Category Archives: Wall Street

Goldman Sachs takes the biggest hit in the cancellation of the Time-Comcast merger

Posted on April 24, 2015 by Editor

April 24, 2015- WSJ reports that bankers and lawyers will lose $380 million in fees as a result (more…)

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Trading volume rebounds, helping Goldman Sachs

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Editor

April 16, 2015- Our local business in the neighborhood, Goldman Sachs, posted strong revenue (more…)

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Where is Dennis Meheil’s Yacht, S/Y HELIOS?

Posted on April 14, 2015 by Editor

April 14, 2015- Letter to Editor from (name withheld) Helios is a 45-meter luxury sailing yacht built by the Italian yacht builder Perini Navi in 2007.  (more…)

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Sheldon Silver’s son-in-law busted by FBI for pulling a Bernie Madoff

Posted on April 14, 2015 by Editor

April 1, 2015- The Post reports, “A son-in-law of disgraced former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, (more…)

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Citi Bike program saved by Related real estate company

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Editor

Update March 30, 2015- The Post reports that the new operators of the Citi Bike Program (more…)

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If you build it, will they really come?

Posted on March 28, 2015 by Editor

September 17, 2014- Opinion by Steven E. Greer With the imminent foreclosure of the fancy Trump SoHo in the news, (more…)

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Man who stole from Downtown Little League in prison for beating up girlfriend

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Editor

(4,500 Downtowners have read this as of March 21. We inform.) Update March 2, 2015- The man who stole from Downtown Little League is now in prison at Rikers (more…)

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How Apple TV will kill off expensive bundled cable TV plans

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Editor

March 22, 2015- The LA Times reports, “Anyone who’s been thinking about cutting the pay-TV (more…)

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As Uber and Lyft poach drivers, yellow cab drivers get worse

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Editor

Update March 19, 2015- Uber drivers now outnumber yellow cab TLC drivers. (more…)

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Tip of the Week: Do you really need a PR firm?

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Editor

Update March 18, 2015- The El Vez burrito bar opened to almost no press other than small (more…)

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This convicted felon was almost my roommate many years ago

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Editor

March 17, 2015- Many years ago, when I was a surgery resident, I almost allowed Lawrence (more…)

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Growth at Shake Shack has stalled

Posted on March 11, 2015 by Editor

Update March 12, 2015- Bloomberg reports that same-store-sales have gone flat for Shake (more…)

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Those bankers are not as rich as you think

Posted on March 7, 2015 by Editor

February 19, 2015- By Steven E. Greer I was recently explaining to a restaurant manager why his business was spiking, and that it was because (more…)

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Exclusive first look inside the new Equinox in Brookfield Place

Posted on February 24, 2015 by Editor

February 10, 2015– By Steven E. Greer, MD BatteryPark.TV was given an exclusive tour of the new Equinox in Brookfield Place before it (more…)

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Danny Meyer made $400 Million today on Shake Shack (SHAK) IPO

Posted on February 20, 2015 by Editor

Updated January 30, 2015- Told you so. I wrote yesterday for the public record that Shake Shack (SHAK) shares were (more…)

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The demise of Sheldon Silver hurts Bill Ackman’s chances for building a tower at the Seaport

Posted on February 18, 2015 by Editor

February 17, 2015- The NYT reports, “For years, the owner of the South Street Seaport in Manhattan (more…)

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South Street Seaport Approaches Its Moment of Truth

Posted on February 12, 2015 by Editor

February 11, 2015- Whether the city allows the Howard Hughes real estate company to move forward (more…)

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Goldman Sachs is the most hated company in America

Posted on February 12, 2015 by Editor

February 6, 2015- Bloomberg reports, “Goldman Sachs may need to work on its image.  (more…)

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Bloomberg slams Danny Meyer for running Shake Shack like a dictator

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Editor

Update February 7, 2015- Told you so. Bloomberg now slams Danny Meyer for running Shake Shack as a dictator. (more…)

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CME to close human-powered trading operations at BPC’s NYMEX

Posted on February 8, 2015 by Editor

February 6, 2015- The parent company of the NYMEX, located in the building next to the Vesey Street ferry (more…)

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