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  • EXCLUSIVE: NY private-equity firm in advanced talks with California Pizza Kitchen

    California Pizza Kitchen appears close to a deal that has been cooking for more than four months,...  

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  • Sauerberg named president of Conde Nast, seen as heir apparent to Townsend

    Robert Sauerberg has been named president of Condé Nast — a newly created position. The long...  

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  • Kaplan Tapped as Fairchild's Editorial Director

    Peter Kaplan, former longtime editor-in-chief of the New York Observer, has been tapped to be the...  

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  • Analyst: Hefner’s Up to Something

    RBC Capital Markets analysts David Bank says he doesn't buy Hugh Hefner's assertion that he wants...  

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  • Deutsche Bank hires ex-Bear Stearns exec

    Deutsche Bank has hired former Bear Stearns fixed-income pro Jeffrey Mayer away from UBS. Mayer has...  

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Real Estate Blog

  • This week's calendar, July 29 to August 4

    Thursday, July 29 Rising Currents Boat Tour The Center for Architecture and the Museum of...  

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  • This week's calendar, July 22 to 28

    Saturday, July 24 Bushwick: Magnificent Remnants and Intelligent Redevelopment In Bushwick,...  

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  • This week's calendar, July 15 to 21

    Thursday, July 15 Building Brooklyn Awards The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce and its Real...  

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  • This week's calendar, July 8 to 14

    Thursday, July 8 Conversations on New York: Dan Doctoroff As New York City's Deputy Mayor for...  

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  • This week's calendar: July 1 to 7

    Saturday, July 3 Around Manhattan Official NYC Architectural Tour Learn about the city’s...  

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Waiting for 2012

Waiting for 2012

Facebook isn't yet ready to deactivate its own privacy controls. The social-networking giant is likely to put off an initial public offering until 2012 as CEO Mark Zuckerberg faces a slew of pitfalls in the coming year that he would...  Read Full Story

Markets

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Latest Business News

  • ABC's Family guy, Lee, to head network

    Walt Disney Co. tapped Paul Lee, the head of its ABC Family cable channel, to overhaul its slumping broadcast network. Lee will succeed former ABC...   4:24 AM

  • Kick in GOP's pants

    Kick in GOP's pants

    Count Republican politicians among the biggest losers after embattled billionaire brothers Charles and Sam Wyly were slammed with civil charges of running a massive fraud involving trading stock in companies while they were directors. The...   8:42 AM

  • Maverick sidesteps SEC probe

    The $11 billion hedge fund founded by Sam and Charles Wyly, the Texas billionaire brothers charged by the federal government this week with running a...   12:33 AM

  • A Rangers strikeout

    Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan tried to throw a fastball by a bankruptcy judge yesterday -- but the pitch failed to impress the Texas jurist....   4:25 AM

  • NY insurer probe grows

    New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo subpoenaed Genworth Financial Inc., Unum Group and an insurer acquired by France's Axa SA as the state widens a...   12:33 AM

  • Bernanke's net worth climbed 31% in 2009

    Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke's personal assets rose by as much as 31 percent last year as US stocks rebounded. The central bank chief...   12:34 AM

  • US growth misses estimates in Q2

    Growth in the US slowed to a 2.4 percent annual rate in the second quarter, less than forecast, reflecting a larger trade deficit and an easing in...   4:24 AM

  • Miramax sold for $660M

    The Walt Disney Co. has finally closed the book on a colorful chapter in its history. The media giant said yesterday that it sold Miramax Films to...   4:24 AM

  • Business briefs

    Shop chop The drop in consumer confidence to 67.8 in July, the lowest level since No vember, versus 76 in June, may further cut spending, which...   4:24 AM

  • Apparel-y not!

    Apparel-y not!

    Dov Charney continues to rip his company's stock price to shreds. Four months after American Apparel was warned by its auditor of the "possibility of collusion or improper management" of its financials, the retailer disclosed yesterday that its...   4:24 AM

  • Ad boss $hares good fortune with staff

    Now that's a good boss -- ask anybody in Madison Avenue. When advertising CEO Pete Snyder cashed out and sold control of his company back in 2007,...  

  • SAC suit shrinks

    So much for demanding half of hedge-fund mogul Steve Cohen's $13 billion empire. It turns out that Cohen's feisty ex-wife, Patricia, is willing to...  

  • SEC: Wyly bros. in $500M scam

    The Securities and Exchange Commission charged billionaire Samuel Wyly and his brother Charles yesterday with fraud for reaping more than $550 million...  

  • Trump's bet is for online tax

    Unlike casino mogul Steve Wynn, Donald Trump supports new legislation that would legalize online gambling in the US, saying the Big Apple and other...  

  • Lesson from Japan

    Just talking of "extend and pretend" will not work to put the US economy back on track, a Fed official warned yesterday. "The US is closer to a...   4:24 AM

  • Squeeze play

    Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez is not only chasing his 600th home run -- but also money from leveraged buyout king Tom Hicks. The bankrupt Texas...  

  • Citigroup fined $75M

    Citigroup will pay $75 million to settle US regulatory claims that it misled investors by understating holdings linked to subprime mortgages by...  

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