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Morning Read: ‘A Smear Campaign That Is Long on Repetitive Rhetoric’Khloe Kardashian Pulls T-Shirt After Gov. Cuomo Threatens to Sue An Apologetic Shelly Silver Tries to Fix Albany’s Sexual Harassment Problem

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Andrew Cuomo Shares Fred Dicker’s Private Email With All His Competitors People Still Want to Work at The Village Voice Charlie Rose Will Host Charlie Rose Weekend

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NYC Judge Rules Airbnb Stay Illegal, Fines Host $2,400 Rockrose Building Queens' Tallest Residential Building $90 M. Hotel Worker Health Center Coming to Downtown Brooklyn

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Memo From Mad Men’s Human Resources Department Re: Reminders 10 Things to Do in New York's Art World Before May 26 Cannes: Coen Brothers Edition

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By Adrianne Jeffries 12/22/10 4:48pm

Silicon Alley Insider Is OUTRAGED Over Dearth of Women in Tech

There are no women on the boards of the biggest Web 2.0 companies, Kara Swisher at All Things D wrote yesterday, citing Zynga, Facebook, Twitter and Groupon.

It’s crappy to see that the hottest companies on the Web are still missing women at the top. But it’s hardly a shocker. According to Read More

By admin 12/07/10 6:17pm

Foursquare Not Looking for a Profit Till 2012

Foursquare is enjoying phenomenal user growth and has inked a slew of new business partnerships with big name brands.

But at the D:Dive Into Mobile conference today, co-founder Dennis Crowley said Foursquare isn’t focused on revenue yet, or on new investment for that matter.

“We’re not raising money, though people have approached us. We Read More

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