The federal government’s emergency management chief trudged through darkened subterranean hallways covered with silt and muddy water Friday, as he toured one of New York City’s top academic medical centers in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. The basement of the complex, NYU Langone Medical Center in Manhattan, smelled like the hold of a ship — a mixture of diesel oil and water. “You’re going...
Nov
09
A Transfer of Power Begins in China
Label: WorldMilitary delegates arrived for the 18th Communist Party Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Thursday. The weeklong meeting precedes the naming of China’s top leader, who will replace Hu Jintao. The meeting also introduces a new generation of party leade...
Groupon Earnings Miss Expectations on Weakness in Europe
Label: TechnologySAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) — Groupon reported financial results late Thursday that fell short of Wall Street’s already cautious expectations, as the daily-deal company failed to turn around its struggling European business. Groupon also confirmed that it had laid off about 80 employees, mainly in sales, as part of an effort to automate the way it handles its deals. The company’s shares...
Advertising: Help Remedies Tries to Cure Ailments in Small Doses
Label: LifestyleDISAPPOINTED voters, runners with blisters and headache sufferers alike are getting some unexpected relief from a pop-up pharmacy that opened this week in the nation’s capital. The “help shop,” which offers low-dose drugs for everyday woes, is the idea of Help Remedies, a start-up company that sells minimalist white packets directed at single medical issues like nausea, headache or insomnia....
States Rush to Meet Tight Health Care Deadlines
Label: HealthJim Lo Scalzo/European Pressphoto AgencySupporters of President Obama’s Affordable Care Act celebrated at the Supreme Court in June after the justices upheld the law. After nearly three years of legal and political threats that kept President Obama’s health care law in a constant state of uncertainty, his re-election on Tuesday all but guarantees that the historic legislation will survive. ...
Debt Ceiling Complicates a Tax Shift
Label: BusinessWASHINGTON — Come January, should Congress fail to act, the United States will face more than immense tax increases and spending cuts. It will also run out of room to finance its large running deficits. The Treasury Department expects the country to hit its debt ceiling, a legal limit on the amount the government is allowed to borrow, close to the end of the year. That would give Congress...
Nov
08
China Prepares for Party Congress and Leadership Transition
Label: WorldDiego Azubel/European Pressphoto AgencySoldiers marched past the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Wednesday, on the eve of the 18th Communist Party Congress. BEIJING — China’s Communist Party leader, Hu Jintao, defended his decade in power on Thursday and warned that the country faced stark challenges at home and abroad. He spoke at the start of a congress that will culminate in his retirement...
After Many Slip-Ups, Mideast E-Commerce Gains Its Footing
Label: TechnologyDUBAI — Back in 2005, Souq.com was a new Web site modeled after eBay in the United States, catering to the nascent online retailing market in the Middle East. In the last week of October 2012, the fast-growing site received $45 million in funding from international investors, creating a new benchmark for the region’s evolving e-commerce scene. “When we launched at the end of 2005, e-commerce...
Recipes for Health: Cabbage, Onion and Millet Kugel — Recipes for Health
Label: LifestyleAndrew Scrivani for The New York TimesLight, nutty millet combines beautifully with the sweet, tender cabbage and onions in this kugel. I wouldn’t hesitate to serve this as a main dish. 1/2 medium head cabbage (1 1/2 pounds), cored and cut in thin strips Salt to taste 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 1 medium onion, finely chopped 1/4 cup chopped...
Recipes for Health: Cabbage, Onion and Millet Kugel — Recipes for Health
Label: HealthAndrew Scrivani for The New York TimesLight, nutty millet combines beautifully with the sweet, tender cabbage and onions in this kugel. I wouldn’t hesitate to serve this as a main dish. 1/2 medium head cabbage (1 1/2 pounds), cored and cut in thin strips Salt to taste 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 1 medium onion, finely chopped 1/4 cup chopped...
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