Marie Antoinette

Bad year or good, AIG employees got big bonuses

AIG furor shines light on Wall Street practice of paying bonuses regardless of performance. A Wall Street firm loses billions of dollars, nearly destroying its business and crippling the nation's economy. But top executives still receive huge bonuses?
 

Will Meatpacking Pioneer Have to Pack It In?

Michael Angelo, the artistically named owner of the Wonderland Beauty Parlor on West 13th Street, has a far better idea for sprucing up old cobblestone-lined Gansevoort Square than, say, installing a fountain, or opening a farmer?s market, as others have suggested.