Many of the major building blocks in the big 2008 victory by President Obama and fellow Democrats have crumbled this year, with voters in them showing big swings to the Republican side in the midterm elections, according to a New York Times/CBS News poll conducted Oct. 16-21. (Story; Poll Data). The most dramatic shift has [...]
Google is nearing a deal to buy an office building at 111 Eighth Ave. in Manhattan for a price close to $2 billion, The New York Post reported. Google is already a tenant in the 18-story building, which occupies a whole city block in the Chelsea district, the newspaper said. Its neighbors in the building [...]
JB Reed/Bloomberg News Goldman’s old headquarters, 85 Broad Street In its quest to consolidate its Manhattan office space, could Morgan Stanley choose its archrival’s old headquarters? Morgan Stanley is weighing moving some of its back-office operations to 85 Broad Street, Goldman Sachs’s headquarters until this year, a person briefed on the matter told DealBook. Morgan [...]
Barclays Capital has hired seven sales executives from BP, in a move meant to bolster its energy trading business in North America, according to an internal memorandum obtained by DealBook. The hirings are part of Barclays’ effort to expand its physical trading business and better compete against the likes of Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. [...]
A senior aide for Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) has resigned after being arrested on charges of bringing marijuana into the Hart Senate Office Building, Politico reported. U.S. Capitol Police said Marcus Stanley was detained Tuesday at a security checkpoint when he allegedly tried to “remove and conceal” a leafy green substance from his pocket. The [...]
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