Manhattan’s luxury rental market is breaking records, with some apartments now going for more than $100,000 a month as New York City’s pied-à-terre tax gives wealthy buyers another reason to rent instead. But Nest Seekers International CEO Eddie Shapiro has a blunt message for anyone shocked by the jaw-dropping prices.”Don’t…

MapQuest announced last week it had soared to the top of Apple’s App Store navigation rankings following its decision to keep the former name of Lake America, Lake Ontario, on its maps. Hundreds of thousands of people downloaded the app after it reaffirmed it would continue using the historical names…

For nearly 30 years, Josefina Aguirre has helped keep alive the East Harlem grocery store her immigrant parents built from scratch. The family business has survived soaring rents, inflation, the pandemic and a changing neighborhood. Now, she fears New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s grocery experiment could become the final…

Checkers & Rally’s is leaning into value as Americans remain squeezed by higher everyday expenses, with the fast-food chain’s CEO saying consumers’ demand for affordability has intensified over the past couple of years. The chain is offering a $4 Unbeatable Meal Deal, priced at $5 in select markets, as restaurants…

College football season is kicking off and some young athletes taking the field around the country will be seeing an influx of income from name, image and likeness (NIL) and revenue sharing deals, which can pose financial challenges as they look to manage those funds. NIL first took hold in…

Right on cue, the press got ready to print a bad jobs report for August, and then SLAM, the number comes out up 162,000. About three times the Wall Street consensus. Of course, most of Wall Street and their liberal pals in the press just love to ignore eight straight…

Campbell’s said it has cut 13% of its salaried workforce and closed two snack plants in an effort to improve its operations and return to profitability. “Make no mistake, our results remain unacceptable,” CEO Mick Beekhuizen said. “But instead of waiting for the environment to improve around us, we are…

A blueberry recall first reported in July over the risk of E. coli contamination has been expanded to include frozen package mixes of strawberries, blackberries and blueberries sold at Walmart, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. One lot of 10-ounce packages of Great Value frozen Organic Triple Berry…

Before the 1917 Russian Revolution, socialists in the U.S. were winning hundreds of local and national contests. In Manhattan, a socialist immigrant from Lithuania was sent to Congress in 1915. Milwaukee had three socialist mayors. And in the 1912 presidential election, socialist presidential candidate Eugene Debs received 6% of the…

Labor Day travelers are facing higher costs for flights and hotels as they head out for the final holiday weekend of summer, according to AAA and travel expert Pauline Frommer. AAA booking data shows domestic airfare is up 2% compared with last year, averaging $750 for a round-trip ticket. Fares…