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The Business of Bonuses

How this year's Wall Street bonuses may affect the real estate market, and the broader City economy with Kathryn S. Wylde, President and CEO of the Partnership for New York City, a nonprofit organization of the city’s business leaders and John A. Challenger, CEO of Challenger, Gray, and Christmas, an outplacement consulting organization.

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Bankruptcy in New York City

We speak with Michael Richmond, Partner at the law firm Foley & Lardner LLP and former President and Chairman of the American Bankruptcy Institute.

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Facebook and Lifeat.com--Social Networking for the Young and Not-so-Young

Facebook is the buzz of the media world right now, with older users and professionals jumping on board. Alice Mathias, 2007 Dartmouth Graduate, says it's all just online community social theater. We ask her why. We also talk to Matthew Goldstein, founder of Lifeat.com.

Read Alice Mathias' Op-ed about Facebook

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Changing Course at ACS

How are the changes put in place at the New York City Administration for Children's Services (ACS) since the death of Nixzmary Brown working out? We ask Elizabeth Roberts, the deputy commissioner for Family Support Services at ACS, and then hear from Andrew White, director of the Center for New York City Affairs at the New School and an editor of Child Welfare Watch, Lisa Caswell from the Day Care Council of New York, and Tracey Carter, a parent organizer from the Child Welfare Organizing Project.

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Behind the Road-Rage Shooting

An off-duty officer shot a 25-year-old man after a road rage incident last weekend. We look at the details of the case and the clash of cultures behind the shooting with Al Baker, police bureau chief for the New York Times.

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