Alexander C. Kaufman

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Alexander C. Kaufman is a reporter at the International Business Times covering companies, retail and media. He joined in May 2013. Previously, he was an editor of Mediabistro's FishbowlNY site and a media reporter at TheWrap in Los Angeles. Before that, he wrote about crime and city affairs at the Boston Globe. He studied political communication at Emerson College, where he served as the editor-in-chief of the Berkeley Beacon, overseeing the design and launch of a first-of-its-kind HTML5 website, one of the first newspapers in the world to do so. He got his start as a journalist at 15, writing for the Long-Islander, a weekly founded by poet Walt Whitman. When he has downtime, he collects photos of German Chancellor Angela Merkel frowning on this Tumblr.

Kaufman can be reached at: a.kaufman@ibtimes.com | 646-484-7504

Greek Trade Officials Pine For Investors At New York Conference

Greece is appealing to New York financiers for more investment, saying the worst is behind the euro zone nation.

European Central Bank (ECB) Wins Ruling To Keep Greek Documents Secret

The European Central Bank won the right to keep documents about Greece's finances secret.

New York State To Sue HSBC Over Foreclosure Abuses

HSBC took too long to file for judicial intervention in foreclosure cases in four New York counties, the N.Y. state attorney general said.

Alibaba Buys Xiami, Major Music Streaming Site, In Next Step To Take Over China’s Music Industry

Alibaba has finalized an acquisition of a Chinese service similar to Spotify, Pandora or Soundcloud.

Zynga Layoffs: How Zynga Is Like The Titanic, Your Last Breakup Or A Remora Fish

Zynga relied too much on Facebook.

Zynga Q4 Earnings Preview: Existing Titles Continue To Underperform As Company Struggles With Transition To Online Gambling

Zynga Layoffs: Social Gaming Company Slashes 520 Employees, 18% Of Workforce

To save up to $80 million, social gaming company Zynga announces a new sweep of layoffs.

The Turkish Protests: How To Sound Intelligent At The Watercooler

The protests in Turkey are dominating much of the news cycle. Here are some facts to make you sound informed with your colleagues.

Turkey's Protests Could Spell Economic Ruin If They Last Through The Summer

Tourism and foreign investment could take hits if the protests continue through the summer.

Federal Reserve Investigating Bitcoin, PayPal And Other Online Payment Services For Security Breaches

As online payment systems proliferate, the U.S. Federal Reserve has cast a wary eye.

7-Eleven To Double US Stores In Massive North American Expansion

7-Eleven may double the number of stores it has in North America by as early as 2014.

Centerra Gold (CG) Says Kyrgyz Mine Shutdown Won't Be A Real Setback

Centerra Gold of Canada says its gold yields won't be damaged by this temporary shutdown.

Is Thailand Using Burmese Slave Labor On Its Boats? A New Report Says Yes

A British nongovernmental organization documented more than a dozen cases of migrant workers enslaved on Thai fishing boats.

Kyrgyzstan Declares State Of Emergency, Clears Protesters From Centerra Gold (CG) Mine

Villagers stormed a Canadian-owned gold mine in Kyrgyzstan, demanding money and infrastructure investments.

The Latest Bloomberg Spying Drama? Apparently The CEO Is Peeved At The Editor-In-Chief

Bloomberg LP CEO Dan Doctoroff wants to hold Editor-in-Chief Matt Winkler more accountable for the data terminal snooping mess.

US Consumer Sentiment Climbs To 84.5 In May, Besting Analyst Predictions: Thomson Reuters/U Of Michigan Index

The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan’s index on consumer sentiment came in unexpectedly stronger in May.

Madonna, The Material Girl, Sells Upper West Side New York City Co-Op To Hedge Fund Titan Deepak Narula

Madonna is collecting a hair less than $20 million in the sale of her fancy co-op near New York City's Central Park.

Is Europe Scrapping Its Proposed Financial Transaction Tax? It's Certainly Watered Down

The tax, originally championed by Germany and France, has been largely defanged after banks and trading groups lobbied against it.

Germany Close To Winning Fight To Keep State Control Over Volkswagen

The European Commission still wants Germany to overturn a law giving Lower Saxony a veto power over Volkswagen's management.

Thomson Reuters Taps The Economist's CEO To Head News Division

Andrew Rashbass will lead Reuters' news and media division.

China Overinvests In Its Inland Provinces But It Hasn't Generated Strong Growth

China has poured millions upon millions into its poorer inland provinces -- but the investments aren't panning out quickly enough.

An Arrow II missile interceptor is displayed in front of journalists in the Palmahim military base south of Tel Aviv

Bank Of Israel Slashes Lending Rate To 1.25% In Effort to Curb The Appreciation Of Shekel

The Bank of Israel is taking a pointer from Abenomics in another harbinger of what could be a spreading global currency war.

Iran Shells Out $4B Line Of Credit to Assad's Government In Syria

Iran has extended lines of credit worth a total of $4 billion in hopes of propping up the Assad regime's oil holdings.

Why More Than 100,000 Employees Of Germany's Volkswagen AG Are Getting A Pay Hike This Year

Upcoming federal elections have local politicians throwing their weight behind unions.

Is Japan Eyeing Myanmar To Be The Next Bangladesh?

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is the first Japanese leader to visit Myanmar, formerly Burma, in 36 years.

Yahoo Makes A Bid For Hulu Days After Buying Tumblr

Yahoo joins the handful of other bidders for the video service.

Procter & Gamble Co. (PG) Boots CEO McDonald And Replaces Him With Predecessor Lafley

Bob McDonald will be replaced as CEO by his predecessor, A.G. Lafley.

WBAB's 'Gay Court' Segment Is Homophobic

FM 102.3 WBAB and the fifth-grade version of myself have two things in common. No. 1: We think Led Zeppelin is a good band. No. 2: We think “gay” is a synonym for bad, lame, unmanly, etc.The Long Island-based rock station airs a weekly morning show segment called “Gay Court,” in which the lovable everyman duo of shock jockeys, Roger & J.P., assess the apparent “gayness” of such things as wrestling tournaments or sharing a spoon with your buddy.

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