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Why We Want The AT&T Merger: Jobs
The labor movement supports the merger between AT&T and T-Mobile because it will provide enormous benefits to both consumers and workers.
Unlicensed Software Use Settlement
The Business Software Alliance (BSA), the voice of the world’s commercial software industry, today announced a settlement with Citrin Cooperman of New York, NY. This is the second highest settlement ever in NY....Former Cookie Factory Acquired
In a joint venture with long-time equity partner Angelo, Gordon & Co., LP, Joseph A. Farkas, president of Metropolitan Realty Associates, has paid $18.5 million for a five-acre site in Riverdale, in the northwest corner of the Bronx, which will become a new multi-tenant retail center....Closure Of 34 Post Offices, 17 In Bronx
The United States Postal Service announced today it is considering the closure of thousands of post offices nationwide, including dozens in New York City....The Markets Will Decide
As I write this, the stock market is going up again. It would not matter if the world were indeed coming to an end. (Actually it might be.) Zero percent short term interest rates and reasonably healthy corporate profits are enough....
Bronx Nut Factory Leaves The Borough Heading To Pennsylvania
The A.L. Bazzini Company, a long-time Bronx peanut plant that supplies peanuts to Yankee Stadium, says it is packing up and heading for Pennsylvania....
First Bronx Business Incubator
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today broke ground on the first City-sponsored business incubator to facilitate development of new startup businesses in the Bronx....Federal Funding For Health Care Jobs
Four organizations in New York state are getting a total of $6 million in federal grants to provide low-income people with training for health care jobs....Underserved Neighborhoods: Groceries
Governor David A. Paterson today announced the availability of $30 million for the New York Healthy Food & Healthy Communities (HFHC) Fund to finance the building of food markets in underserved communities. Administered by Empire State Development (ESD), the fund includes a $20 million commitment from The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. and a $10 million commitment from ESD....
Camelina - An Alternative Fuel
The Gulf oil spill has shown us just one of the downsides of petroleum. That makes the mind of even a geologist like me turn to several questions about the future. ...
Free Workshop Helps Bronx Residents
WHEDco, a Bronx-based non-profit organization, is hosting a free community workshop to help residents start their own businesses as NYC Green Cart fresh produce vendors on Tuesday, August 24, 2010 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. at WHEDco’s Intervale Green Office, 1330 Intervale Avenue, Bronx....Bronx Students Build Green Roofs
Bronx teacher Steve Ritz has scheduled his Discovery High School students to install a state-of-the-art green roof in East Hampton, Long Island this coming Friday, August 13th. These students are the youngest members of Green Living Technologies' Installer Certification program that graduated in March 2010....Over 84,000 Jobs Available
To make it easier for job seekers to search for careers, the New York State Department of Labor has launched the New York State Job Bank web site....Businesses Can Get Licenses Online
First Deputy Mayor Patricia E. Harris and Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) Commissioner Jonathan Mintz today announced that New York business owners in all 55 of the industries DCA licenses can now access licensing services online at nyc.gov/consumers. ...
Nike Air Force 1 Bronx Quickstrike
More leak photos have been released from BX Sports who look to be dropping the Nike Air Force 1 Bronx Quickstrike....Bringing Free Broadband To Bronx
County Executives of America (CEA) today announced a plan to bring free broadband wireless service to more than 400,000 Bronx County households without access to broadband. If approved, the plan would also help create 15,000 job opportunities in Bronx County....Business Opportunity: Take Advantage
New York City Economic Development Corporation has launched a campaign geared towards Minority, Woman and Disadvantaged businesses....Funding For The State Liquor Authority
Governor David A. Paterson today announced the inclusion of $2.4 million in funding for technology improvements at the State Liquor Authority (SLA). His proposal, which was part of the Governor's 2010-2011 Executive Budget, is included in the budget legislation that was sent to the Legislature on Friday....All-Electric Truck Unveiled In Bronx
Today, the first fully electric medium-duty delivery truck in New York City was unveiled in the Bronx. The vehicle, which is owned and operated by Down East Seafood in Hunts Point, was dubbed “Big Green” by Down East’s Ed Taylor. ...
Grant Expands Green Collar Workforce
The National Community Action Foundation and Exxon Mobil Corporation recognized the Association for Energy Affordability (AEA) an $800,000 with a grant to establish a weatherization training program....
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