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The article discusses the relationship between careers and business and meditation, highlighting entrepreneurs and executives who network through meditation meetings in New York City. Topics addressed include networking in fashion and technology industries at the Path meditation studio in New York City, as well as various entrepreneurial partnerships developed over mediation.

Relates the forming of an alliance between the Consortium for Central Harlem Development and international developers Kerbel and Muzzo to develop the Bradhurst neighborhood of Harlem in New York, New York. Plans of the alliance for the neighborhood; Implications of the development.

New York City and the National Park Service formalized a partnership on Tuesday to jointly manage more than 10,000 acres of parkland in and around Jamaica Bay, which stretches across south Brooklyn to Queens. Under the agreement, city and federal officials will for the first time work together to improve access, foster research, run education and recreation programs and plan restoration projects for the bay, which is an important estuary and a migratory stopover for hundreds of species of birds. The move followed an announcement last fall that sketched out the vision for such a partnership. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Reports that Mortimer B. Zuckerman, owner of "The Daily News," and Jeffrey Epstein, a Wall Street financier, agreed to finance "Radar," a celebrity and pop culture magazine. Background on negotiations for the magazine; Approach of "Radar" to celebrity and culture; Outlook for the first issue under new ownership; Comments of Zuckerman, Epstein and Maer Roshan, editor in chief and founder; Focus of the magazine on young, single people in urban areas; Details of the magazine's search for financing.

Reports that Rocco DiSpirito, who opened his namesake restaurant in a reality show and was thrown out by his partners, has been removed from a second New York City restaurant, Union Pacific, which will close at the end of the year. Announcement that DiSpirito will no longer be the executive chef at Union Pacific, where he first made his mark when the restaurant opened in 1997; Mention of a court order which bars DiSpirito from the kitchen of Rocco's on 22nd; Comments of Steven Scher, co-owner of the Union Pacific; Outlook; Background on DiSpirito.

Profiles the interior design partners Matthew White and Frank Webb. White's traditional tastes versus Webb's modern impulse; Different designs of their two apartments, which are both in a building on Park Avenue; How they became business partners.

Reports on the partnership between E*Trade Financial Corp. and BBDO Worldwide Inc. in New York City.

Reports on the move of communication firm Zoom Media Inc. to form a partnership with the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation to place poster-sized billboards in restrooms in parks.

Reports that the New York Times Co. and its partner, Forest City Ratner Cos. will to begin construction of a skyscraper in the summer of 2004 at Eight Avenue and 40th Street in New York City. Schedule of groundbreaking ceremony for the building; Estimate cost of the construction; Terms of the partnership.

Presents a profile of lifestyle entrepreneur Barbara Smith of B. Smith Enterprises. Description of her New York City apartment; Relationship with husband and business partner Dan Gasby; Sales results from 2003; Opening of Ms. Smith's first restaurant in 1986; Comparison to Martha Stewart; Description of the various business ventures undertaken by the couple.

Reports on the partnership between the Association of National Advertisers and American Association of Advertising Agencies Inc. to lobby changes for television in New York City.

Reports on the response of Rocco DiSpirito to the civil lawsuits filed against the restaurateur in New York City. Content of the counterclaim filed by DiSpirito against his business partners; Ownership of the restaurant by DiSpirito; Business benefits from the television appearances of DiSpirito.

Focuses on Heru Ptah, author of "A Hip-Hop Story," which was purchased by Jacob Hoye, publishing director of MTV Books. How 23-year-old Ptah came to write the novel, which he sold on the streets and subways of New York City; Biographical and career details; His partnership with poet Tehut-Nine; Influence of "West Side Story" on the novel's plot; Details of the book; Comments of Ptah.

Focuses on New York City's contentious architectural alliances. Collaboration between Daniel Libeskind and David M. Childs to design a new World Trade Center; Challenges that Libeskind and Childs are facing; New York's tradition of architectural bargain and bickering; Architects who were involved in projects such as Rockefeller Center, the World Trade Center, Lincoln Center and the United Nations; Outlook for rebuilding the World Trade Center at ground zero.

Reports that the New York Philharmonic and Carnegie Hall have abandoned their plan to merge in 2006, attributing the collapse to irresolvable conflicts. How the deal would have united two of New York City's most powerful cultural institutions; Agreement between the chairmen, Sanford I. Weill of Carnegie Hall and Paul B. Guenther of the Philharmonic, to end talks; Issue of artistic control; Plans by Lincoln Center to renovate Avery Fisher Hall; Reactions to the decision.

Announces the three-year partnership between Broadway producers, Bob Boyett and Bill Haber with Nicholas Hytner, the director of the National Theater in London, England. Plan to bring selected plays from the National to New York and other cities; Reasons for the crowded seats in London; Background on Hytner and his opinion on the popularity of political themes; Upcoming productions.

Discusses possible delays in the proposed merger between the New York Philharmonic and Carnegie Hall. How Lincoln Center is emphasizing the orchestra's legal obligations under its lease; Question of whether those obligations could delay or end the deal; Overview of the discussions; Comments of officials; Issue of the management structure of the new merged entity; Contract of Lorin Maazel, the Philharmonic's music director.

Reports on the partnership between the City Club of New York and the City Club Hotel as of June 2003.

Discusses the move of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra from Lincoln Center back to Carnegie Hall, where the orchestra had historically resided on West 57th Street. Exchange of the flawed acoustics of Avery Fisher Hall for a stage of undisputed sound quality, which would save the orchestra from a costly renovation bill; Switch of the orchestra from a rent-paying tenant into a managing partner; Plans for Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall following the orchestra's leave; Decline in nationwide ticket sales.

States that Robert F. Fox Jr. left the partnership of Fox & Fowle Architects to start his own firm, Robert Fox Architect in New York City. Daniel J. Kaplan joining the firm of Fox & Fowle; Projects the firms are working on in New York City.

Reports on the partnership between New York City's New School University and Britain's Open University to develop distance education programs and expand both institutions' markets in North America and Europe in 2002. Commercial arm of the British institution; Reason for the closure of the U.S. Open University.

Focuses on the proposed partnership of the History Channel and the New York City school system regarding the development of a curriculum for teaching history.

Reports the partnership between the Borough of Manhattan Community College president C. Virginia Fields and Milton Wilson of W properties in New York City. Inauguration of the Library of the Choir Academy of Harlem; Contributions of Fields and Wilson to the library; Benefits of the partnership.

Reports the joint marketing plans between the Apollo Theater Foundation and The Coca Cola Company in Harlem, New York. Guidelines of the partnership; Background operations of the foundation and the company; Conformity to the urban empowerment project initiated by the company and the foundation.

Focuses on the partnership between law firms Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom based in New York, New York, and Chiomenti Studio Legale of Italy.

Reports on the collaboration between Manhattan Educational Opportunity Center and Xerox Corp. for a training and electronic publishing storefront facility in New York City. Functions of the facility; Uniqueness of the collaboration; Attendees of the ribbon-cutting event for the storefront.

Announces the alliance between the Polytechnic University and the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center in New York, New York. Speakers of the inauguration ceremony; Foster advances in biotechnology and research; Offer of resources to students and researchers.

Reports the passing remarks of parolees enrolled in computer courses at Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corp. in New York, New York. Completion of courses in the Microsoft Windows (MS) operating system and MS Office software suit; Partnership of the company with the Brooklyn district attorney's office; Duration of the course.

Reports on the partnership between St. Ann's Center for Restoration and the Arts and the Church of St. Ann and the Holy Spirit and deals with the move of the arts group to its new headquarters in a waterfront district in Brooklyn, New York City on December 18, 2000. Issues concerning the partnership; Reasons given by the vestry of St. Ann's church in closing the original headquarters of the arts group; Description of the arts group's new headquarters.

Reports on the alliance formed by photography institutions George Eastman House and the International Center of Photography to give New Yorkers access to collections of photographs and motion pictures. How executives from both institutions viewed the alliance; Details on the collections.