Topic: New York City

Forget crowded planes and long lines. Officials launching a campaign to improve the New York City area's much-maligned airports are starting with the bathrooms.   Read More

Growing prosperity in Asia is having a spin-off effect on European and U.S. property markets as the new millionaires from emerging economies look to park their wealth in key cities in the developed world.   Read More

California gets slammed for any number of reasons—budget deficits, earthquakes—but it’s a big winner when it comes to venture capital (VC) spending. It drew more VC investment than any other state last year, by a landslide. More than half the $28 billion spent nation-wide last year went to California.   Read More

The real estate market in the United States may still be slumping, but its high end is enjoying a remarkable updraft, propelled by money flowing in from all corners of the globe, including from developing countries like Brazil, China and India. But no group is consistently writing bigger checks than the Russians.    Read More

Trevor Neilson, president of Global Philanthropy Group, argues that putting a face to big donations inspires others and raises the profile of charitable giving.   Read More

The concept of supply and demand is being put to new use at the New York Beer Company, a Manhattan bar opening next week. The bar will model itself after the New York Stock Exchange, with the prices on the draft beer list fluctuating as if they were being traded on a beer "exchange."    Read More

The West Coast's Silicon Valley may be known as the birth-place of the American high-tech economy, but the East Coast is quickly becoming a hub for more and more would-be tech titans.    Read More

There's been a lot of talk recently about home prices reaching a bottom. But not everyone is convinced.   Read More

It is the governance of public pension plans that needs to be restructured to assure that pension funds are being appropriately invested and protected.    Read More

Robert Johnson at Business Insider has posted a story about young homeless couple living on the streets of New York.    Read More