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Financial 411: Never Believe The Hype
by Ilya Marritz
November 27, 2009
Greg David of Crain’s New York Business on why stories about holiday shopping are usually wrong. ....
Financial 411: Fare Game
by Ilya Marritz
November 25, 2009
WNYC’s Lisa Chow explains why bus operators are offering $1 tickets to destinations around the northeast. ....
Financial 411: Nets Gain
by Ilya Marritz
November 24, 2009
The state’s highest court OKs the use of eminent domain to clear the way for the Atlantic Yards project. WNYC’s Matthew Schuerman explains. ....
Financial 411: Rumble in the Belly
by Ilya Marritz
November 23, 2009
As record numbers of New Yorkers show up at soup kitchens, the federal government is spending much more on food aid. Guest: Joel Berg, New York City Coalition Against Hunger.. ....
Financial 411: Ticket to LaGuardia
by Ilya Marritz
November 20, 2009
Why is Goldman Sachs offering tuition to classes at LaGuardia Community College? Greg David of Crain’s New York Business explains. ....
Financial 411: Prognosis: Two More Years Without New Cranes
by Ilya Marritz
November 19, 2009
Developers expect only projects that already have financing to go ahead. Guest: WNYC’s Lisa Chow covers the 42st Annual Capital Markets Conference sponsored by the NYU Schack Institute of Real Esta....
City Lags Behind Nation in Economic Recovery
by Ilya Marritz
November 18, 2009
New numbers show New York City lags behind the rest of the country in emerging from the recession. In the third quarter, the American economy grew 3.5 percent, but the city's economy continued to shr....
Financial 411: Ship To Shore
by Ilya Marritz
November 18, 2009
Almost 15,000 Americans declare earnings from their offshore accounts in a big IRS amnesty. Charles Falk, a tax attorney for some of them, explains why so many are turning themselves in. ....
Financial 411: Retail Politics
by Ilya Marritz
November 13, 2009
Costco opens in East Harlem, and a controversial mall plan in the Bronx. Guest: Greg David of Crain’s New York Business. ....
Financial 411: From Freak Show to Fancy Hotels
by Ilya Marritz
November 12, 2009
WNYC’s Matthew Schuerman explains the city’s ambitious plans for Coney Island. ....
Financial 411: From Bayji to Billing
by Ilya Marritz
November 11, 2009
What can be done to fix the VA benefits system and ease returning veterans' financial transition? Guest: Carolyn Schapper, National Guard interrogator and human intelligence specialist. ....
Financial 411: Bike Biz is Counter-Cyclical
by Ilya Marritz
November 10, 2009
WNYC's Ilya Marritz reports that bike lanes provided an economic stimulus in the recession. ....
Cycling = Ka-Ching!
by Ilya Marritz
November 10, 2009
An economy that's headed downhill is not a good thing. But a bicycle going downhill picks up speed. And the bicycle business has been up in the past year. As WNYC's Ilya Marritz reports, it's counter....
Public Forum on Catskills Gas Drilling Tonight at Stuyvesant HS
by Ilya Marritz
November 10, 2009
The debate over gas drilling in the Catskills is coming to New York City. This evening, a state agency will host a public forum on plans to oversee drilling in the formation known as the Marcellus Sh....
Financial 411: Wall Street Money and Nonprofits
by Ilya Marritz
November 09, 2009
The Harlem Children’s Zone, and the promise and peril of being popular in the financial services industry. Guest: WNYC’s Beth Fertig. ....
Financial 411: Is Insider Trading Pervasive At Hedge Funds?
by Ilya Marritz
November 06, 2009
Greg David of Crain’s New York Business is beginning to think so, in light of recent busts by the US Attorney’s office. ....
More Arrests in Insider Trading Case
by Ilya Marritz
November 06, 2009
Authorities have arrested seven more people in our area in a major anti-insider trading sweep, that began last month. WNYC's Ilya Marritz has the details. REPORTER: The accused are mostly stock trad....
Financial 411: Reasons to Destroy a Cell Phone
by Ilya Marritz
November 05, 2009
Prosecutors charge 14 more individuals in an alleged scheme involving insider trading via prepaid mobile phones. Guest: WNYC’s Ilya Marritz. ....
NYS Extends Comment Period for Natural Gas Drilling Plan
by Ilya Marritz
November 05, 2009
Albany is granting the city more time to comment on a controversial plan to allow gas drilling near its upstate drinking water reservoirs. WNYC's Ilya Marritz has more. REOPRTER: City officials ask....
Financial 411: Plain Vanilla, Anyone?
by Ilya Marritz
November 04, 2009
The reason banks want your money in a CD. Guest: Aaron Elstein of Crain’s New York Business. ....
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