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NYC Voices: Jeff Pulver on 140 Characters Conference: New York City #140conf (Video)

By Anthony Massucci | March 5th, 2010
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NEW YORK — Jeff Pulver took a few minutes to discuss what to expect at this year’s 140 Characters Conference: New York City. It’s the second annual conference, referred to as #140conf on Twitter. The #140conf tag has been used every day on Twitter since the conference a year ago, Pulver said. Last year’s conference helped propel NBC News journalist Anne Curry (@AnnCurry) from 40,000 followers to over 1 jmillion and also featured Wine Library TV’Gary Vaynerchuk (@garyvee). Both Curry and Vaynerchuk are speaking again at this year’s conference. Also speaking at the conference, on April 20 and 21 at the 92nd Street Y in New York City, Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump), Donny Deutsch (@Donny_Deutsch) and MC Hammer (@MCHammer).
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NYC Voices: Cab driver Richard Horne says New York is overcrowded (Video)

By Anthony Massucci | March 4th, 2010
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NEW YORK — New York City taxi driver Richard Horne said the streets of New York are overcrowded with selfish pedestrians and drivers. “New York City is a great place to come to visit, but as far as I’m concerned, it’s a horrible place to work or to live,” Horne said during a recent cab ride. The city is filled with aggressive people and vehicles jockeying for position. Rivera has more to say about the economy, President Barack Obama, and tension in New York City in his video interview with NYC Voices.
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NYC Voices: Street vendor Al Rivera’s making less in 2010 (Video)

By Anthony Massucci | January 25th, 2010
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NEW YORK — Al Rivera has been hawking goods on the streets of New York City for the past 30 years. He loves meeting people as they check out his hats, belts, socks and other items, which he sells for about five dollars. Rivera, 56, has been living in a hotel for the past 15 years. “It’s the only way to survive,” Rivera said in an interview this month. He’s a resident of the hotel, which is in the city, and feels fortunate to make a living on the streets of Manhattan.
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Massucci’s Take: Facebook’s New Privacy Policy Amounts to Piracy

By Anthony Massucci | December 21st, 2009
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This month, Facebook made a sneaky change to its privacy settings, and the new policy is generating a fierce backlash. The social network’s default privacy setting now allows anyone to see a user’s personal information. While users are permitted to change those settings, through an option to limit how much information they share, many don’t yet realize that their Facebook updates can suddenly be seen across the Web. That’s not what most users signed up for, and many are angry.

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Can a fat tax fix the healthcare system?

By Anthony Massucci | December 9th, 2009
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How much does your illness cost you and your insurer? According to a recent study by General Electric (GE) and the U.S. Department of Health’s Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, a 50-year old with diabetes will rack up more than $6,600 in medical bills over the course of a year; someone who has acid reflux will incur $5,500 in annual costs. Read the rest of this entry »

Macy’s CEO Lundgren says online shopping helps drive in-store sales

By Anthony Massucci | November 30th, 2009
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Macy’s CEO Lundgren says online shopping helps drive in-store sales

By Anthony Massucci | November 30th, 2009
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Macy’s (M) CEO Terry Lundgren says every dollar of online sales influences almost $6 of sales inside the retailer’s stores. According to Lundgren, many shoppers first see an item online and want to look at it in person before making a purchase. For example, a customer may see a piece of clothing online but ends up visiting a store to check the fit. Read the rest of this entry »

Black Friday: Macy’s CEO Lundgren ‘encouraged’ by sales traffic

By Anthony Massucci | November 28th, 2009
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Macy’s (M) CEO Terry Lundgren said he’s “encouraged” by the level of buying activity at the company’s Herald Square store in New York City Friday.

The day after Thanksgiving in the U.S. is nicknamed Black Friday because it’s the day when many retailers become profitable for the year. Macy’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Lundgren told DailyFinance that Macy’s sales were strong Friday because of the number of people he saw in the store walking around with purchases. Read the rest of this entry »

Massucci’s Take: Apple teams with AT&T in ad battle with Verizon

By Anthony Massucci | November 26th, 2009
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Apple (AAPL) broke its silence in the advertising battle going on between AT&T (T) and Verizon (VZ). The iPhone maker launched its ad campaign this week showing an iPhone user talking on the phone while surfing the Web as a voice asks, “Can your phone and your network do that?”

It’s Apple’s comeback to Verizon’s latest attack on the iPhone which runs on AT&T’s wireless networks. Read the rest of this entry »

Massucci’s Take: Twitter CEO says Murdoch’s Google plan is doomed

By Anthony Massucci | November 20th, 2009
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Twitter co-founder and CEO Biz Stone said Thursday that Rupert Murdoch’s potential plan to block Google from searching New Corp.’s (NWS) websites is doomed to fail. Murdoch has accused Google (GOOG) of stealing content from his publications, which include The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post in the U.S., and The Times and The Sun in the United Kingdom. The cantankerous tycoon said last week that blocking Google could be part of his strategy to get more people to pay for content online. Read the rest of this entry »

 
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