Chinese father forces nearly-naked son to run around freezing NYCA coldhearted dad from China forced his nearly naked 4-year-old son to run around and do pushups in the New York snow despite the boy's crying pleas to stop — drawing international outrage from angry viewers who saw the video online.
Wearing nothing but athletic shoes and a pair of...
News Corp. books 65% profit jumpNews Corp. said profit rose 65 percent in the most recent quarter, topping expectations, thanks to the strength of its cable television and filmed entertainment businesses. For the fiscal second quarter ended Dec. 31, net income rose to $1.06 billion, or 42 cents a share, compared with $642 million...
Huge WTC retail dealThe Port Authority's board is expected to approve an agreement with global shopping center owner Westfield Group for a 50 percent stake in the World Trade Center's sprawling retail space that's not expected to open until 2015. Last July, the company and the agency announced an agreement...
Stanford moneyman points a fingerHOUSTON — On the last day of his testimony, R. Allen Stanford's former moneyman James Davis pointed a shaking finger at his one-time boss and said that if anyone wanted proof of the crimes he had been outlining, all he had to do was "follow the money, just follow the...
Finally, a deal!After 16 months of heated negotiations and arm-twisting, state and federal officials did it: They reached an agreement that could bring some financial relief to millions of homeowners whose mortgages are underwater.
The settlement involves five major banks — JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and Ally Financial — in...
Rolling the dice Caesars Entertainment shares soared 71 percent in their debut yesterday — but quietly, behind the glitz, America's largest casino chain is selling some properties to raise $500 million, The Post has learned.
Caesars is auctioning its Midwest River casinos and will use the cash to invest in new projects — like...
Business briefsBank suitsRegulators plan to warn several major banks they intend to sue them over mortgage-related actions linked to the financial crisis, according to a WSJ.com report, citing sources. The targets weren't named.Greek drama Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos summoned the country's international lenders for further discussions...
Battered Barneys abuzz with 'B' rumorsThe "B-word" is buzzing around Barneys New York again.The swanky retail chain has hired law firm Kirkland & Ellis, a bankruptcy and restructuring adviser, as it faces significant debts coming due this year.Sources close to the situation said a Chapter 11 filing looks unlikely at the moment and that...
Just sold!Manhattan
CLINTON $730,000
464 W. 44th St.
One-bedroom, one-bath condo, 724 square feet, with renovated kitchen, washer/dryer and balcony; building features doorman, roof deck and live-in super. Common charges $897, taxes $22. Asking price $759,000, on market eight weeks. Broker: Frances Katzen, Prudential Douglas Elliman
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Komen-planned parenthood clash of conscienceThe Issue: Planned Parenthood's funding from the Susan G. Komen Foundation for the Cure.
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The Susan G. Komen Foundation for the Cure is in the business of saving lives, not terminating them ("Gutting the Middle Ground on Abortion," Michael A. Walsh, PostOpinion, Feb. 6).
As a private organization, Komen...
Breakfast facts"Fattened by 'Help'" unfairly simplifies the problems and solutions related to the School Breakfast Program (Julie Gunlock, Post Opinion, Feb. 3).
When Share Our Strength polled middle-school teachers in 2011, two-thirds said they taught children who regularly came to school too hungry to learn; 65 percent also said that most...
'Smash' padIn a city where there are many ongoing battles between tenants and building owners, Broadway star Brian d'Arcy James — who's now also a lead actor in NBC's new "Smash" series — stands out as a rarity. He actually likes his landlord.
One reason for that, James says, is...
Baronial digsKnicks guard Baron Davis has found himself an ultra-luxe rental where he can hopefully recover from injuries that have limited his playing time. Davis, who is coping with an elbow infection after suffering through a herniated disk in his back, is renting a three-bedroom unit at the new MiMA complex...
Business as usualIf Gov. Cuomo really means to make New York "open for business" — as he's repeatedly said — he needs to pass the word to state agencies.
Starting with the Department of Labor.
That's the agency that hit the owner of an Albany-area pizzeria with a $5,535 fine — for...
Ground zero money sumpIf nothing else, Tuesday's Port Authority audit focused a fresh spotlight on the enormous construction costs attending preparation work for some of the elaborate projects intended for the World Trade Center site.
Most of those projects are defensible (even if their price tags are not).
A conspicuous exception is...
Catholic-bash may be O's undoingThe Obama administration caused a firestorm late last month. Ignoring conscience objections of religious leaders, it ordered Catholic schools, hospitals and charities to amendtheir health-care plans by Aug. 30, 2013to include birth-control services (among them abortion-inducing drugs and sterilization procedures)or be subject to millions of dollars in fines and...
Romney's new testNewt Gingrich's surprise victory in South Carolina a few weeks ago forced Mitt Romney to show he could get tough in Florida. Now Rick Santorum's stunning sweep of three contests on Tuesday night should force Romney to do something far more difficult: transform himself into a leader who...
Facing Frack hysteriaLearning how to exploit the rich vein of natural gas buried in the Marcellus Shale beneath Pennsylvania, Ohio and New York has been a boon to the nation, but another remarkable discovery's gone along with it. The Keystone State has devised a system of environmental-protection regulations that actually works...
Help kids: close bad schoolsAs the father of five children, no issue concerns me more right now than the quality of their education. That's why I'll attend tonight's Panel for Educational Policy meeting and support its members' voting to replace 25 long-struggling schools with better options.
Like every other parent, I...
Another one bites the dustAs I watched the yellow earth mover scooping out mounds of dirt, I crossed my fingers and hoped the folks who recently bought the house around the corner were making room for an in-ground pool.
Hope dimmed as the excavation got deeper and deeper, week after week.
"I guess they...
