Recently added articles from Crain's New York Business:
In Brief.(NEWS)
Nov 02, 2009 ... THE ART WORLD IS ANXIOUSLY AWAITING THE COMING FALL AUCTION SEASON, A MAJOR gauge of whether collectors are still feeling the wrath of the economic downturn. The season kicks off Nov. 3 with Christie's Impressionist and modern art evening sale, featuring 40 works that are expected to gross ...
40 UNDER 40.(NEWS)
Nov 02, 2009 ... NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN CRAIN'S IS SEEKING NEW YORK'S BEST and brightest young businesspeople for our annual 40 Under 40 list. Please go to www.crainsnewyork.com/nominate to submit your candidate. We look for overachievers from all industries ...
Riggio takes on Bezos; B &N's new Nook e-reader to do battle with Amazon's successful Kindle.(NEWS)
Nov 02, 2009 ... Byline: MATTHEW FLAMM Poor steve riggio. His Barnes & Noble bookstore chain can't catch a break. For the past two years, the giant bookseller's chief executive has had to watch as archrival Jeff Bezos took control of the e-book market with Amazon's Kindle. ...
Cheap rent keeps firm from jumping.(NEWS)
Nov 02, 2009 ... Byline: Amanda Fung After contemplating a move to New Jersey, Fisher Marantz Stone has decided to stay in the Big Apple. The architectural lighting design firm has renewed its lease for 18,300 square feet at 22 W. 19th St. for eight years. The asking rent was $30 per ...
Not much life left in the party; Firms cut way back on holiday fetes; hotels, eateries hurt.(NEWS)
Nov 02, 2009 ... Byline: LISA FICKENSCHER Even last december, when holiday parties were on life support, one Midtown law firm kept to its longtime tradition: a four-hour dinner party for 200 guests at the New York Palace Hotel, including car service afterwards. But this year, the ...