Janet Babin

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• Feb 12, 2019

  Play about the Constitution may be Broadway’s hottest ticket this season

  

  Broadway seems to want to seize on the success of global phenomenon hip-hop musical “Hamilton” by having more politically themed shows. This season, Hillary and Bill Clinton are the subjects of one play. But another play is coming off a successful off-Broadway run to grace a marquee on the Great White Way. Its subject? The […]

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• Jan 25, 2019

  The most expensive home in U.S. history just sold for $238 million

  

  But the New York City condo deal is an outlier in a real estate market that's cooling.

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• Jan 23, 2019

  Restaurants feel the pinch as shutdown drags on

  

  … but some owners reach out to help furloughed federal workers.

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• Jan 21, 2019

  Millennials, like Baby Boomers, struggle with lifelong debt

  

  A recent survey points out that one in 10 millennials thinks they will die in debt. Click the audio player above to hear the full story.

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• Jan 16, 2019

  Concierges thrive as their realm expands into everyday life tasks

  

  From luxury hotels to your own everyday life and even apps, concierges are everywhere.

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• Jan 10, 2019

  Plentiful rain brings abundant and cheaper truffles to the table

  

  But there's no guarantee that will continue.

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• Dec 20, 2018

  NYC set to give ride-hail drivers big raises

  

  The nation's first minimum wage for drivers could boost their pay by more than 40 percent.

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• Dec 11, 2018

  CAT bonds could be key to paying for wildfire losses

  

  Some urge FEMA to issue a catastrophe bond to help pay for wildfire recovery.

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• Nov 23, 2018

  The origin of the holiday half day of trading on Wall Street

  

  Federal law prohibits markets from being closed more than three consecutive days.

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• Nov 17, 2018

  How two New York bodegas explain a glut of shopfronts for rent

  

  One couldn't afford rent in a hip neighborhood; the other survives on pricey specialties.

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