Investors, not the Fed, control the interest rates that matter most to businesses and consumers. They might demand higher returns if the central bank’s independence comes into question.
A thief swiped a traveler’s wallet at the Barcelona airport and later used her card to take out more than $1,100 in cash. Why was her fraud claim denied?
Vornado Realty Trust is paying $50M to refinance a 1.2M office tower in its prized Midtown South domain around Penn Station.
The REIT locked down a $450M CMBS loan for Penn 11, it announced Wednesday. The five-year interest-only loan has a fixed rate of 6.35% and will mature in August 2030.
Consumer groups say proposals by BlackRock and Blackstone to buy energy companies in Minnesota, New Mexico and Texas could hurt residents.
Shinjiro Koizumi has scrambled to cut soaring rice prices ahead of a high-stakes election this weekend. Will it be enough to buoy support for the Liberal Democratic Party?
A popular and contentious game, Revenge on Gold Diggers, sheds light on misogyny, inequality and the feeling among many men that they are economic victims.
Alimentation Couche-Tard’s $47 billion bid spurred changes at the chain’s Japanese owner. Now, the question is whether that momentum will carry forward.
Another tech company is setting up shop at SL Green’s office development overlooking Madison Square Park. Sigma Computing signed a lease for 64,000 square feet at One Madison Avenue, the landlord announced. The cloud-based data analytics and software platform will occupy a portion of the third floor at the 1.4-million-square-foot Class A office tower, bringing […]
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Rudy Gabsi’s LENY Group couldn’t hold on to its mixed-use Williamsburg property long enough to right the ship. CIM Group and Osiris Ventures snapped up 190 Berry Street from LENY for $55.7 million out of bankruptcy, according to property records. LENY put the entity that owned the mixed-use property into Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last […]
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Across the United States, cafes are serving jumbo-size coffee drinks in plastic buckets. The gimmick is working.