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By Matt Chaban 6/07/12 11:48am

Brain Drain

Smarter than we look?

Is New York Dumber Than Boston, Pittsburgh and Anchorage?

We still can’t figure out this “lumosity” thing, a measure of brain performance, that Richard Florida is on about, but the urban theorist mapped it against cities across the country in a column for Atlantic Cities, and the conclusion, at least to the parochial writers here at The New York Observer, is that we are a bunch of dum dums. Read More

By Reid Pillifant 3/02/11 7:21am

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B-Brawl! Prokhorov, the Nets’ Rakish Russian, Aims A.K. at Garden Party as Dolan’s Knicks Brace for Red Scare

Last Wednesday afternoon, James Dolan rose from his stool on a makeshift stage in the bowels of Madison Square Garden and shuffled to the podium to introduce Carmelo Anthony, the unstoppable small forward for whom the Knicks had just dealt half of their starting lineup to anoint as the team’s latest savior.

“While we have Read More

By Mike Taylor 1/20/11 9:03pm

Silicon Alley

The New York-Boston Tech Rivalry: It's Like Sports!

Boston and New York are not all that fond of one another, be it in the realm of sports, clam chowder or technology startup scenes. Today, Boston technology blogger Gregory Huang takes his fear and loathing of the Empire City to another level, owing in part to the booming New York technology environment and Read More

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