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Deal halves tourist helicopter flights
New York Times, Published on 02/02/2016
» NEW YORK: After decades of complaints about noise and air pollution from the tens of thousands of tourist helicopter flights that circle Manhattan each year, New York City announced a deal Sunday that would cut their number in half by January 2017.
Dow Chemical, DuPont said close to mega-merger
New York Times, Published on 09/12/2015
» Dow Chemical and DuPont, two of the biggest and oldest companies in the US chemical industry, are in talks to merge in what would be one of the largest transactions in a year full of huge deals, people briefed on the matter said today.
Luxembourg embarks on a long-term rebranding effort
New York Times, Published on 25/11/2015
» Luxembourg, the country once known as the European “Death Star” of financial secrecy, is looking to improve its image.
Ageing libertine Playboy drops the nudes
New York Times, Published on 16/10/2015
» Last month, Cory Jones, a top editor at <i>Playboy</i> magazine, went to see its founder, Hugh Hefner, at the Playboy Mansion.
American airports geting into the hotel business
Business, New York Times, Published on 14/10/2015
» New York: For years, the TWA Flight Center at Kennedy International Airport in New York City, with its stark white concourse and plush-red lounge area, served as a reminder of a more romantic era of luxury air travel, before cramped seats, overstuffed bins and add-on fees became routine.
Peet's Coffee & Tea slurps Stumptown
Business, New York Times, Published on 08/10/2015
» New York: Peet's Coffee & Tea gave the coffeescenti something to buzz about with the announcement on Tuesday that it was buying Stumptown Coffee Roasters, a high-end specialty coffee company that has developed a cult following.
American Apparel goes bankrupt
New York Times, Published on 06/10/2015
» New York: American Apparel, the one-time arbiter of edgy made-in-America cool, filed for bankruptcy protection early Monday, its business crippled by huge debts, a precipitous fall in sales, employee strife and a drawn-out legal battle with the retailer’s ousted founder, Dov Charney.
Manhattan's bodegas are slowly dying off
New York Times, Published on 10/08/2015
» José Alvarrado saved for more than a decade to buy 3 Brothers Mini Market, a bodega at 169th Street and Audubon Avenue.
NY wants sodium warning on menus
New York Times, Published on 11/06/2015
» NEW YORK: New York City has banned trans fats at restaurants, posted calorie counts on menus and tried, unsuccessfully, to limit the size of sodas.
Utilitarian no more, airports go five-star
New York Times, Published on 08/05/2015
» As major airports around the world scramble to brand themselves as luxury entities rather than mere transportation centres, some have adopted a star-ranking system, like hotels. It was inevitable.