Phillips' esteemed Head of Watches in New York, Paul Boutros, answers the one big question: which vintage timepieces from the pop era should you buy? As someone who both grew up during the 1980s and fell in love with watches back then, I was excited to see the '80s
Jam City Inc., the developer behind mobile game Cookie Jam and Disney Pop Town, has agreed to go public in a reverse merger with a blank-check company, according to people with knowledge of the matter. As part of the transaction, Jam City is acquiring Montreal-based game
New York will lose a congressional seat next year because of a 92-year-old law rooted in fears over African-Americans and immigrants gaining too much political power. The Empire State came up short in the latest Census count by just 89 people, joining six other states as losers in
Three New York boutique advisory firms -- Allen & Co., LionTree LLC and Perella Weinberg Partners -- are among those in line for chunky fees after joining Wall Street’s big guns on the year’s largest deal. AT&T Inc. said Monday it will merge its WarnerMedia business with Discovery Inc. The deal, first reported by Bloomberg News, values
The Environmental Protection Agency ordered the shutdown of a U.S. Virgin Island refinery that historically was positioned as a key fuel source for the East Coast due to public health concerns. The 200,000-barrel-a-day Limetree Bay refinery in St. Croix is required to pause operations after repeated
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said the federal government has approved a $1.58 billion project to build a new Metro-North train station in the Bronx. Metro-North runs from New Haven to Penn Station through the Bronx, but doesn’t stop there, Cuomo said. The state is issuing a request
Who is Stephen Carr? Stephen is a 32yo North Cantabrian with a background in IT. While I started out as a computer technician in a small rural town, time, experience and contacts has lead me into a project management role in a niche software development and
The golf brand TaylorMade is changing hands, with a Korean private equity firm acquiring the company amid a global boom in the sport. Seoul-based Centroid Investment Partners has agreed to buy TaylorMade from New York-based KPS Capital Partners, Centroid said in a statement Tuesday. Terms weren’t disclosed. The Korea Economic Daily newspaper said
Miami is fun and New York is exciting, but Northern California has deep structural advantages. As traveling has become safer over the last few months, I have been checking in on the geographic future of American technology. In each place I visited — Miami, New York and San Francisco —
Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. is raising its average wage to $15 an hour as it moves to hire 20,000 workers across the U.S., joining a growing number of companies reconsidering worker pay amid widespread labor shortages. The burrito chain plans to reach that compensation level by the end
