The Malkin family, the New York landlords who own the Empire State Building, plan to file to become a publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) in around three months, it said in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
Moody's Investors Service warned on Monday the rapid escalation of the euro zone sovereign and banking crisis threatens the credit standing of all European government bond ratings.
Moody's Investors Service warned on Monday the rapid escalation of the euro zone sovereign and banking crisis threatens the credit standing of all European government bond ratings.
Fluffy dandelion seeds are so light that by applying one small wisp of air we can send them into disarray. Now researchers have invented a new ultralight material--the lightest in the world--where an entire structure made out of it balances on a dandelion head without crushing a single seed.
Taken the High Line Park? Now you can try the undergound Low Line, at least if a NASA and Google pair get their way.
Apple will announce its new store location in Grand Central Terminal on Tuesday, Nov. 22. Here's a sneak peak.
Mariano Rajoy's center-right People's Party stormed to a crushing election victory Sunday when voters punished the outgoing Socialist government for the worst economic crisis in generations.
Scientists at HRL Laboratories LLC, the California Institute of Technology, and the University of California at Irvine have invented a new material so light that even a feathery dandelion can comfortably hold its weight without having its little fluffy seeds mashed.
Salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM) said Thursday it slipped to a loss in its third quarter on higher costs and said the losses would continue into the fourth quarter.
A federal investigation into last year's cyber attack on Nasdaq OMX Group found surprisingly lax security practices that made the exchange operator an easy target for hackers, people with knowledge of the probe said. The sources did not want to be identified because the matter is classified.
Architects Robert A.M. Stern and Thom Mayne, along with real estate broker Mary Ann Tighe, closed out Tuesday's Zoning the City conference with a wide-ranging discussion that focused on New York, while acknowledging the changing skylines around the world.
Aishwarya Rai checked into a hospital in Mumbai on Monday to deliver her baby.
Experts detailed New York's economic, social and environmental challenges on Tuesday in Zoning the City, an urban planning conference held in midtown.
Cloud computing could be key for Oracle's (NASDAQ:ORCL) future and the company's recent acquisition of RightNow implies it is making the right moves in this space.
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has unveiled the world's first 16-core x86 Opteron 6200 server chip, formerly code-named Interlagos. The chip maker also launched its 8-core 4200 Series processors, code-named Valencia.
The sun's abundant energy, if harvested in space, could provide a cost-effective way to meet global power needs in as little as 30 years with seed money from governments, according to a study by an international scientific group.
FBR Capital Markets raised its profit estimates of Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA), after the graphics chip maker reported solid third-quarter results that came in above Wall Street expectations.
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion was investigating reports some users experienced delays, but said on Wednesday it was not fighting an outage similar to the one that took down its service for four days last month.
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion was investigating reports some users experienced delays, but said on Wednesday it was not fighting an outage similar to the one that took down its service for four days last month.
Oft called the Venice of the East, this city on the edge of the desert beckons with its luxurious lakefront palaces and bustling art-strewn streets.
Chipmaker Nvidia Corp, rushing to stake out more territory in tablets and smartphones, said its new Tegra 3 processor delivers up to three times the graphics performance of its predecessor and uses 61 percent less power.
Lack of financing accounts for 21 percent of stalled construction sites, dampening job growth, according to research from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and analysis of McGraw-Hill Construction data.
