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Focuses on the potichomania business of John Derian in New York City. Collection of old paper to create decorative accessories; Price of accessories sold; Number of stores open nationwide.

At least on paper, the early actions of New York state regulators in establishing a recreational marijuana marketplace are checking multiple boxes in progressive policy: Counteracting the ills of the war on drugs, boosting people of color in obtaining dispensary licenses, even ensuring less environmentally noxious cultivation. What remains much less clear is whether the state's regulations governing adult use of cannabis will be strong enough to deter such harms as greater youth access, and to what degree wider availability of the drug will fuel intensified demand for treatment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers information on the Cornell Masters of Business Administration (MBA) tournament in Ithaca, New York. It states that 32 graduate students representing eight major business schools are competing and were asked a question related to business management. The MBA tournament is the creation of second-year student Gary D.J. Orosy. It discusses that the tournament offered a comparison of various teaching techniques aside from institutional rivalry. It also presents the different answers of the participants wherein Cornell's approach suggesting the president of the publishing company John Ginn to focus on the next fiscal year and increasing the price of the paper and reducing the width of the page.

The article presents several news briefs related to business from the U.S. The National Sportsmen's Show is being held from February 18 to 26, 1938 at the Grand Central Palace, New York. The milk of goat is increasingly bought by people whose health is making cow's milk undesirable. About 80 demonstrators will be equipped by with color machines by Devoe & Raynolds Co.

This section offers business news briefs. New York City department stores Macy's, Gimbels and Abraham & Straus reduced their prices on children's toys and advertised their price cuts on items whose prices are supposed to be fixed via fair trade contracts. Migros merchandising head Gottlieb Duttweiler is trying to get retailers in Switzerland to adopt the 40-hour workweek. Pen company Paper-Mate has launched a line of higher-priced gift models which includes a 14-karat gold filled pen with two diamonds in its clip.

Presents business-related news items from Westchester County, New York, as of March 28, 2005. Norwalk Mayor Alex Knopp's call for more taxes in the wake of budget deficits faced by the state and municipalities; FactSet Research Systems Inc.'s financial performance in second quarter of fiscal 2005; International Paper Co. recently sale of its industrial papers business for about $180 million to Kohlberg & Co.

The article discusses the New York Metropolitan Region Study which focuses on the struggle of U.S. cities to survive in a changing economy. In his paper "The Changing Economic Function of the Central City," study director Doctor Raymond Vernon tackles the central city's growing reliance on office-type activity. Here, he stresses that one of the two major generators of office-type activity is the central office function of large businesses.

The article reports on the performance of securities trading and business in different sectors of economy in the New York City from May-December 1975. It informs that according to a survey by Conference Board Inc. and the company Citicorp, consumer confidence declined and the sales of houses and automobiles also decreased. It tells that the rate on commercial paper dropped by 125 basis points. A graph showing ups and downs of the Dow Jones Industrial Average since is also presented.

The article focuses on the profitability of law firms in New York. It offers information on the revenue rise in various firms. It mentions that transformation of firms from reactive to proactive helps in managing the business. It mentions that the cost of expenditures including office supplies, copy paper and furniture should be reviewed.

The article reports on hotel industry in the U.S. in 1945. According to a survey, individuals looking for hotel accommodations have filled in the slack in the business which have netted profits for some hotels, including Waldorf-Astoria in New York. It explains the effects of the war in the maintenance of hotel facilities that have allegedly lowered the standard of good service. A brief overview of studies to cope with postwar problems by the American Hotel Association is offered.

Information about the Business-Consumer Relations Conference held in Buffalo, New York is presented. Topics include the pro-consumer attitude the business activities, conflict between business and consumers and consumer demands. It mentions that the consumer representatives highlighted the needs for merchandize with standardized labels.

The article offers U.S. business related news briefs. The U.S. banking sector reports it worst earnings since 1992, Eliot Spitzer resigned as governor of New York on March 12, 2008 due to a prostitution scandal, and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is probing Countrywide Financial, the largest U.S. home lender.

Discusses how ground zero, the place where the World Trade Center stood in New York City, has become a tourist landmark. Commercialization of the site; Pilgrimages of tourists to visit the site; Efforts of volunteers in dispensing free food to rescue workers; How the relief effort has changed the business district in the area.

The article focuses on the securities business of Wall Street, New York City and the New York Stock Exchange (N.Y.S.E.). It informs that Howard Stein, president and chief executive officer of Dreyfus Corp. owns an investment fund of more than 2 billion U.S. dollars of Other People's Money (O.P.M.). It tells that the Dow Jones industrial average has been decraesed from 15 points to 711 in August 1970. It states that securities business in Wall Street is facing a decline in sales volume and a drop in prices. The N.Y.S.E. has declared Dempsey-Te-geler & Co. into liquidation.

The article discusses the highlights of the Democratic National Convention at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan, New York City in June 1924. The meeting was called to order by National Committee chairman Cordell Hull and Cardinal Patrick Hayes led the opening prayer. Alabama and Arkansas named Senator Oscar Underwood and Senator Joseph T. Robinson, respectively, as candidates for president of the U.S. William McAdoo has obtained the highest number of ballots at the convention.

The article focuses on the growth of stocks of several firms at Wall Street in New York, New York. Sherman Mills Fairchild, a scientist-businessman-inventor of Fairchild Corp., has been acknowledged for the success of the firm due to its versatility, inventive brains and adaptability to new trends. Edwin H. Land, research director of Polaroid Corp., was able to increase the value of its stocks due to the new and innovative ideas.

The article discusses on several business ventures, that offer luxury to small-bill customers. It states that rangy man, Sam Bordelon, started his carrier with a shop, further he expanded his line to manufacturing, ceramics and textiles, and in 5-years, by selling class-market and luxury goods, he earned 114,000 dollars. It mentions that The Coffee Mill in New York, owned by businessman, Hal M. Wells, started with selling delicacies in small doses, and saw their volume climbing to 713 percent.

The article focuses on information technology news briefs as of July 2012. It states that the U.S. Government Printing Office is allowing bookstore Barnes & Noble sell federal electronic books for its Nook electronic book reader. It mentions that Questex Media Group has acquired information provider Ataway Exchange. It comments that telecommunications company L2Networks Corp. filed a formal complaint with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission concerning Net Neutrality.

The article profiles U.S. Office of Price Stabilizaton head Michael Vincent Di Salle. The official was the mayor of Toledo, Ohio and a lawyer when he was appointed in the fall of 1950. His responsibilities include controlling prices and listening to the complaints of wage earners. Di Salle was born in a tenement in Little Italy in Manhattan, New York City, relocated with his family in Toledo when he was three and experienced working summertime in factories as a teenager.

The article reports on the meeting between board chairman of the U.S. Steel Corp. Roger M. Blough and U.S. President John F. Kennedy regarding the steel in New York City. During the meeting Blough handed Kennedy a mimeographed statement announcing that U.S. Steel was increasing its prices by 3½% or 6 dollar a ton. It also provides an overview on the fiasco happened on the U.S.-backed Cuba invasion. Moreover, other topics concerning steel are also presented.

The article presents U.S. business news. The Broadway Association and the 34th Street-Midtown Association, condemned the indiscriminate use of an estimated 2,000 pushcarts of sidewalks and streets in New York City, resulting in business losses amounting to thousands of dollars daily. Chicago citizens are opposing the plan of the city to build a 100 million U.S. dollars water-supply filtration plant in the lake north of Navy Pier. Detroit personnel directors are looking to employ 35,000 workers.

This article reports that some New York City executives unwind in the evening with a glass of wine. Others go out for a beer. And some take the edge off in a way they rarely discuss with their colleagues. Despite the ongoing war on drugs and the stigma surrounding any illegal activity, a certain portion of the New York business community never turned in its rolling papers. For many of these otherwise law-abiding citizens, taking a few tokes of their favorite illicit substance is simply their preferred way to decompress. Though they might conceal their after-hours smoking from their co-workers, they insist that, used in moderation, the evil weed doesn't have to hurt job performance. Among New York professionals, smokers tend to be discreet, even when children aren't in the picture. In the marijuana underground, New York has a reputation not only for widespread use but for the buying habits of its upscale users. City dwellers fork over as much as $600 an ounce for top-quality product, while dealers brag about selling strains grown from winners of the Amsterdam Cannabis Cup.

The article presents news related to business world. An 18-month investigation by the Mississippi State Auditor's Office into the finances of the Harrison County Development Commission, the former employer of new Louisiana Department of Economic Development Secretary Michael Olivier, found no evidence of impropriedes. New Orleans-based Flutter Fetti Fun Factory will provide several hundred pounds of confetti for the final night of the convention in New York on September 2. Flutter Fetti is the U.S.-patented, rectangular shaped tissue paper designed to replace old style confetti made by hole punches.

This section offers business news briefs in New York. A diversity-personal injury case was filed against specialty pharmaceutical company Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc. A legal action seeking foreclosure on a mortgage to property located at 14 Country Hollow Drive, Somers was filed by Hudson City Savings Bank. A building loan was acquired by performing arts theater company Beacon Main Street Theater LLC from real estate investment fund firm 100 Mile Fund LLC.

This section offers business-related news briefs in Westchester County, New York. JEAD Auto Supply Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on March 14, 2013. Port Chester Nursing and Rehabilitation Centre appointed Curvie McMurray as therapeutic recreation director. A list of new businesses established is also presented including Alternate Identities, American Home Improvement and Design, and UpNext Media Group.

The article offers news briefs related to business in New York. The sets being created for the New York City Ballet's spring season by architect Santiago Calatrava is about to be complete. Chef Teresa Montano has been appointed as the new chef of Colors Restaurant, to be reopened at the end of March 2010. New York City billboards are being converted from paper to vinyl by OTR Media Group.

The article focuses on the recognition of the contributions of news writer Ed Klein and his wife to the Warwick community in New York. They were cheered by friends and townspeople at the Warwick Town Hall as they received plaques from Town Supervisor Mike Sweeten and Deputy Mayor Roger Metzger. The event also marked the couple's 60th wedding anniversary.

The article presents a letter from the journal's editor informing of its 21st anniversary as a publication. According to the author, their reporters and guest columnists are talented writers and experts in their field. She expressed her gratitude to the Hudson Valley business community for supporting the paper and hopes to return their support by providing current business news.

This article presents several news updates related to business in New York City as of November 03, 2003. Publisher Lachlan Murdoch has predicted that his newspaper "The New York Post" will be profitable within two years. The publisher has denied ever admitting that the paper loses $40 million a year, a claim made in New Yorker writer Ken Auletta's forthcoming book, "Backstory: Inside the Business of News." The next time U.S. President George W. Bush checks into the presidential suite at the hotel The Waldorf Towers, his thumbprint will go on record. The hotel is not trying to flag imposter presidents, but rather to ensure that VIP guests can put their valuable items in the most secure in-room safes available. W magazine's success in lining up luxury advertisers even in the soft advertising market is evident on the sides of 180 telephone kiosks in Manhattan, New York City. The magazine is rewarding companies that advertised extensively in the magazine during the fourth quarter with the free advertisements.

Presents a list of court cases related to the real estate business sector in New York.

Comments on business and politics. Opinion that Britain should not replace its currency with the euro; Assertion that the United States Congress and the administration of President George W. Bush should reform the nomination and confirmation process for government officials; Mention of an earnings cap imposed on retired individuals under the age of 65; Advantages of owning government-backed Series I savings bonds; Reviews of the New York restaurants Solera, Rothmann's and Sweet-n-Tart Cafe.

Lacroix, 50, leased at least 18 apartments in her neighborhood and rented them for short-term stays on Airbnb's platform, according to the lawsuit filed in New York Supreme Court seeking more than $1 million in damages. Keywords: 0759355D; ABNB; ALLTOP; BUSINESS; CONS; CONSD; COS; GEN; GOV; INDUSTRIES; LAW; LIFESTYLE; MED; NORTHAM; SVC; TEC; TMT; TOP; TRAVEL; US; WORLD; WWTOP; WWTOPAM EN 0759355D ABNB ALLTOP BUSINESS CONS CONSD COS GEN GOV INDUSTRIES LAW LIFESTYLE MED NORTHAM SVC TEC TMT TOP TRAVEL US WORLD WWTOP WWTOPAM City sued Martine Lacroix for running an illegal hotel empire in violation of what she calls "a petty little law" R21ICCDWLU6O (Bloomberg) -- Airbnb Inc. declared a cease-fire last year in its long-running feud with New York City over short-term rentals. Lacroix, who ran her business mainly on Airbnb but also used platforms including FlipKey, Expedia and Booking, said her operation was legal when she started it in 2010. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on the success of Louis Rukeyser through his hosting of the show "Wall Street Week," a television (TV) program created by Maryland Center for Public Broadcasting to review business and finance in Wall Street, New York City. It mentions that the TV program has drawn five million viewers which made it as the top TV show in New York City and enable him to double his authority to the business conglomeration Rukeyser Enterprises Inc. It says that Rukeyser tackles the summary of the weekly trend in the business and the status of the financial market. It states that Rukeyser was born to a leading economic columnist father Merryle Rukeyser and has two brothers who are a managing editor of "Money" magazine and National Broadcasting Company Inc. (NBC) executive vice president.

The article profiles Sheraton Corp. which has launched the 12 million dollar Sheraton Motor Inn in Manhattan, New York City. It says that the 20-story inn offers its customers with free parking and a good view of the Hudson. It states that Sheraton, which has more hotels, aims to become the world's largest hotel chain. It adds that Sheraton President Ernest Henderson is positive about the long-term prospects of the economy and reveals his goal to make Sheraton a billion-dollar company.

The article reports that advertising agency Wells Rich Greene Inc., in Manhattan, New York promised to build profitable agency in history. It states that the company has a total of 14 clients worth 52 million dollars in annual billings and has been publicized into the ranks of the nation's 50 biggest agencies. The president of the company Mary Wells is sure that billings will rise to 100 million dollars in a number of years, despite the fact that they do not have solicited accounts.

The article discusses the business implications of the election victories of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in Rochester, New York City in 1953. It states that since Rochester has little organized labor, it is considered the largest open-shop town in the U.S. However, the United Auto Workers of CIO has been approved by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to bargain for the workers of the Rochester Products Division of General Motors.