Clinton Takes Aim at Hedge Funds
Date: 20 February 2008
By DEALBOOK
Dealbook
Hillary Clinton has drawn a lot of support from Wall Street moguls, including the heads of Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs. Her daughter, Chelsea, even works for a hedge fund, the Avenue Capital Group. (Here’s a list of other hedge fund managers who have donated to her campaign.) But at a campaign stop Tuesday in […]
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Switching Brands in the Skyline
Date: 20 February 2008
By DAVID W. DUNLAP
David DUNLAP
The G.M. Building that used to be the Newsweek Building was recently renamed 3 Columbus Circle, which has no frontage on Columbus Circle. Confused? A tale of naming rights in Manhattan.
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Are You a Log Lady?
Date: 20 February 2008
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Blogtalk: Hipsters in Crown Heights, Bay Ridge garbage wars, new siblings for The Spotted Pig, Amtrak’s service woes, a Bronx congressman who doesn’t like Castro, and other New York region links.
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Lawsuit Over Police Press Passes
Date: 20 February 2008
By SEWELL CHAN
Sewell CHAN
The New York Civil Liberties Union has challenged the Police Department’s refusal to disclose information about its policy for issuing press passes to journalists.
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Father and Brother of Suspect Describe Long Ordeal With Mental Illness
Date: 20 February 2008
By SEWELL CHAN
Sewell CHAN
Also in the Morning Buzz: a Spitzer aide’s expenditures from a campaign account, an alternative sentencing program for juvenile offenders and a possible state work force reduction in New Jersey.
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