It appears that North Carolina is about to follow New York’s lead and implement a tax collection scheme that will see Amazon.com shut down its Associates affiliate program in the state. Today, all Amazon Associates in NC received this gloomy email from the online retailer: We regret to inform you that the North Carolina state legislature (the General Assembly) appears ready to enact an … read more..
June 17 (Bloomberg) — Tony Volpon will join Standard Chartered Bank as a fixed-income and rates strategist in New York. Volpon announced his departure from CM Capital Markets, where he was chief strategist in Sao Paulo, in an e-mail message. read more..
A new Wall Street report foresees major price declines for New York-areareal estate, yet a far gentler outlook for California read more..
June 17 (Bloomberg) — Crude oil fell for a fourth day, dipping below $70 a barrel in New York, as global equities dropped on concern the global economy will be slow to recover from recession. read more..
Former three-term New York City Mayor Ed Koch is going to have heart surgery at a Manhattan hospital. read more..
After a record-breaking 60 years and 10,000 concerts, clarinetist Stanley Drucker is preparing to step from New York’s renowned symphony orchestra read more..
June 17 (Bloomberg) — Max India Ltd. , an Indian company that invests in health care and technology, today said it plans to sell a 23 percent stake in its life insurance unit to joint venture partner New York Life Insurance Co. read more..
New York – Telx, one of the largest and fastest growing domestic interconnection and colocation data center operators, announced today that it has launched new Internet Exchanges in the New York and Dallas markets offering customers a new, low-cost, single point of access method to interconnect with multiple carriers, service and content providers, financial exchanges, and enterprise networks. read more..
