Photo by Brad Barket/Getty Images The building suffered through curbed consumer spending throughout 2008 and barely reached 50% occupancy by the following February.Outside

After hitting 11-month highs on Tuesday, stocks slipped in subsequent sessions and ended with their steepest weekly drop since July. The Lost Symbol won big at bookstores but tickers everywhere tanke

Inquiring minds are wondering about the possibility of pent-up inflation from the massive expansion of money supply by the Federal Reserve. Our search for the truth starts with the question, "Wh

It’s been a long, hot media summer where I live in the mile-square city of Hoboken, which has an economic health closely linked to that of Manhattan. First, an alleged bribery scandal

Greetings from New York where here, and throughout the country, a big to-do is being made over the Commodities Futures Trading Commission confessing that “speculation” may have had someth

What can a corporation do to generate some increased revenue and public awareness? While buckling down and delivering a sensational product is one tried-and-true method, the far quicker and easier ro

I can recite the 15 or so stops on New Jersey Transit’s North Jersey Coast Line in my sleep. I’ve made the trip from New York to Long Branch more often than I’d like to consider. My

Editor's Note: The author is principal and founder of Arabella Philanthropic Investment Advisors and managing director of the Washington, DC office.Charitable giving in the US fell last year by the l

It's hard to keep track of the untold spin-offs of the original Terminator movie -- but I wouldn't be surprised if the next installment is set on Wall Street. Why, you ask? Because computers are now

New York's cash-strapped Metropolitan Transportation Agency -- the behemoth that oversees the operation of the city's subways, buses, and commuter rail lines -- has sold the naming rights to one of t