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Federal Budget Agreement

  By Richard Cowan and David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bipartisan budget deal announced in the U.S. Congress on Tuesday, though modest in its spending cuts, would end three years of impasse and fiscal instability in Washington that culminated in

by · December 11, 2013 · Business, Domestic News

Cash-strapped Iranian students in U.S. hope nuclear deal will ease tuition woes

BY JONATHAN KAMINSKY Sun Dec 8, 2013 8:08am EST U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (R) shakes hands with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif after a ceremony at the United Nations in Geneva November 24, 2013. CREDIT: REUTERS/DENIS BALIBOUSE […]

by · December 8, 2013 · Business, Domestic News, News, World News

“START-UP NY” A TAX FREE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ZONE

 | Bronx Community College If you are looking to establish or grow a business somewhere in the New York area — the kind of enterprise that would align with a college’s academic mission and support training in specialized fields such as […]

by · December 8, 2013 · Business

U.S. Third-Quarter Growth Revised Up To 3.6 Percent, Jobless Claims Fall

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. economy grew faster than initially estimated in the third quarter as businesses aggressively accumulated stock, but

by · December 5, 2013 · Business

Third-Quarter Growth Revised Up To 3.6 Percent

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. economy grew faster than initially estimated in the third quarter as businesses

by · December 5, 2013 · Business

The third-quarter growth pace was the fastest since the first quarter of 2012

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. economy grew faster than initially estimated in the third quarter as businesses aggressively accumulated

by · December 5, 2013 · Business

Nuclear Material Is Stolen In Mexico

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican police have found a container that held radioactive material and which was stolen by thieves as it was being transported near Mexico City, the country’s national nuclear safety commission CNSNS said on Wednesday. The thieves […]

by · December 4, 2013 · Business, Domestic News, Local News, World News

Larger Container Ships On The Horizon….Can the Port Of NY Handle The Increased Capacity

By Ole Mikkelsen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Global container shipping companies have a strong appetite for new vessels, despite existing overcapacity, because they want

by · December 3, 2013 · Business

Shoppers drawn by deep discounts, promotions and extended store hours

(Reuters) – U.S. shoppers visited more stores and spent more money at brick-and-mortar sites across Thanksgiving Day and “Black Friday” than they did in 2012 while online sales set records, data showed on Saturday. When compared with Thanksgiving on Thursday […]

by · November 30, 2013 · Business, Domestic News

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif meets with Karzai

By Mirwais Harooni and Hamid Shalizi KABUL (Reuters) – Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif promised Afghanistan on Saturday that he would help arrange

by · November 30, 2013 · Business, World News

U.S. Winter Wheat Crop In Danger

CHICAGO (Reuters) – Bitter cold conditions expected to move through the U.S. Plains wheat belt next week will put the young crop at risk of

by · November 29, 2013 · Business, Domestic News

Capital Markets Rally

By Marc Jones and David Gaffen LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – A major index of world equities rose to near a six-year high on Friday, helped by gains in U.S. stocks, on faith in an improving global economy and support from […]

by · November 29, 2013 · Business

Biofuel or Food EU has to choose

By Charlie Dunmore BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union governments are trying to raise a planned limit on the use of transport fuels made from food crops, despite warnings that

by · November 29, 2013 · Business, World News

City Island’s Black Whale has one of the Best Brunches In NYC, Who Says, The Huffington Post Says, Thats WHO

  John Doyle The Black Whale has been listed by the Huffington Post as having one of the best brunches in NYC. 5 Boroughs, 5 Brunches www.huffingtonpost.com

Bronx On The Go Supports Our Local Merchants

Bronx On The Go: The Other Side of the Coin: Small Businesses Supporting Their Communities,… www.bronxonthego.com Small Business Saturday, Bronx, Kingsbridge Road Merchants Association, Holiday Celebration, KNIC

by · November 27, 2013 · Business