Wall Street is betting on a nice bounce today from Europe's stock rally to help chase away any holiday shopping blues. Shares rallied in Europe and South America yesterday while markets here were dark for the Thanksgiving holiday, giving investors...
Former Bear Stearns President Warren Spector's exit package insures that the man charged with the oversight of two internal hedge funds that spectacularly blew up this summer won't want for money, or more importantly, legal advice. The Post broke...
Some users of the online hangout Facebook are complaining that its two-week-old marketing program is publicizing their purchases for friends to see. Those users say they never noticed a small box that appears on a corner of their Web browsers...
Centre Island, L.I. $11.25 million Buy your own island paradise, just an hour's drive from the isle of Manhattan. Custom-built in 2005, this "Southampton-style" shingle home with "European" flair measures 8,000 square feet and is set on nearly 3...
Gap Inc.'s shares fell more than 6 percent yesterday after the clothing retailer reported stagnant sales and warned that the holiday sales season would be tough. The company's profit for the latest quarter surged 26 percent, but the gain was...
Franklin Square, L.I. $430,000 Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 1 ½ Square feet: 1,100 This brick Cape Cod on the "desirable" north side of town has plenty of attractive new features, including "gleaming" hardwood floors, updated baths and a new...
Overstock.com is taking its bitter war to reform short-selling practices to Washington, launching a lobbying group whose goal is to raise investor awareness about so-called "phantom trading." The group, Coalition Against Phantom Trading, is housed...
THERE are a couple of times each year when columnists are obliged to write certain things. Thanksgiving is one of these. Last year I did the standard T-Day column that eloquently listed all the things for which we should be thankful. But I don't...
THE Bauer Publishing celebrity titles In Touch and Life & Style are suffering as a result of their 50 percent price hike three weeks ago to $2.99 from $1.99. Insiders at the Germany-based company concede there has been slippage and acknowledge...
With all the unseasonably warm weather we'd been having, it seemed as though we were going to skip winter entirely. But along came a cold snap, which reminded me that now is the time to do basic home winterizing - before the temperature really drops...
