Ilya Marritz

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A Mexican billionaire spots the Times $250 million.

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The economics of state lotteries.

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A New York state court has affirmed the so-called "Amazon tax" on purchases made over the internet. WNYC's Ilya Marritz has more.

REPORTER: New York lawmakers broke new legal ground last year when they required out of state web retailers to collect New York sales tax ...

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The threats to the world economy that the next Secretary of State could face.

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One of the nation's biggest natural gas deposits, the Marcellus Shale, runs right through upstate New York. Last year, energy companies paid land owners huge bonuses for the drilling rights.

Here's Noel Van Swol, a property owner in Long Eddy, New York, speaking last March.

VAN SWOL: ...

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Deflation hits Manhattan apartments and an Atlantic Yards developer looks to economize.

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Columbia profs cook up a mortgage-foreclosure plan.

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Designers decide to opt out of Fashion Week runway shows.

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Some low-income New Yorkers are scrambling to find a new home heating oil supplier, now that Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has suspended a three-year-old program that provided them with discounted heating oil. Citgo, Venezuela's U.S. refining unit, says the suspension is due to the recession, ...

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Some low-income New Yorkers are scrambling to find a new home heating oil supplier, now that Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has suspended a three-year-old program that provided them with discounted heating oil. Citgo, Venezuela's U.S. refining unit, says the suspension is due to the recession, ...

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Broadway falls on hard times.

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Even if banks lend again, the market for securitized loans may stay small.

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How many jobs will the city lose? Will investment banks find a new way to make money?

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It's the first day of 2009 and dozens of state laws are taking effect in New York. They govern everything from composting to tax refunds. WNYC's Ilya Marritz has more.

REPORTER: There's no such thing as an "early tax refund," and now tax preparers will be ...

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There were a lot of lessons to be learned in 2008. Business Week writer Roben Farzad has his top five.

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After fifty years with the Village Voice, legendary jazz critic and civil liberties reporter Nat Hentoff is writing his final column. It is not his choice. Hentoff learned yesterday that he is one of three Voice writers who are being let go.

HENTOFF: Let's say you've ...

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New York City tries to lure tourists despite worldwide recession.

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Wild swings in commodities prices test the city’s recycling program.

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Why too many zeroes makes people zone out.

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Examining some of the new scams that are tailor made for the new millennium and the current financial downturn.