Crain's New York Business back issues from September 2008:
Designer Drama.(Business of Fashion Report)
Sep 01, 2008 ... The extravaganza that is New York Fashion Week comes with high drama, high stakes--and a high price. At Bryant Park, the tents alone go for about $25,000 to $50,000, and production costs easily triple that amount. As designers display their wares, beginning Sept. 5, the ...
Label pairs backers' bucks with an intimate style; On verge of big time, founder sticks to roots, keeps her cool; needs to build on potential.(Business of Fashion Report)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Byline: Ylonda Gault Caviness Some designers get by on their business sense; others, their fashion sense. But often, the key to success is plain old common sense. That's why Rachel Roy will not tent her collection in Bryant Park, the official scene of Fashion Week. ...
Employment firm growing in Times Square; New space will let BountyJobs Inc. hire 12 more workers.(Real Estate)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Bountyjobs inc. is quadrupling its space with a five-year lease for a total of almost 9,400 square feet at 230 W. 41st St., between Seventh and Eighth avenues. Asking rent was $48 a square foot. The company, which connects employers and headhunters through an online marketplace, ...
Financially sound designer gets back in glitzy game; Returns to world stage with a bang; hopes to prove its renewed prowess.(Business of Fashion Report)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Byline: Tina Traster Luca orlandi, an Italian textile scion, built his Luca Luca brand independently and quietly. Although his clothes adorn the likes of Halle Berry, Paris Hilton and Beyonce, he seldom seeks the limelight. Except at Fashion Week, that is. Starting in ...
New York, New York.(Briefs)(McCainSpace.com)(Editorial)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Byline: edited by Valerie Block The Internet is a series of tubes Sen. john mccain admits that he's not particularly computer-savvy. He's not the most popular presidential candidate on the Web, either, with fewer than 250,000 friends on Facebook versus 1.4 million ...
Those serving now in need; Agencies face worst crunch in decades, scramble for ideas.(Hard Times for Nonprofits)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Daniel Massey And Miriam Kreinin Souccar In may, the trustees and top executives of Citymeals-on-Wheels gathered to make the toughest decision in the agency's 28-year history. The organization has lost nearly $800,000 in donations and is grappling with steep ...
Executive Moves.(Business Lives)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: sarah studley Accounting & Consulting Citrin Cooperman & Co.: F. Wayne Holton, 65, was promoted to chief executive from partner. Holtz Rubenstein Reminick: John Basile, 46, joined as partner. He had been a partner at Hays & Co. James ...
In the Markets.(Briefs)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Erik Ipsen Bond insurer worth avoiding When a stock is beaten down as far as that of bond insurer MBIA Inc., any good word can touch off an explosion. Sure enough, its shares have soared 231% in the past month on the news that the company was out of danger of ...
A page from Obama's playbook; $2.5M shortfall and cuts spur marketing blitz, Web revamp and microgiving pilot.(Hard Times for Nonprofits)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Daniel Massey In each of the past few years, the Children's Aid Society spent only a fraction of the $100,000 budgeted for marketing. But this year, faced with a $2.5 million fundraising shortfall, the group is spending more than $400,000 to recruit new donors. ...
Verizon searches for new horizons; Wireless carrier opens platform; exclusive deal with Google on the way.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Amanda Fung Verizon wireless and Google Inc. could seal a deal that would make the tech giant's search engine a featured service on all Verizon cell phones by year end. The potential partnership highlights Verizon's efforts to dethrone AT&T Wireless as the ...
WANTED: director of engineering.(Business Lives)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: amanda fung COMPANY Yodle JOB DESCRIPTION Oversee and manage a team of 10 software engineers at a Manhattan-based startup MOST IMPORTANT TASKS Recruiting talent, motivating the team and leading design system architecture CREDENTIALS ...
The Insider.(Briefs)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Erik Engquist and Matthew Sollars Hillary becomes Dems' Rules girl Many of Sen. Hillary Clinton's supporters, still smarting from their candidate's narrow defeat, have won a partial victory in an effort to ensure that no one else suffers a similar fate. The ...
The Weeks Ahead.(Calendar/Datebook)(Conference news)(Calendar)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Byline: maia blume & sarah studley This Week's Events September 3 New York Public Library holds information session on business startup resources and services. 3:15 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., 188 Madison Ave., lower level. Free. (212) 592-7800. ...
GROUP SEEKS HOST BUSINESSES; exploring careers.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... The Greater New York Councils' Exploring program seeks businesses to host sessions offering high school students the chance to explore various industries and make better decisions about career choices. Exploring puts together groups of 15 to 25 students. They meet at the ...
FREE TRIALS OF ONLINE NEWSLETTERS; online political news from crain's.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Crain's offers readers free two-week trial subscriptions to its online newsletters, Crain's Health Pulse and The Crain's Insider. Pulse deals with the business of health care. It gives details on mergers, contracts, companies' executive appointments, regulatory actions and ...
ACCESSORIES ADORN THE RACKS.(Business of Fashion Report)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: adrianne pasquarelli Henri Bendel is not holding back. Crossing the threshold of the gracious Fifth Avenue specialty store, shoppers find a larger-than-life assortment of bright beaded necklaces, vividly colored handbags and chunky cuff bracelets. In case you ...
At Deadline.(Late News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... The future of the Parkway Hospital should become clear soon. The Queens hospital, slated to close by Sept. 30 as a result of a Berger commission mandate, has been lobbying fiercely to remain open. If the hospital does close, it has to give employees who are members of 1199 SEIU 30 days' ...
HARD TIMES AT NONPROFITS; Gifts dwindle, costs increase and further cuts loom.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... The most vital charities in New York--those that provide food, shelter and other services to the city's neediest--are facing their worst crises in memory. Because of the economic downturn, such nonprofits have lost millions in ...
Malcolm in middle moves Willets Point; State senator gets parties together; deals expected soon.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Daniel Massey The icy relationship between the city and landowners in Willets Point, Queens, is beginning to thaw, leading some to believe that the pace of property acquisitions in the area, slated for redevelopment, will pick up. Landowners and city ...
Selling ticket licenses adds up.(Viewpoint)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Holders of season tickets for the New York Giants and New York Jets--or at least those quoted in the press in recent weeks--are outraged that they are being forced to buy personal seat licenses to keep their tickets. Here's an economics lesson for fans, as well as for the journalists ...
U.N. nod to eateries; Convivio, Padre Figlio gain approval of diplomats and nabe; loud when full.(Business Lives)
Sep 01, 2008 ... The united nations is seldom unanimous on anything, but two new Italians in the neighborhood are winning great approval as delightful dining destinations for diplomats and everyone else. Convivio supplies splendid southern spin in the L'Impero space. The other, Padre Figlio, ...
The limitations of term limits.(Viewpoint)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Alair Townsend Mike bloomberg appears to want a third term as mayor. It's causing a kerfuffle in some quarters because the city voters twice said they wanted local officials limited to two terms, a maximum of eight years. I'm with the mayor on this one. I ...
Buyers pooling resources; Joint ventures allow purchasers to put more money down on building deals.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Theresa Agovino With financing still expensive and difficult to obtain, Manhattan office buyers are increasingly creating joint ventures to acquire properties. Last week, a partnership between Sherwood Equities and an unnamed institutional investor bought 370 ...
Hands-on hostess.(Business Lives)(TriBeCa restaurant)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Byline: sarah studley Karen Waltuck, 55, loves working with people. As the co-owner, with her husband David, of Chanterelle, she keeps everything running smoothly at the TriBeCa restaurant. perfect match A native of New York, Ms. Waltuck has always loved foreign ...
Get out of town! Gothamites trade in success for simple life.(Business Lives)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Byline: MATTHEW FLAMM Writer and entrepreneur Penelope Trunk moved to New York from Los Angeles seeking fame and fortune in the world of Internet startups. Ten years later, she was a columnist and blogger with a national following and an annual paycheck of more than $200,000 ....
Should the Jets and the Giants sell stadium seat licenses? CRAIN'S ONLINE POLL.(Viewpoint)
Sep 01, 2008 ... 189 VOTES Date of poll: Aug. 26 47% No. It's pure greed. They have fans over a barrel because demand for season tickets is so high 41% No. Fans aren't owners; why should they shell out money ...
2008 Watch.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... It's considered a given in political circles that Michael Bloomberg will still be mayor on Jan. 1, 2010, if he decides he wants to be. It's almost certain that the City Council will agree to revise the term limits law to allow him a third term if he asks, and there are court rulings that ...
Brooklyn Bridge Park draws protest from local politician; Insists area residents get shortchanged; too late to turn back.(Neighborhood Journal)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Byline: Matthew Sollars Brooklynites have been waiting patiently for over two decades for a park to be built on the abandoned docks below the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. Now that work on the park has actually begun--in the form of demolition work on piers that started in ...
Increased designer-retailer hookups defy results; Mizrahi-Target synergy sought, but sales may not spark.(Business of Fashion Report)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Catherine Curan The fashion set is a notoriously biting clique. So early this year, when news of a partnership between luxury designer Norma Kamali and Wal-Mart Stores hit the blogosphere, the posts were less than charitable toward the discounting giant. They ...
Detour to the Garden; MSGE charges exec to expand and export productions; thought she'd left biz behind.(Business Lives)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Byline: Hilary Potkewitz When melissa Miller Ormond was a freshly minted college grad with a degree in political science, she headed to Washington, D.C., hoping to land an internship. "I told my parents I was going into politics,'' says the Topeka, Kan., native. "And ...
The puzzle of pleasing over-35s; Hipper approach needed to lure turned-off, time-starved group.(Business of Fashion Report)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: ylonda Gault Caviness All across the country, Lloyd Boston keeps meeting the same woman. Whether she's an at-home mom or a career woman, she is juggling half a dozen roles. She has confidence, she has money and she has sex appeal, whatever the date of birth printed on ...
Condo glut builds; Owners cut prices, switch to rentals; impact uneven.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Theresa Agovino When columbia university announced last week that it had bought a brand-new condominium building in Riverdale to house faculty and students, Vasco Da Silva cheered. It's not that he has any particular affection for Ivy Leaguers. As a real ...
Lawyers lose jobs; Wall St. the culprit; Firms dependent on waning financial deals shed attorneys; chance to cherry-pick.(News)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: Hilary Potkewitz Lawyers are following bankers, as usual--right out the door. In the wake of massive layoffs on Wall Street, law firms have been quietly letting go of staffers whose services are no longer needed now that financial deals have dried up. The ...
Time marches from the terminal onto the Web; Longtime watch shop in New York landmark expands service online.(Small Business)
Sep 01, 2008; ... Byline: Damian Ghigliotty Central watch Band Stand has been in business selling and repairing watches for 56 years at the same location in Grand Central Terminal, but when it came time to expand, the owners looked elsewhere. Not to another location, but to the ...
STARS ATTRACT THE MOST MONEY.(Hard Times for Nonprofits)
Sep 01, 2008 ... Byline: MIRIAM KREININ SOUCCAR While many of the city's 25,000 nonprofits are finding it tougher than ever to raise money, high-profile arts institutions and major universities seem immune to the economic downturn. In fact, some organizations are breaking fundraising records. ...
HealthFUL treats for the lunch box.(Business Lives)(high fibre diet for children)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2008 ... i recommend foods that are high in fiber, such as Gnu snack bars. Other choices, like low-fat string cheese, offer calcium and protein. Even popcorn, which is a whole grain, has seven grams of fiber per cup. Stay away from the 100-calorie snack packs; they tend to ...
Cleaning up through war against germs; EquipSystems disinfects, maintains inventory on facilities' odd schedules; looking to wider market.(Small Business Report)
Sep 08, 2008 ... Byline: steve garmhausen Staff morale rose noticeably after EquipSystems cleaned and refurbished equipment at Atlanta Medical Center earlier this summer. Among other things, the company degunked the wheels on I.V. poles. "When a nurse doesn't have to struggle to push ...
Advertising Supplement: Holiday Party Guide.
Sep 08, 2008 ... See publication for the following articles: Planning an Office Holiday Party ...
Best of Bob Lape.(Business Lives)(Restaurant review)
Sep 08, 2008 ... Byline: Bob Lape Ammos (3 stars) www.ammosnewyork.com 52 Vanderbilt Ave. (between East 44th and East 45th streets), Manhattan. (212) 922-9999. Wunderkind chef David Ogren brings real creative fire to the handsome Mediterranean-Greek eatery near Grand ...
NY Sun's prospects for money to save paper cloudy at best; Backers hard to find in bad climate; a small audience.(News)
Sep 08, 2008 ... Byline: Matthew Flamm The new york sun will not set quietly. Executives from the money-losing broadsheet continued to search for new investors last week after announcing in a front-page letter on Thursday that the Sun would cease publishing without additional ...
A salutary nudge.(Small Business Report)
Sep 08, 2008 ... having unhealthy workers can mean paying higher premiums. Take such preventative steps as offering smoking cessation programs, a ...
Putting on the glitz; Nearly 1,000 fashionistas pitch in for big event.(Business Lives)
Sep 08, 2008 ... Byline: ADRIANNE PASQUARELLI For most, September marks an end to summer's carefree reprieve of beach weather and relaxed vacations. For Alycia Randise, a 26-year-old Brooklyn resident who spends the year working behind the counter at Kiehl's pharmacy, September marks her return ...
In no hurry to drop gas surcharges; Businesses wary of cutting add-ons for fuel costs; some pad profits.(News)
Sep 08, 2008 ... Byline: Matthew Sollars Many new york businesses are in no rush to roll back surcharges they imposed when fuel costs skyrocketed earlier this summer, even though prices have dropped more than 10% since peaking in mid-July. The companies insist that it is too early for ...
Antunes named editor of Crain's; CNNMoney.com vet joins on Oct. 6; David becomes editorial director.(News)
Sep 08, 2008 ... Xana antunes, formerly executive editor of CNNMoney.com and editor of the New York Post, has been named editor of Crain's New York Business. Ms. Antunes' appointment is effective Oct. 6, when she will take charge of the paper's 33-person editorial staff and both the print ...
Open source lab open for business; Joint venture facility at CUNY for city, state departments.(News)
Sep 08, 2008 ... Byline: Amanda Fung New york's technology geeks got a new playground last week: the New York City Open Source Solutions Lab, launched by the City University of New York and giants Red Hat Inc. and Intel, the first such facility in town. City and state agencies' ...
Should Bloomberg clarify his position on term limits? CRAIN'S ONLINE POLL.(Viewpoint)
Sep 08, 2008 ... 180 votes Date of poll: Sept. 3 40% Yes. Elected officials need to know if the law is going to be changed so they can make plans about running for re-election. 20% Yes. Mayoral ...
Kids' hospital on tap? 2 Brooklyn facilities may join forces; could rival city's major sites.(News)
Sep 08, 2008 ... Byline: Elizabeth Macbride Maimonides Infants and Children's Hospital and SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn are exploring the idea of creating a boroughwide pediatric hospital. Discussions have been "very preliminary,'' says Dr. Steven Shelov, vice president ...
In the Markets.(Briefs)
Sep 08, 2008 ... Byline: edited by Robert Hordt One Wall Street firm worth a look Shares in Lazard Ltd. sank 11% last week on news that some executives were selling stock they inherited from the firm's initial public offering three years ago. That provides a perfect entry point for ...
The Insider.(Briefs)
Sep 08, 2008 ... Byline: Erik Engquist and Matthew Sollars Arena to miss its start date Forest city Ratner still insists that it can break ground on its Brooklyn basketball arena this year. Reality says otherwise. It will be at least 2009 before state courts stomp out two lawsuits ...
Little fallout for Rangel; Criminal charges, censure unlikely for congressman after tax revelation.(News)
Sep 08, 2008 ... Byline: Erik Engquist The revelation that Rep. Charles Rangel failed to declare rental income from his vacation property won't cost him his seat in Congress or chairmanship of the House Ways and Means Committee, but it does provide ammunition for Republicans, political observers ...
Stepping into big shoes; Steven Madden chief focuses on licensing deals, sagging margins; new designs needed.(Business Lives)
Sep 08, 2008 ... Byline: Adrianne Pasquarelli When Steve Madden returned to work in 2005 after more than three years in prison for stock fraud and money laundering, most people expected him to eventually take over the helm of his eponymous footwear and accessories company. But he ...
Hot Jobs.(Business Lives)
Sep 08, 2008 ... Byline: amanda fung WANTED: chief financial officer COMPANY NexCen Brands Inc. JOB DESCRIPTION Oversee financial operations at the Manhattan company, which buys and manages global retail brands MOST IMPORTANT TASK Help the firm manage its heavy ...
The GOP's New York fantasy.(Viewpoint)
Sep 08, 2008 ... Only days before the Democrats met in Denver, a Siena College poll reported that Sen. John McCain trailed Sen. Barack Obama in New York by the surprisingly narrow margin of 8 percentage points. Last week, following their boisterous confab in St. Paul, local Republicans convinced themselves ...
Jobs up in Harlem, outer boroughs; Gains over past decade are outside Manhattan; losses posted downtown.(News)(Brief article)
Sep 08, 2008; ... Byline: Elisabeth Butler Cordova New york city gained 256,000 jobs during the past decade, primarily because of growth in Harlem and neighborhoods outside Manhattan. A report issued by the Center for an Urban Future notes that four ZIP codes in the southern tip of ...
RUNWAY NEWCOMERS.(Business Lives)
Sep 08, 2008 ... New Designers making their runway debuts are hot commodities at this year's shows, running Sept. 5 through Sept. 12. SoHo-based Thuy Diep, a Vietnamese-born designer known for her floaty fabrics, exhibited her spring line Sunday evening. In menswear, Sergio Davila, a Peruvian designer, ...
Tilting funds at windmills; Ardour Capital's business in alternative energy allows it to thrive as most of Wall Street languishes.(Small Business Report)(Ardour Capital Investments)
Sep 08, 2008; ... Byline: steve garmhausen You may not find windmills in New York City--yet--but you will find Ardour Capital Investments, which is prospering as an investment bank for the green revolution. The five-year-old firm specializes in research, advisory services and funding ...
Building on diplomacy; Forging consensus, soothing egos falls to manager Levien & Co.(Small Business Report)
Sep 08, 2008 ... Byline: steve garmhausen Most of New York City's businesses are subject to the ebb and flow of the economy, but a lucky few, including construction project manager Levien & Co., can swim against the tide in tough times. Three-quarters of the firm's business comes from ...
Crunch derails Spanish developer; Newcomer closes only one of 6 deals, loses 3 deposits.(News)
Sep 08, 2008 ... Byline: Theresa Agovino Executives at Renta Corporacion Real Estate SA thought its strategy of flipping buildings would work perfectly in Manhattan, a market overflowing with buyers and capital. Since setting up shop here about a year ago, the Barcelona-based firm has signed ...
New York, New York.(Briefs)(Apple Computer Inc. iTunes Music Store's ToneMaker)(New York Foundation for the Arts' jobs Web site)(launch of Edible Manhattan)
Sep 08, 2008; ... Byline: edited by Valerie Block Radio DJ turns TV star The angie martinez show took a big step closer to becoming a reality. "New York, New York'' wrote in June that the Hot 97 disc jockey (right) was shopping a show. Well, BET just agreed to run six episodes this ...
North Africa not so far away; Nomad joins trend with flavorful dishes and tabs that are easy on the wallet.(Business Lives)(Restaurant review)
Sep 08, 2008 ... Restaurants of diverse African lineage are flowering in Manhattan. Nomad, a North African specialist, is thriving in the East Village. Factor in hummus havens, and the movement is clear. Nomad features foods of Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria--the homeland of owner Mehenni ...
Distasteful truths and consequences.(Viewpoint)
Sep 08, 2008 ... Byline: Greg David Businesspeople in New York long for a third term for Michael Bloomberg. With the possible exceptions of entrepreneurs in Willets Point, cigarette vendors and restaurateurs who don't want to disclose the number of calories that their meals contain, ...
Dentsu's ad campaign; Agency uses parent's power but aims to leave its shadow.(News)
Sep 08, 2008 ... Byline: AMANDA FUNG When tim andree took the helm of the U.S. operations of Dentsu Inc. two years ago, the Manhattan-based ad agency was a small, relatively unknown shop, and it was facing huge expenses. It was also lost in the shadow of its parent company in Japan--the largest ...
NO LONGER SECOND FIDDLE; CEO's tech focus helps exchange make inroads.(News)
Sep 08, 2008 ... Byline: aaron elstein In mid-july, Chief Executive Robert Greifeld claimed a big victory in Nasdaq's long-standing war with the New York Stock Exchange: His marketplace surpassed the exchange as the place where the NYSE's blue-chip listings are most-traded. To rub it in, Mr ....
Term Limits.(Briefs)(government offices)(Brief article)
Sep 08, 2008 ... One would think the debate over term limits would be low-hanging fruit for good-government groups. Well, think again. "The situation is ambiguous from a good-government point of view,'' says Susan Lerner, executive director of Common Cause New York. The Citizens ...
ELECTIONS Insurgents struggle.(Briefs)
Sep 08, 2008 ... A number of local seats are being contested Tuesday, and though no incumbents are expected to lose, the political cognoscenti will be watching closely. Here's a snapshot of some key races. Congress Rep. Ed Towns, D-Brooklyn, vs. Kevin Powell. If nothing else, this ...