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google_ad_section_start By Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) – Resentment has mounted so much in South Korea against what has come to be known as “gabjil”, high-handedness by the rich and powerful, that parliamentarians are proposing legislation to punish some of the worst abuses. A bill to be presented in the national assembly this month is formally…
Vox Sentences is Vox’s evening email newsletter, designed to be a wrapup of the day’s top news — we wrote about it back in October when it entered the ever-crowding arena of news-roundup emails. Vox Sentences’ major differentiators are its timing (evening rather than morning) and its format — a series of scannable one-sentence bullet points with links….
(Bloomberg) — One Tuesday last month, a buyer at Manhattan’s Stella Tower completed the $5.35 million purchase of a two-bedroom condominium on the 14th floor. That Friday, the home was listed for rent at a rate that makes it one of the costliest apartments in the midtown west neighborhood. The buyer, a shell corporation listed…
Mark Duffy has written the copyranter blog for 10 years and is currently an unemployed but freelancing copywriter with 20-plus years of experience. His hockey wrist shot is better than yours. The “content” being produced is an embarrassment to the advertising industry, and more importantly, to the brands sponsoring it. All of it falls into one…
U.S. import prices recorded their biggest drop in six years in January as prices fell broadly, a sign that domestic inflation pressures could remain muted for a while. The Labor Department said on Friday import prices tumbled 2.8 percent last month, the largest decline since December 2008, after sliding by a revised 1.9 percent in…
NYT_INLINE_IMAGE_POSITION1 Correction AppendedPHILADELPHIAWEARING a Paul Green School of Rock T-shirt, his bangs plastered to his forehead in the summer heat, Laris Kreslins pulled in front of a handsome brownstone on Rittenhouse Square, the priciest neighborhood in the city, and hopped out of his car. Skip to next paragraph Ryan Donnell for The New York Times…
Today we are announcing some significant changes to our Developer Program. Over the past several years, we’ve seen some exciting applications from our developer community. While many delivered value back to our members and LinkedIn, not all have. As such, we’ve taken steps to refocus the Developer Program from primarily open APIs to partnership integrations…
article start Americans saved at the pump last month as gasoline prices fell to levels last seen in 2009. But where did that money go? Thursday’s retail-sales report from the Commerce Department didn’t contain many answers. Overall sales fell in January for the second straight month, largely due to a 9.3% decline in sales at gas stations….
Costco to stop accepting American Express cards in U.S. from next April Thu Feb 12, 2015 8:57am EST Tweet Share this Email Print American Express and American Express corporate cards are pictured in Encinitas, California October 17, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Mike Blake (Reuters) – American Express Co (AXP.N) said Costco Wholesale Corp (COST.O) would stop…
Queens Rents Get Pricier Than Brooklyn’s, Report Finds View Full Caption NEW YORK CITY — Queens’ rental prices are catching up to Brooklyn’s — and surpassing them. The ascendance of Queens has been a common refrain for more than a year now. Last month’s rents for the “hot” northwestern part of the borough that includes…