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State Mortgage Agency Offers More Loans
December 03, 2008
by Ilya Marritz
Fewer banks are willing to make home loans these days, and the State of New York Mortgage Agency, or SONYMA, is picking up some of the slack. The agency says the total value of loans it's bought so ....
D is for Default
December 02, 2008
by Ilya Marritz
Private investors and Albany both grapple with housing foreclosures. ....
Court Weighs Power Plant Costs vs. Protecting Fish
December 02, 2008
by Ilya Marritz
Today the Supreme Court will hear arguments that could affect future operations at the Indian Point nuclear power station north of New York City. WNYC's Ilya Marritz has more. REPORTER: At issue is ....
Can Biotech Grow New Jobs?
December 01, 2008
by Ilya Marritz
Fred Mogul reports on efforts to build a science park in Manhattan. ....
The Big Payback
December 01, 2008
by Ilya Marritz
Banks usually overestimate what they owe on their quarterly taxes, and claim adjustments at the end of the year. Mayor Bloomberg says during healthy economies, the city has typically paid back corpo....
411: The Economics of Fun & Games
November 28, 2008
by Ilya Marritz
Jerry Storch, CEO of Toys R Us, on weathering the recession. ....
411: Doubleday Doubles Down, Random House Reduces
November 26, 2008
by Ilya Marritz
How New York Publishers are coping with the financial turmoil. ....
Cuomo Applauds AIG Pay Cuts, Fed Announces an $800 Billion Debt Package
November 25, 2008
by Ilya Marritz
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, the self-appointed cop of troubled insurer AIG, announced today that Edward Liddy, AIG's chief executive, is taking a pay cut. He'll make $1 a year henceforth,....
Questions for Timothy Geithner
November 24, 2008
by Ilya Marritz
The next Treasury secretary was there when Bear Stearns was rescued, and Lehman Brothers drowned. What should senators ask him before they give him the keys to the Treasury? ....
Downturn Means Fewer Free Drinks
November 24, 2008
by Ilya Marritz
HOST: New York is a mecca for people who like to do things for free. There are free concerts, free food, even free cocktails. In fact there’s a whole promotions industry around free events. As WNYC....
A Closer Look at Federal Reserve Loans
November 18, 2008
by Ilya Marritz
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson says one reason he's abandoned plans to buy up toxic mortgage securities is that they are just too hard to put a concrete value on, since no one else is interested in....
The “Millionaire’s Tax” – Pro and Con
November 17, 2008
by Ilya Marritz
Should Albany raise taxes on the very richest New Yorkers in order to plug the budget hole? ....
“Our aim should not be more government -- it should be smarter government”
November 13, 2008
by Ilya Marritz
President Bush warns against too much oversight of Wall Street, but Michael Greenber of the University of Maryland thinks differently. ....
Gas Drilling in Upstate New York Atracts Foreign Investors
November 13, 2008
by Ilya Marritz
How valuable are upstate New York's untapped natural gas reserves? No one knows for sure. But as WNYC's Ilya Marritz reports, a new joint venture gives some clues. REPORTER: StatoilHydro, a Norweg....
About Those Troubled Assets…
November 12, 2008
by Ilya Marritz
Treasury says no bailout money will go to mortgage-backed securities. New York contemplates “green jobs” and Douglas Holtz-Eakin says he is “underwhelmed” by Paulson’s performance. ....
Why Does Everyone Want to be a Bank Holding Company?
November 11, 2008
by Ilya Marritz
Amex’s decision to reclassify itself, plus job hunt tips for out-of-work Wall Streeters. ....
Chasing That Good Old New-car Smell
November 06, 2008
by Ilya Marritz
New Jersey auto dealers feel stranded as credit and consumer confidence both dry up. ....
Obamanomics
November 05, 2008
by Ilya Marritz
What president-elect Obama can do to re-set America’s financial system. ....
What’s Black and White and Shrinking?
November 04, 2008
by Ilya Marritz
Blogger Jeff Jarvis on newspaper and magazine layoffs, and what media can do to save itself. ....
The New York (Business) State of Mind
November 03, 2008
by Ilya Marritz
From Buffalo to Long Island, state businesses are suffering from a nosedive in consumer confidence. ....
