YOU’RE GONNA LIKE THE WAY THIS LOOKS: Though ousted from Men’s Wearhouse, George Zimmer still wants you to look your best. Behold zTailors, a digital platform that connects customers with on-demand…
PINOT, A FILM NOIR: Thieves have been busting into the wine cellars of Michelin-starred California eateries and making off with some of the world’s most-select vintages, including $25K botttles of Domaine…
IT’S WEDNESDAY ALREADY: Today marks the 1930 invention of cellophane tape by 3M’s Richard Drew, who came up with masking tape as well. It’s also National Grape Popsicle Day, a cause…
DOWLING COLLAGE: North Shore-LIJ CEO Michael Dowling addressed executives at an LIA breakfast on Thursday, offering up, as per usual, a sprightly, no-notes summary of the state of health care…
BUT THE WINGS ARE GOOD: Empire State Development chief Howard Zemsky dropped in on a speed mentoring program in Huntington last night to watch 60 or so entrepreneurs get free advice…
OFF THE CUFF: Wearable technology is expected to be a $53 billion business by 2019. Assuming people actually want to wear the stuff. CNY SOMEWHERE, UP THERE: Drones are the next iPad,…
STATE OF MS. BIZ: Women opened just 37% of new businesses last year, down from a 20-year average of about 41%, according to a study by Experian. Women were most…
ADIEU FIRST DATA: Credit card processor First Data Corp. plans to shutter its Melville operation and move hundreds of workers to “a large new office east of Manhattan.” Innovate LI can…
LOOKING TO THE SUBURBS: There’s an inconvenient truth tucked into the environmental sustainability plan for New York that Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled last month: The city needs the suburbs to…
OUTSOURCED: Ronkonkoma-based supplement maker NBTY will shut down its Amityville plant and outsource production to a California firm, eliminating 214 local jobs, Newsday’s Aisha Al-Muslim reports. The Amityville site had received…
TGIW: A good midweek everyone and welcome new readers. It’s May 6, the day the Hindenburg crashed, the first Republic P-47 took wing and “Friends” said cheers. Don’t forget to send…
PATENTLY NOT NEW: About 40 percent of all new patents are combinations of old ideas, and that’s pretty much always been true, according to a new look at the USPTO’s files….
THE SIRENS’ CALL: Top state officials may now use police lights and sirens on their personal cars, according to a just-adopted emergency regulation. The rule speeds things up for the commissioners…
ARRESTING PERFORMANCE: Scientists analyzed five years of NFL draft data and discovered that the performance of players who had an arrest record but no charges was better than those without an…
ADAMS’ ALBANY ADIEU: Ken Adams, the former Empire State Development chief who was shuffled over to the finance department in Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s post-election inner-sanctum makeover, will leave government service in…