Manhattan rents fall for first time in over two years

A view of clouds over Manhattan skyline in New York, United States on August 08, 2023. (Photo by Fatih Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Anadolu Agency | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Manhattan rents fell for the first time in over two years, as the supply of empty apartments grew and renters held out for … Read more

Nikki Haley raises over $500,000 at event with Wall Street execs

Nikki Haley, the candidate of the Republican Party in the 2024 presidential elections in the US, delivers remarks during a Town Hall campaign event in the Lowcountry in Bluffton SC, United States on November 27, 2023. Peter Zay | Anadolu | Getty Images Former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley raised over $500,000 … Read more

First long-haul flight fully powered by sustainable aviation fuel takes off

Flight100, Virgin Atlantic’s world first 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) transatlantic flight by a commercial airline is fuelled ahead of its take off from London Heathrow to New York JFK on Tuesday 28 November 2023. PA Media Assignments | Virgin Atlantic LONDON — The first trans-Atlantic flight using 100% sustainable aviation fuel departed London for … Read more

Rivian R1T EV leasing launches in select markets

Rivian electric pickup trucks sit in a parking lot at a Rivian service center on May 09, 2022 in South San Francisco, California.  Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Rivian on Monday started leasing select models of its all-electric R1T pickup truck, a move to expand sales and customer base beyond early adopters of electric vehicles. … Read more

Pack your jerseys. The era of ‘sports tourism’ is here

Start your engines. From Formula One races to the Summer Olympic Games, traveling to attend major sporting events is on the rise. Sports tourism, as it’s called, is one of the fastest-growing sectors in the travel industry, according to the United Nations World Tourism Organization.   The market is massive, and only stands to grow, … Read more

Successful people have lots of ‘productive paranoia’

No matter who you are, you’re going to face some kind of obstacles in your life. Highly successful people overcome them by having “prodigious amounts of productive paranoia,” according to multi-time bestselling author and leadership expert Jim Collins. That means thinking about every possible outcome of every decision you make, and taking the time to … Read more

Morgan Stanley CEO says his firm is ready for ‘Basel III endgame’

James Gorman, chairman and chief executive of Morgan Stanley, speaks during the Global Financial Leader’s Investment Summit in Hong Kong, China, on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. The de-facto central bank of the Chinese territory is this week holding its global finance summit for a second year in a row. Photographer: Lam Yik/Bloomberg via Getty Images … Read more

16 arrested in New York, Italy cases

FBI agents. Hyoung Chang | The Denver Post | Getty Images Federal prosecutors in New York on Wednesday announced the arrests of 10 men allegedly belonging to or associated with the Gambino Mafia family, as well as the arrests in Italy of six other alleged organized crime members and associates. The defendants in Brooklyn federal … Read more

FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried testifies before the jury in fraud trial

Former FTX Chief Executive Sam Bankman-Fried, who faces fraud charges over the collapse of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange, walks outside the Manhattan federal court in New York City, U.S. March 30, 2023.  Amanda Perobelli | Reuters FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried told jurors in his criminal trial on Friday that he didn’t commit fraud, and that … Read more

Trump takes witness stand, fined $10,000 in latest gag order violation

Former U.S. President Donald Trump watches as his former fixer and lawyer Michael Cohen is questioned by a lawyer for the attorney general’s office, before Judge Arthur F. Engoron during the Trump Organization civil fraud trial in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York City, October 24, 2023 in this … Read more