NY CALLING: New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, still busily looking into Apple’s new streaming music program, found time to send letters to eBay and Paypal asking the firms to explain…
JOB INSECURITY: Port Authority exec Pat Foye has told senior staffers he intends to compete for the new CEO job at the agency, which is being reorganized following the Bridgegate scandal….
BUT THE RANGERS ARE SOLID: Cablevision CEO James Dolan has called for consolidation of the local cable markets, but it increasingly looks like his firm won’t be part of it. Analysts…
RAGE OF THE MACHINE: There is no shortage of angst about the relentless advance of digital technology and what it means for the workforce, if not humanity. But new research…
START-UP NY DOES MORE STARTING UP: Start-Up NY announced the addition of 11 companies on Tuesday, none on Long Island. Unless you count Brooklyn. Which maybe we should. The firms have…
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…
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….