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1. Public offering for Empire State Building worth $2.5 billion
(Money/Economy)

... the public. CNN Money reported that building controller Malkin Holdings LLC has filed for an initial public offering for a real estate investment trust for the landmark, along with its two other Manhattan ...

2. My investment portfolio: A no-nonsense look
(Money/Economy)

... gives it four stars. Other holdings that have made me a Happy Camper: Vanguard Wellesley Income (five stars), Vanguard Dividend Growth (five stars), Mutual Global Discovery (five stars), PIMCO All Asset ...

3. Rep. Frank LoBiondo scrutinized for earmark spending
(N.J./State)

... area, which includes a new federal courthouse, while other properties were taken. The location of Shelby's business "was the worst block in town," another local businessman, whose nearby holdings were ...

4. Review of N.Y. & N.J. Port Authority finances finds agency 'challenged and dysfunctional'
(Money/Economy)

... “The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey oversees billions of dollars of vital infrastructure and transportation operations as well significant real estate holdings. Establishing new financial and ...

5. 'Soul Train' founder Don Cornelius was a private person, says family
(Entertainment/Movies)

... 75, faced a 21-hour operation "in 1982 to correct a congenital malformation in blood vessels in his brain.” Kenard Gibbs, CEO of Soul Train Holdings, had been talking to Cornelius about bringing Soul ...

6. Rupert Murdoch's new legal troubles: Staff at The Sun tabloid arrested on bribery charges
(World/International)

... company’s other holdings in the wake of the scandal.  The phone hacking charges last summer caused the disgraceful closing of Murdoch’s News of the World. Among Murdoch’s holdings in the United ...

7. Former Cherry Hill lawyer Michael Kwasnik indicted for theft from clients
(N.J./State)

... been filed in March by the state Bureau of Securities, against two corporate defendants linked to Kwasnik, Liberty State Financial Holdings Corp. and Liberty State Benefits of Pennsylvania Inc. The new ...

8. 'Italian Titanic' cruise ship disaster could impact Carnival, entire industry
(Money/Economy)

... of epic proportions for Carnival. The company’s stock had its biggest drop in 11 years in London, plummeting 16 percent to 1,878 pence, Bloomberg reported. Some investors may switch holdings into Royal ...

9. Hostess files for bankruptcy with no Twinkie defense
(Money/Economy)

... for bankruptcy in 2004 when they were known as Interstate Bakeries. According to sunsentinel.com, Ripplewood Holdings LLC took control of the company, and they came back in February 2009. Hostess offering ...

10. Your home: A perfectly terrible place to keep cash
(Money/Economy)

...  Floating rate mutual funds, while still offering yields over 4 percent, have exploded in popularity, Reeves went on. Her advice: Buy only floating rate funds with more conservative holdings, and with ...

11. N.J. Sears and K-Mart store closings, locations undisclosed
(Money/Economy)

... performing stores open while we worked to improve their performance, we no longer believe that to be the appropriate action in this environment.” Sears Holdings Corp., which has over 4,000 stores in ...

12. Checking a stock's book value can be rewarding
(Money/Economy)

... in Northeast Utilities, Niagara, Mohawk Holdings, Entergy, and IDA Corp. How does Baughman add alpha, as the saying goes? Earn his salary? Well, he’s a CPA. And when he studies a corporation’s reported ...

13. Ski season at Gore Mt., Adirondacks is up and schussing
(Sports/Professional)

... seems that Iowa Pacific Holdings of Chicago, which operates rail lines in other sections of the United States and in England, spruced up the right-of-way along the picturesque Hudson River. The company ...

14. LS Power a step closer to building electric plant in West Deptford, Gloucester County, N.J.
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

Environmentalist says $2 billion in state subsidies for 3 other plants unnecessary BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM LS Power Group announced Wednesday that West Deptford Energy Holdings has ...

15. ‘Margin Call’ movie review, trailer: Real-life inspired financial thriller
(Entertainment/Movies)

... best actors. "Margin Call" takes off when young Sullivan stays late to look at Dale's research into the firm's holdings, then plug in some additional data. What he sees causes him to reach out to Emerson ...

16. 4 N.J. men among 5 alleged scammers targeting elderly investors
(N.J./State)

... investors, plus assessment of civil penalties against the defendants.” In March, the securities Bureau filed suit against Liberty State Financial Holdings Corp. of Cherry Hill and a wholly-owned subsidiary, ...

17. Why investing is like baseball
(Money/Economy)

... buy specialty funds, but your core holdings should be diversified funds. You need a diversified team – and a diversified portfolio. You want players who can bunt, who can run, who can steal, who can ...

18. Worst mistake that investors make
(Money/Economy)

... fund, with only 15 to 25 holdings. “We want to know a lot about a few companies, not a little about a lot of companies,” he says. One of the fund’s selling points? The managers eat their own cooking. ...

19. Indian Point vs. Hudson River: hearings begin on cooling system impacts
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... Salem Nuclear Generating Station, which use 3 billion gallons of water daily, to the Sewaren natural gas plant using 540 million gallons daily; as well as plants operated by Exelon, RC Cape May Holdings, ...

20. Plan to pay NCAA student-athletes in works
(Sports/Professional)

... NBC Sports Network (the rebranded Versus as of January 2, 2012), Redstone’s CBS whose sports partner is Bewkes and the Time Warner/Turner networks which includes TruTV and TNT and Murdoch’s FOX holdings. ...