School Improves With Help of U.S. Money It May Lose The New York Times | The federal grant had ambitious purpose, few restrictions and a not-so-distant expiration date: three years. With almost $1 million to spend, Brian Rosenbloom, the principal at Chelsea Career and Technical Education High School in SoHo, once one of...
Did History Predict Obama's Recent Actions Against the U.S.? The Examiner | Two recent events illustrate the contrast in character and integrity, which define and differentiate Republicans and Democrats, which is illustrated by the caliber of the issues they choose to pursue and how they perform, accordingly. | The story o...
2012 Winter Coat Style on a Budget The Examiner | Sometimes when it’s really cold outside the last thing on your mind is to look fresh off the runway especially here in New York City where temperatures in January and February can reach a staggering zero degrees. | Choosing winter coats shoul...
Want a check-up? Trade you for it.... Business Journal Tracey Drury Buffalo Business First Reporter - Business First Email | Here's a cool, new take on a really old tradition. | Uninsured New York City artists and arts workers can now gain access to health care in exchange for their art. | The Lincoln Ar...
Jobless rate slides in Albany area The Business Review The Business Review Date: Tuesday, January 24, 2012, 2:28pm EST - Last Modified: Tuesday, January 24, 2012, 2:48pm EST Related: , Related News | The rate of unemployment fell in the Albany, New York region in the final month of 2011, falling to 6.9 p...
Sharing a Screen, if Not a Classroom The New York Times | In a hushed first-grade classroom at Public School 55 in the South Bronx, Edward Muñoz, a bashful 7-year-old in scuffed sneakers and a worn hoodie, was sounding out tricky words with his tutor. | Connect with for New York breaking news and h...
The Bronx Meets Beijing Huffington Post | It was my honor to accompany the founder of NFTE, Steve Mariotti, and a group of NFTE student alumni and associates to China in November of 2011. As a two-year NFTE teacher in the Bronx, I was familiar with the NFTE program in the New York Metro ar...
Life — and Kodak — Remembered The New York Times In order to view this feature, you must download the latest version of flash player here. | This was not an unexpected Kodak moment. | The iconic company’s bankruptcy filing had been foreshadowed in recent weeks. Yet there was something about readi...
NY Senate bloc pushes for small business laws The Boston Globe | ALBANY, N.Y.-While New York devotes much of its effort and billions of dollars in tax breaks to attract global corporations, an influential bloc of state senators is targeting small business. | The Independent Democratic Conference is proposing bil...
How Citigroup's global reach could backfire Star Tribune | NEW YORK - Citigroup has a world of problems. | The bank is proud of its global reach -- 1,400 branches in 46 countries. But in Asia, the economies of China and India are slowing. And Europe, the source of one in three dollars that Citi brings in, may be on the brink of financial disaster. | Citi's rivals J.P. Morgan Chase and Bank of America hav...
US stocks rally amid mixed bag of bank earnings Sydney Morning Herald | US stocks gained on Tuesday as brighter sentiment about China's growth prospects overshadowed Europe's recent credit downgrades and a mixed bag of big bank earnings. | China's economy expanded at the weakest pace in two-and-a-half years, data showed, suggesting officials may try to boost growth in the near term by tweaking monetary policy. | Bank...
