Crain's New York Business back issues from October 2000:
The Best of Bob Lape.(Brief Article)
Oct 02, 2000 ... Peccavi (2) 134 E. 26th St. (between Lexington and Third avenues), Manhattan. (212) 889-9620. A cozy, romantic setting to enjoy chef Joseph Savino's Middle Eastern-accented Italian cooking. Full-flavored and as riveting as spicy harissa aioli on crisp fried calamari. ...
SMALL BUSINESS: Tech ties teem with power; Consultants link with big boys to gain edge.(Brief Article)
Oct 02, 2000; ... When myron bari tried recently to persuade a major law firm to hire his small tech consulting company, he knew he had a good shot at landing the business. After all, Mr. Bari's Manhattan-based firm, International Professional Marketers Inc., is a certified Platinum Partner for one of the ...
Hip-hop rapping on retail apparel industry's door; Puffy and Jay-Z join Tommy and Polo.(Brief Article)
Oct 02, 2000; ... On a recent Tuesday night, a throng of fans crowded Lexington Avenue in front of Bloomingdale's to watch rapper/apparel mogul Sean ``Puffy'' Combs unveil a series of windows featuring his hot-selling Sean John brand. Bloomie's had included the line in its windows before in a ...
REAL ESTATE WATCH: World Financial Center shop swap; Center's retail complex looks for a trendy boost.(Brief Article)
Oct 02, 2000; ... The world financial Center is a small city unto itself on the downtown edge of the Hudson River, and a successful city at that, with nearly 8 million square feet of offices perennially filled with tenants from the world of high finance. But its 200,000-square-foot retail ...
Laundries handle heavier loads as hotels, restaurants thrive; Offer more services, bulk up to survive thin margins.(Brief Article)
Oct 02, 2000; ... When it comes to dirty sheets and towels, Michael Garlasco can't get enough. The managing partner of Princeton Laundry Inc., which serves hotels and restaurants, has seen revenues double since moving his company to the Bronx from Manhattan three years ago. On any given day, his ...
Dressed-up district ready for storefront makeover; Brokers seek tony retailers to cater to new office tenants in garment center.(Brief Article)
Oct 02, 2000; ... An astonishing 5,400 people an hour walk by Seventh Avenue and West 42nd Street during the busiest times of day, one of the highest foot-traffic counts in the city. And they aren't just turning north into newly glamorous Times Square. Hordes of office employees are pouring south into the ...
New Executive: Taking a job despite mom; Winstar president is trying to build a brand that even his mother recognizes.(Brief Article)
Oct 02, 2000; ... When the Winstar Communications Inc. blimp charted the skies above the recent U.S. Open, one television viewer took more than a passing interest in the occasional shot NBC offered of the airship. Frank Jules told his mother to watch for the blimp after she skeptically greeted ...
Outback pioneers blaze trail in NY; Husband, wife plan 20 steakhouses.(Brief Article)
Oct 02, 2000; ... It's not every McDonald's franchisee who would walk away from some of the most profitable fast-food outlets in the world. But Forrest Smith was in love, really in love, with his new wife, and he wanted to make a fresh start with her. So after 23 years in New York City with McDonald's ...
DIGITAL NEW YORK: Consultants, service firms want cash from start-ups; Equity deals fade after stock flameouts.(Brief Article)
Oct 02, 2000; ... For the wide range of companies that provide services to dot-coms, cash is once again king. Swept up in the Internet gold rush of 1999, businesses from law firms to accounting firms to Web developers embraced novel arrangements-such as deferring payments or taking stock-as a way ...
RESTAURANT REVIEW: Good food in the dark; Icon is loud, unlit, but chef Paul Sale's cuisine shines; sit in the courtyard.(Brief Article)
Oct 02, 2000; ... It would be a shame if paul Sale's really good cuisine got lost in the black hole that is Icon. At night, this 100-seat restaurant in the W Hotel on East 39th Street is so dark you can't read menus or see the food. It's hard enough to make out your tablemates ensconced at rich red velvet ...
Executive Moves.(Brief Article)
Oct 02, 2000; ... ACCOUNTING & CONSULTING Arthur Andersen: Robert J. Bazata, 32, was promoted to partner, tax practice, specializing in state and local tax. He was formerly a senior manager. Charles R. Beel, 37, was promoted to partner, tax practice, specializing in the real estate ...
Latest Utendahl fund aims to be a meal ticket; Investment target is minority-area restaurant franchises.(Brief Article)
Oct 02, 2000; ... John Utendahl, chief executive of Manhattan-based Utendahl Capital Partners, one of the nation's largest minority-owned investment banks, doesn't want to be called an altruist. He says that his company's recent efforts to build private equity funds that specialize in urban-area ...
Four experts focus on November elections; Crain's forum, Oct. 24.(Brief Article)
Oct 02, 2000 ... Four political experts will dissect the November elections, discussing which party will control Congress and offering predictions about the presidential, New York Senate and other races, at a special Crain's Breakfast Forum on Tuesday, Oct. 24. The event is jointly sponsored by ...
Firms hope Democratic donations pack punch ; Big players, even in GOP-leaning financial sector, up gifts lest Congress change hands.(Brief Article)
Oct 02, 2000; ... High-profile New York companies are increasing their donations to Democratic candidates for the U.S. House and Senate, apparently hedging their bets in the event that the Democrats win control of Congress this November. Companies including MetLife, MONY Group, Bank of New York, ...
School plan needs more enrollment.(Brief Article)
Oct 02, 2000 ... In the next few weeks, school officials will announce how many of the most troubled schools in the city will be turned over to private groups and which companies and nonprofits will get to manage the schools. The only way a big impact will be possible from this experiment will be to ...
Resigned to Sen. Hillary.(Brief Article)
Oct 02, 2000; ... New yorkers are a resilient people, canny, resourceful, tough. But the moment has come when we must, as never before, gird up our loins, set our jaws, and prepare for the possibility that on Wednesday morning, Nov. 8, we may awake to learn that millions of New York women, 178 ...
Growing companies focus of seminars; Crain's expo, Nov. 3.
Oct 02, 2000 ... Marketing on a shoestring budget, how retailers can survive the invasion of chains and megastores, help for women trying to break into the fashion and beauty businesses, and new city incentives for high-tech companies highlight a series of seminars at the ninth Crain's New York Expo for ...
Free trial of Crain's Health Pulse.(Brief Article)
Oct 02, 2000 ... Crain's New York Business offers free two-week trial subscriptions to its daily Crain's Health Pulse fax. The fax covers the business of health care, supplying information on mergers and affiliations, contracts, executive appointments, regulatory actions and legislative ...
Getting a more direct line to telecoms; Services firm Coreon gains connections through new exec; seeks customers.(Brief Article)
Oct 02, 2000; ... Staten Island-based Coreon received a symbolic stamp of approval in August when industry veteran Robert Annunziata joined the telecom services start-up as chairman of the board. In Mr. Annunziata, Coreon Inc. instantly attained deep industry connections. But according to Stan ...
Spanish Harlem real estate rises with Baked in the Hood; Foundation's building purchase sets a new pricing benchmark.(Brief Article)
Oct 02, 2000; ... A foundation supported by Kathie Lee and Frank Gifford has paid a record price to purchase a Spanish Harlem industrial building to house its jobs program. The Association to Benefit Children paid $3 million for 1841 Park Ave., where it will build a commercial kitchen and ...
What Hil, Rick got wrong.(Brief Article)
Oct 02, 2000; ... A row has broken out in the clinton-lazio race over the condition of the upstate economy. So far, the candidates haven't distinguished themselves on the topic. Clinton's campaign, which has a vested interest in portraying upstate as deeply troubled, has been misleading in the ...
Fairway Market cooks up e-commerce, on a budget; Joins established StarChefs site.(Brief Article)
Oct 02, 2000; ... Fairway Market, the Upper West Side food mecca, is jumping into electronic commerce. But unlike rivals Balducci's and Dean & DeLuca, which have plowed millions of dollars into building their own Internet operations, Fairway, known for its discount prices, is using a bargain approach. ...
Pharmaceutical firm rewrites its strategy to support R&D.(Brief Article)
Oct 02, 2000; ... Plans to license, sell finished products; synthetic-marijuana painkiller promising Like many out-of-towners that come to New York looking for a new start, Atlantic Technology Ventures Inc. was seeking a whole new identity in mid-1999. Besides changing its name from ...
AT DEADLINE.(Brief Article)
Oct 02, 2000 ... Spaced out Space.com on Friday announced the layoffs of 22 of 108 employees, as the start-up launched by former CNN Moneyline News Hour anchor Lou Dobbs consolidates operations. Since last year, Space.com has acquired several space-related Web sites, including Starport.com and ...
Minority star burning out; Dash gets great press; has no cash.(Brief Article)
Oct 02, 2000; ... As the first African-American to take an Internet company public, Darien Dash has been the subject of intensive, favorable media coverage for the past year and a half. Mr. Dash, 29, has been featured on national TV shows like Dateline NBC and CNN Movers and in major newspapers ...
GOVERNMENT ALERT: Bloomberg News flash: Rudy likes Michael; Giuliani said to support his mayoral plans; former aide Powers consults.(Brief Article)
Oct 02, 2000 ... Insiders say that mayor rudy Giuliani is looking kindly these days on the possible mayoral ambitions of media mogul Michael Bloomberg. Mr. Bloomberg has been toying with the possibility of running next year on the Republican line and has been consulting with former Deputy Mayor ...
Playoff chills; City no longer buzzing over Yanks, Mets.(Brief Article)
Oct 02, 2000; ... Blame it on the Jets and the Giants. Or the Olympics. Or maybe even Patrick Ewing. But as the Yankees and Mets stumble toward the postseason, there's little excitement and even less income for many sports-related businesses in this normally baseball-crazed town. ...
New York, New York.(Brief Article)
Oct 02, 2000; ... LOOSE FINGERS SINK CAREERS Carolyn Bachan has been removed as president of Queens West, the huge multiuse project under development in Long Island City, after making disparaging comments about the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey in an Internet chat room. While Queens ...
How Peacock's feathers got plucked; NBC culture sped its decline.(Brief Article)
Oct 02, 2000; ... NBC executives return to Rockefeller Center this week from the Olympics in Sydney, smarting over criticism of their coverage, which fell short of expectations for both viewers and critics. Now they are about to launch a new season with only one show, Ed, a drama about a lawyer ...
Wall St. bonus picture looking very enriching; Retention packages send pay soaring after acquisitions; 4,000 millionaires.(Brief Article)
Oct 02, 2000; ... Despite a rocky stock market, Wall Street will be minting more millionaires this year. Driven by the huge retention packages handed out by firms that have recently made acquisitions, investment banks and brokerages are paying out their richest overall bonuses ever. ...
Crain's on databases.(Brief Article)
Oct 02, 2000 ... Crain's New York Business is available on several electronic databases for readers wishing to locate stories published in the newspaper or to research topics covered extensively. The full text of Crain's can be found on Nexis and Dialog. Dow Jones also carries full text on Dow ...
Reprints from Crain's.(Brief Article)
Oct 02, 2000 ... Crain's New York Business offers reprints of the articles it publishes, in quantities of 500 or more. Contact Rex Ann Simmons at (800) 256-8271, ext. 122. ...
NY politicians split on future of medical savings accounts ; GOP joins doctors, small biz in backing program extension; others doubt value.(Brief Article)
Oct 02, 2000; ... Efforts in Congress to extend the use of medical savings accounts have split New York politicians and prompted a lobbying effort by physicians and small business advocates, who are strong supporters of the alternative to traditional insurance policies and health maintenance organizations. ...
North Fork withdraws from strategy; Plans to set up branches instead of acquiring thrifts; stock price rises.(Brief Article)
Oct 02, 2000; ... North fork bancorp, the Melville, L.I.-based thrift with $14.7 billion in assets, has abandoned its aggressive strategy of growing by acquiring thrifts and wants to increase its earnings by setting up branches in Manhattan instead. Last week, North Fork called off its $2.4 ...
Special Report; COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE.(Brief Article)
Oct 02, 2000 ... Crain's October 16 special report on real estate looks at how the business is ...
Free trial of political fax.(Brief Article)
Oct 02, 2000 ... Crain's offers free two-week trial subscriptions to the Insider, a daily fax covering government and political issues of importance to business executives, lobbyists and others interested in the inner workings of city and state government. The one-page fax, edited by Crain's ...
BigStar's future dims amid cash, stock woes; On-line video seller seeks investor or buyer; turmoil in top ranks.(Brief Article)
Oct 02, 2000; ... When archrival Reel.com laid off its staff in June, BigStar Entertainment Inc. CEO David Friedensohn couldn't help but gloat. ``It always helps when a competitor blows up,'' he said at the time. Now it appears that on-line video seller BigStar is set to provide the sequel. ...
6 honored at Crain's award winners' lunch; Friday, Oct. 27.(Brief Article)
Oct 09, 2000 ... The fifth annual Small Business Awards luncheon will be held on Friday, Oct. 27. Crain's New York Business is honoring six companies. Some of the winners mined their experiences as employees to find the inspiration and the opportunities to succeed as employers. Some managed to ...
Fan Club huddles; Tuesday, Oct. 10.(Brief Article)
Oct 09, 2000 ... Crain's New York Business continues its series of Fan Club luncheons on Tuesday, Oct. 10, with two players who score points for the New York Giants, wide receiver Amani Toomer and kicker Brad Daluiso. The event will be held at the Roosevelt Hotel at East 45th Street and Madison ...
GOVERNMENT ALERT: Rudy calls on former aide to survey Rose zoning plan; Real estate industry bristling at proposed height restrictions.(Brief Article)
Oct 09, 2000 ... Mayor rudy giuliani has asked his old friend and former top aide Peter Powers to take a look at the zoning plan proposed by Planning Director Joe Rose. The wide-ranging plan, which would put height restrictions on buildings outside Manhattan's core business districts and ...
The Best of Bob Lape.(Brief Article)
Oct 09, 2000 ... Icon (2.5) W Hotel, The Court, 130 E. 39th St. (west of Lexington Avenue), Manhattan. (212) 592-8888. Chef Paul Sale's creative ways with bold flavors light up the darkness of this popular, lively eatery. There is a courtyard for fine business lunches. Quince (3) ...
Hanson keynotes Crain's expo.(Brief Article)
Oct 09, 2000 ... Noted New York restaurateur Steve Hanson will be the keynote speaker at the ninth Crain's New York Expo for growing companies on Friday, Nov. 3. The event will be held at the Hilton New York at 1335 Sixth Ave. The event, which begins at 8 a.m., includes exhibits and seminars. ...
STOCK WATCH: Coach tries to keep IPO roll on track; Leather-goods maker bags promising results in shaky retail sector.(Brief Article)
Oct 09, 2000; ... More than 50 years after it started making handbags in a Manhattan loft, Coach Inc. journeyed from the garment district to Wall Street last Wednesday. The company's parent, Sara Lee Corp., sold 7.38 million shares of the leather-goods maker at $16 a piece, raising $118 million. ...
A money tree grows in B'klyn.(Charles Koehler helps Community Capital Bank to succeed.)(Brief Article)
Oct 09, 2000; ... Two years ago, Community Capital Bank was in trouble. Founded to do good-to bring banking services to low-income inner-city neighborhoods-it had become mired in operating losses. The trouble, as summed up by the man who was brought in to fix the bank, was that CCB was poorly ...
Messengers find best medicine.(RDS Delivery Service)(Brief Article)
Oct 09, 2000; ... Faced with the problem of tremendous staff turnover, Larry Zogby and his brothers, Mitchell III and David, came up with a daring solution. They decided that they would go out of their way to seek out and hire mentally and emotionally disabled workers. It worked. People with ...
Taking stocks, bonds to the Net.(FinTrack Systems Corp.)(Brief Article)
Oct 09, 2000; ... Three years ago, in an extraordinary feat of alchemy, a young consultant named Murugan Manivanan turned a firm ``no'' into a new business. When an Asian investment bank told him that his proposal to build a system to allow customers to trade via the Internet was too costly, he ...
Stick-to-itiveness builds empire.(Adhesives Inc. grows.)(Brief Article)
Oct 09, 2000; ... When a corporate divestiture cost him his job 14 years ago, Yale E. Block thought big. He concluded that the time had come to build his own industrial mini-empire. Mr. Block-former vice president of manufacturing for Revlon Inc.'s 14-factory, $1.2 billion international ...
Firms save by taking plunge into on-line buying pools; Smaller selection is the price of discounts.(Brief Article)
Oct 09, 2000; ... Sometimes pickiness pays. Eager to find seven dozen soft-sided drink coolers for a company promotion, Karen Curry found some for a good price, $24 each, but she was unhappy with the quality. That's when the land title manager for Barrett Bonacci & Van Weele, a surveying firm in Hauppauge, ...
Making light of theatricality.(City Theatrical Inc. )(Brief Article)
Oct 09, 2000; ... For years, theatrical lighting designers had been grumbling darkly about the difficulties of adjusting just how or where a light shines. In 1992, a middle-aged stagehand by the name of Gary Fails decided to actually do something about it. He founded City Theatrical Inc. in the ...
Second Time Lucky; Record prosperity helps employees leave the grind behind and trade up to company ownership.(Aaron Newman and Waxdigital.)(Brief Article)
Oct 09, 2000; ... Last year, aaron newman had a revelation. true, as a seasoned emergency medical technician working in the Bronx, he had a good salary and regular hours. The problem was, he wanted more. In May 1999, he decided to try to get it. Mr. Newman quit his job with nothing but an avid ...
Industrial strength.(Brief Article)
Oct 09, 2000 ... Among the on-line companies that include group buying services as part of their overall site offerings are Mercata.com and Zwirl.com. In addition, several companies like MedLinx Interactive and Volumebuy.com are partnering with professional associations and industry-specific ...
TELLING TALES: Containerized cowboy stakes claim in Queens.(Debbie's Reins & Things)(Brief Article)
Oct 09, 2000; ... In manhattan, calling someone a cowboy implies a certain adolescent recklessness. One finds cowboys on Wall Street and Silicon Alley, and possibly a few strays in midtown. But out east in Queens and Brooklyn, it's a different matter. There the real thing rides the range. Out ...
Search firm scores a big assist.(Duncan Group Inc.)(Brief Article)
Oct 09, 2000; ... After spending nearly two decades as an assistant to some of the city's leading corporate chieftains, Melba J. Duncan had plenty of top-level help 16 years ago when she launched her recruitment firm to find special executive assistants like herself. Immediately, longtime boss ...
REAL ESTATE WATCH: Houston law firm doubles its space; Vinson & Elkins heads for midtown tower; had choice of six new offices.(Brief Article)
Oct 09, 2000; ... Vinson & elkins is expanding its Manhattan office and moving to tony 666 Fifth Ave. The Houston-based law firm signed a 10-year lease for 62,500 square feet at the distinctive 1950s-vintage skyscraper, which has an embossed aluminum facade. Asking rents at Tishman ...
Napster wannabes see big bucks on Wall Street; Start-ups get backing to bring peer-to-peer PC technology to financial service firms.(Brief Article)
Oct 09, 2000; ... Napster, the Internet service that allows people to download music for free, faces a tough road in court and may wind up being outlawed. But the technology behind the popular service is finding a second life in the business world. The hoopla surrounding Napster in the ...
Starting over, again.(Bob Bolder)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Oct 09, 2000 ... For some people, the bug to start fresh and start from scratch just keeps biting. In 1991, Bob Bolder was a corporate account manager for Digital Equipment Corp. (acquired later by Compaq Computer Corp.), but he then quit and started Mosaic Information Technologies, a video ...
New Executive: Entering a different arena; Negotiating a new Yankees TV deal looms ahead for MSG's new COO.(Madison Square Garden's Seth Abraham)(Brief Article)
Oct 09, 2000; ... Seth abraham, the new chief operating officer of Madison Square Garden, brings an athlete's determination to his job at the famous sporting arena. Two years ago, the avid amateur basketball player tore a major ligament in his knee-an injury that would have permanently sidelined ...
Focus on Nov. elections; Crain's forum, Oct. 24.(Brief Article)
Oct 09, 2000 ... Four political experts will dissect the November elections, discussing which party will control Congress and offering predictions about the presidential, New York Senate and other races, at a special Crain's Breakfast Forum to be held on Tuesday, Oct. 24. ...
Continuing education sets lawyers on course; Heavy demand prompts providers to hold classes on-line and on trains.(Brief Article)
Oct 09, 2000; ... New York wasn't exactly a trendsetter in 1998 when it became the 39th state whose Bar Association mandated continuing legal education courses for attorneys. Most of the state's 110,000 practicing attorneys haven't been any more eager to fulfill the new requirements. With ...
Street pulls more bank jobs; Poaching increases as mergers make executives jittery; Lehman on prowl.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Oct 09, 2000; ... When Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. acquired SG Cowen's brokerage division in July, it was expecting big things. The addition of the 100-person brokerage force was intended to diversify Lehman, which generates most of its revenues through underwriting and its own trading. But in the wake of ...
New telecom companies hit hang-ups; After deregulation, many start-ups fail to connect with customers.(Brief Article)
Oct 09, 2000; ... Last year, in a $12 million advertising campaign, Prism Communications Services set out to turn conventional wisdom on its head. Via everything from TV ads to posters, it tried to convince New Yorkers that "Red means go" and that its Red Connect high-speed digital phone connections ...
At Deadline.(includes meshed brief articles)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Oct 09, 2000 ... Bond act push Contractors, unions, environmentalists and civic groups have created an umbrella organization to push for passage of the $3.8 billion transportation bond act on the November ballot. The Committee for Safe Roads and Improved Transportation wants to raise $2 million for a ...
Dresdner Bank's gambit on the world stage ; Wasserstein deal too expensive for limited benefits; lacks equity, fixed-income heft.(Bruce Wasserstein)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Oct 09, 2000; ... Leave it to Bruce Wasserstein to cut himself a deal. Last month, he sold his investment banking boutique to Dresdner Bank for a whopping $1.37 billion. Germany's third largest bank, with $419 billion under assets, was under pressure to act after merger discussions with Deutsche ...
Strip House bares charm; New Glazier Group steakhouse sizzles with the culinary art of French seduction.(Brief Article)
Oct 09, 2000; ... It stands for striptease and strip steak, and you can take a strip off me if you don't think Strip House is one of the best-realized new, meat-focused restaurants in town. The Glazier Group's achievement comes at a time of unparalleled steakeration. Inhale, and two new meat ...
Dress shirt maker irons out troubles as it collars market; Can Phillips-Van Heusen grow other areas?(Brief Article)
Oct 09, 2000; ... Two weeks ago, George W. Bush ditched the white shirt and red tie favored by politicians to appear on Live! With Regis dressed in Mr. Philbin's trademark look of a dark solid shirt and matching tie. The temporary morphing of presidential candidate into fashion plate made ...