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Super genius from Battery Park saves the global markets
March 30, 2014- CBS’ “60 Minutes” featured a fascinating story, written up by author Michael Lewis, about how high speed trading is just legalized front running of large clients trying to place orders. This was all discovered in 2008 by … Continue reading
Pier A to be “largest restaurant in NYC”
March 4, 2014- By Steven E. Greer You might seriously want to be considering moving if you like Battery Park City for its quiet manicured parks and family-friendly environment. The Community Board tonight just rubberstamped a 4:00 AM liquor license … Continue reading
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Spy Drone lobbyists and a WSJ propaganda piece
May 17, 2014- Opinion By Steven E. Greer, MD The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) is truly an evil organization for many reasons. For example, they have a large feature section today touting drones as safe friendly ways to take family … Continue reading
Mike Novogratz bids $4.7 Billion for Stuyvesant Town
May 13, 2014- The Masters of the Universe who made fame and fortune in hedge funds are finding the markets too challenging these days. They seem to be slowly morphing into (more…)
Why Union Square Hospitality Group is the best in the business
(The new and improved Shake Shack fries) March 11, 2014- By Steven E Greer, MD The number of restaurant groups trying to copy Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group (USHG) and create the “better burger” are in the dozens, but … Continue reading
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Content is King
April 23, 2014- The founder of the Huffington Post and now BuzzFeed tells Charlie Rose that, right now, the only thing that matters is good online content. Content is King! (more…)
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Exclusive: CB1 was misled about Pier A liquor license
April 8, 2014- By Steven E. Greer On March 4th, when the Poulakakos restaurant group presented to the CB1 for approval of a resolution in favor of their 4:00 AM liquor license at Pier A, Peter Poulakakos proudly stated that … Continue reading
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Major new addition to CB1: Andrew Zelter
April 7, 2014- By Steven E. Greer, MD The list of new CB1 appointees was released to BatteryPark.TV by the Manhattan Borough President’s office (see chart at bottom). There were few changes amongst the old guard, but a very significant … Continue reading
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MSG bails out struggling Tribeca Film Festival
March 23, 2014- By Steven E. Greer With American Express having stopped the funding for the Tribeca Film Festival last year, and the increasing irrelevance of the event, the festival has been on life support. In fact, the home base … Continue reading
Fortress to Tudor Lose in First Quarter as Macro Misfires
April 7, 2014- In Bloomberg, about HRPT’s Mike Novogratz, “Paul Tudor Jones, Michael Novogratz and Louis Bacon, hedge-fund managers that profited last year from bets on macroeconomic trends, posted losses in the first quarter as some of those trades turned … Continue reading
The Corporate Sailing League
For information, contact Commodore Michael Fortenbaugh at 212-945-6363 or mike@myc.org. (more…)
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Exclusive: We know the opening date for Brookfield Place restaurants
March 26, 2014- By Steven E. Greer The opening date for the second floor group of 14 restaurants in Brookfield Place will be (more…)
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A bad day for Citigroup
March 27, 2014- First, the Citi Bikes were in the news again in a bad way, with the man who launched the New York program stepping down under pressure. Then, it was announced that Citigroup was the only bank to … Continue reading
A new medical device to make blood thinners unnecessary
Thromboembolic stroke caused by atrial fibrillation is the primary reason patients are placed on anticoagulation. However, those blood thinners also carry significant bleeding risks. As a result, various mechanical surgical approaches have been tried to prevent stroke, and obviate the … Continue reading
Will Vesey Street become a Downtown version of Times Square with lights?
March 8, 2014- By Steven E Greer With El Vez restaurant installing numerous large neon lights on Vesey Street, and Blue Smoke already having their own, will the strip become a mini-Times Square? El Vez was approved (more…)
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How Scorsese’s editing ruined Wolf of Wall Street
Update January 8, 2014- CBS produced a segment today that echoes my review, below. Notably, CBS reasserts my notion that Hollywood was conned by Mr. Belfort. You can view the CBS story here. January 5, 2014- By Steven E. Greer … Continue reading
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NYSE might leave Wall Street
February 18, 2014- As predicted by this reporter years ago, the acquisition of the NYSE by the ICE exchange rendered the iconic New York Stock Exchange as nothing more than a TV studio for CNBC. Now, the WSJ reports that … Continue reading
Stock markets selling off after Fed Tapering enacted
February 3, 2014- BP.TV previously warned that the markets were in a bubble caused by the Fed’s bond purchasing “QE”, and that the weaning, or tapering, of that program would cause a sell-off. How to protect your 401K in this … Continue reading
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Sallie Krawcheck tries her third attempt at reinventing herself
Opinion February 1, 2014– Sallie Krawcheck was the CFO of Citigroup from 2004 to 2007, and was partly responsible for the bank loading up on risky CDO’s and other mortgage backed derivatives which should have destroyed the bank (White House … Continue reading