Americans OK service cuts to balance budgets
To ease surging budget deficits, Americans prefer cutting federal services to raising taxes by nearly 2-1 in a new poll. Yet there is little consensus on specific, meaningful steps – and a wariness...
View ArticleLou Dobbs returns to TV on Fox Business
Lou Dobbs sits in a Fox Business Network conference room where the walls are filled with aphorisms from the likes of Vince Lombardi and Gen. Douglas MacArthur. “I feel like I’m home,” a sleek Dobbs...
View ArticleCNBC ‘Squawk’ anchor Mark Haines dies at 65
Mark Haines, co-anchor of CNBC‘s morning “Squawk on the Street” show and one of the business news network’s most recognized faces, died unexpectedly on Tuesday evening, the network said. He was 65. The...
View ArticleNY near the top in cost of doing business
New York is the third most expensive state in the nation in terms of cost of business and the most expensive on the mainland, according to a ranking compiled by CNBC. But New York also ranks toward the...
View ArticleLong Island Business Report debuts on WLIW
Public television station WLIW21 on Tuesday will air The Long Island Business Report, a half-hour show hosted by former CNBC and BusinessWeek anchor Jim Paymar. The program, produced through a...
View ArticleBuffett says investors shouldn’t act on headlines
Billionaire Warren Buffett says he avoids buying into businesses like Facebook because it’s too hard to estimate what they might be worth. Buffett said on CNBC on Monday that he doesn’t really have an...
View ArticleWLIW seeking sponsors for LI Business Report
Following encouraging reaction to the half-hour Long Island Business Report, WLIW 21 is seeking sponsors for the show, which it hopes to launch in a regular time slot this fall. WLIW 21 aired the...
View ArticleNo small risks for LI banks
The risks taken by most of the regional, mid-sized banks scattered across Long Island bear no resemblance to those of the JPMorgan's of the world.
View ArticleNewsmakers of the year in law
A look back at the wheels, deals, defections and defeats that shaped Long Island law in 2012.
View ArticleCNBC tries reality TV after business hours
CNBC on Tuesday night premieres "Treasure Detectives" and "The Car Chasers" in prime time as a way to boost ratings after Wall Street market hours.
View ArticleRatner pitches rebranding Nassau, Coliseum
Forest City Ratner developer Bruce Ratner wants to rebrand Nassau County in much the same way he's repositioned Brooklyn.
View ArticleThink of it as ‘Kitchen Nightmares’ meets ‘Shark Tank’
"The Profit" seeks failing businesses for a reality TV show.
View ArticleBuffett says economy continues to grow steadily
Investor Warren Buffett says the economy continues the steady improvement that began in fall of 2009 and he remains optimistic about the future.
View ArticleAnchors away
CNBC anchor Ron Insana shares his almost accidental entrance into on-air broadcasting with WOR 710 Radio.
View ArticleQ&A: Ron Insana, CNBC
LIBN sits down with CNBC's senior business analyst Ron Insana to discuss how business is covered by mainstream media and how it's changed over the span of his three-decade career on-air and behind the...
View ArticleNo small risks for LI banks
The risks taken by most of the regional, mid-sized banks scattered across Long Island bear no resemblance to those of the JPMorgan's of the world.
View ArticleNewsmakers of the year in law
A look back at the wheels, deals, defections and defeats that shaped Long Island law in 2012.
View ArticleCNBC tries reality TV after business hours
CNBC on Tuesday night premieres "Treasure Detectives" and "The Car Chasers" in prime time as a way to boost ratings after Wall Street market hours.
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