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No one needs any more signs that the economy is in miserable shape . Nonetheless, one particular sign caught our attention. It was taped to ...

Thanks to the tipster who passed along this link... Mayoral candidate Reverend Billy talks with business owners on East Ninth Street on how...

"In just the seven months since the stock market began to plummet, the recession has aimed its death ray not just at the credit market,...

The New York Post has the sad story , which strangely reads like a personal ad.

From New York magazine's Recession Index this week: Approximate number of cans of Pabst Blue Ribbon ($3 each, the cheapest drink) sold...

Just three applications for new buildings were filed in Manhattan in September, compared to 23 in September 2007 -- a staggering 87 percent...

East Village resident Paige Ferrari, 26, was one of the 35 employees who lost their jobs when Radar abruptly folded a few weeks back. In a p...

Layoffs . (New York Post) Here's Lenny Waller 's response to the article/cuts:

In downtown Manhattan, two artists, Marshall Reese and Nora Ligorano sculpted the word "ECONOMY" from a block of ice to symbolize ...

The Citibank branch on 120 Broadway in the Financial District is selling bowls of fruit salad in the lobby for $2.50.

Excerpts from a Times piece titled " Failed Deals Replace Real Estate Boom :" After seven years of nonstop construction, skyrocke...

So, how was your week? As I've written before, I work in the Financial District, though my job has nothing to do with financials (or di...

Wall Street's financial crisis has trickled down to Manhattan's mammary meccas . A source tells us jiggle joints all over the city a...

Headline from today's Wall Street Journal : As Times Turn Tough, New York's Wealthy Economize: Plastic Surgeons, Jewelers, Yacht Bui...

The city’s unemployment rate rose to 5.8 percent from 5 percent in July — the largest monthly increase in more than 30 years — as about 5,2...

In a piece titled " City Feels the Economic Pinch, but It’s Only a Pinch, So Far " in the Times today,  Kathryn S. Wylde, chief e...