's happening... right... now! "I know I have the cameo for 30 Rock in...
View ArticleKnoedler Will Sell a Portion of Its Holdings at Doyle Auction House
Knoedler & Company, which closed last year after 135 years of business, will auction off a portion of its holdings at Doyle Auction House. The 34-lot sale will take place Nov. 13. The top lots...
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Community Board Spikes Durst’s BIG Pyramid Over Lack of Permanent Affordable...
Looking sharp, but will it fly with the neighbors? (Durst Fetner) Ms. Durst, baby bump hidden behind lectern. (Matt Chaban) "My own feeling, and the feeling of board, is that we'd like this project to...
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Paranormal Activity Producer Sets Up New Halloween Haunted House With...
The new face of terror. (Facebook) Look, we here at The New York Observer are no scaredy-cats when it comes to haunted houses. After all, we've overcome waterboarding for the sake of journalism to make...
View ArticleCuomo Launches Direct Attack on GOP and Heaps Praise on Obama in North Carolina
CHARLOTTE, NC — Though Governor Andrew Cuomo is often named as a potential presidential contender in 2016, he has exerted tremendous effort to have a low-key presence at the Democratic National...
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Tom Brokaw Takes Ambien Before Morning Joe
Tom Brokaw on ‘Morning Joe.’ (MSNBC) This just in from today's DNC coverage: Tom Brokaw accidentally ate half an Ambien before appearing on Morning Joe. He's O.K., though! Cue the music: After...
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Senate Ramping Up Investigation into JPMorgan’s Whale-Sized Losses
Sen. Carl Levin, a Michigan Democrat, is leading an inquiry into JPMorgan losses on credit derivatives bets associated with the trader known as the London Whale. Bloomberg, citing unnamed sources, says...
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Five Celebrities to Expect at Fashion’s Night Out 2012
Kim Kardashian expected at FNO. (Getty Images) It's already time for Fashion Week again? How did that happen? And not just Fashion Week, but the one that includes New York's annual Fashion's Night Out...
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We Can All Breathe A Sigh of Relief: Mitt Romney Has a Plan to End the...
Housing crisis? Piece of cake. Is Mitt Romney really the man to solve the housing crisis? Well, consider this: Mr. Romney may not have ever struggled "to put food on the table" as folksy politicians...
View ArticlePress Reviews Cuomo’s 2016 Preview ‘Unusually Partisan’ Address
Earlier today, Governor Andrew Cuomo took a rare foray outside of the Empire State to pay his partisan dues at the Democratic National Convention. His speech, which he oddly did not deliver in the...
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