Archive for December, 2006

Russia, Belarus haggle … Europe waits

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The Bottom Line: Weighing Finances and Feelings for a Decision

The basic question of whether it?s better to rent or buy your second home is one whose answer can always prove elusive, even in a healthy market. And that?s because it?s never solely a financial decision, but an emotional one, too. No comments

Big Deal : The Condo and Co-op Tax Bargain

While property tax assessments across the city rose by more than 9 percent, the assessors reviewed 720 Park. The tax burden on it was cut by 12 percent. No comments

FCC seals $86B AT&T-BellSouth deal

The FCC announced the approval of AT&T's acquisition of BellSouth in a deal worth $86 billion Friday afternoon, after the AT&T gave additional commitments regarding billing, Internet availability and jobs.

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Moving for the Food

New Yorkers have many reasons for choosing where they want to live, and the city's neighborhoods oblige with something for every taste. No comments

Your Home: Spelling Out Brokers? and Agents? Duties

This just in, from the New York Department of State: expanded definition of who must be loyal to whom in various real estate deals. No comments

National Perspectives: Priced-Out Buyers in the Virgin Islands

Until recently, homes on the United States Virgin Islands ? made up of St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix ? were widely considered undervalued. No comments

Q & A: All Satellite Dishes Are Not Created Equal

The courts have held that a satellite dish that protrudes into the airspace outside the window is not within the premises covered by the proprietary lease. No comments

Q & A: Rent-Stabilized or Not?

Whether an apartment is rent-stabilized is a matter of law, not one of agreement, between the parties.

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Apple: Option probe clears Jobs

Apple Computer disclosed in a regulatory filling Friday that chief executive officer Steve Jobs was aware that some stock options granted to him and other executives at Apple between 1997 and 2002 were backdated and that the company was restating financial results for the past few years as a result of the backdating.

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