Ilya Marritz

The natural gas extraction method known as hydraulic fracturing or fracking (for a primer, click here) has become such a hotbutton issue in Albany, legislators have put forward roughly two dozen bills regulating the practice. Here are three to watch as the legislative session draws to a close.

Design jobs are booming in the city — and the number of architects, industrial and graphic designers and fashion designers is poised to grow even more, according to a new study from the nonprofit Center for an Urban Future.

Martha Stewart, the homemaking media maven with a reputation as a canny businesswoman, may sell the company that bears her name.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg is set to cut the ribbon on a 10-block extension of the popular elevated public park on Manhattan's West Side on Tuesday, and businesses are already clamo...

New York Public Radio, the owner of WNYC, will acquire four stations from the NJN network, New Jersey’s public television and radio broadcaster: WNJY FM 89.3 Netcong, WNJP FM 88.5 Sussex, WNJT FM 88.1 Trenton and WNJO FM 90.3 Toms River.

Hunts Point market, believed to be the world's largest, will remain in the Bronx and continue to supply produce to the region's restaurants and supermarkets for at least another three years.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has sued several federal agencies alleging they have ignored their legal obligation to study the possible environmental consequences of natural gas drilling in the watershed of the Delaware River.

This week, the makers of several e-readers unveiled their latest tablets. The introductions coincided with Book Expo America at the Javits Center, North America’s largest trade fair for the publishing industry. Inside the Expo, much of the buzz was about e-books, and the e-bookstores that sell them.

Bibliophiles attending North America’s largest trade fair for the publishing industry at the Javits Center this week were abuzz about the unveiling of the latest e-readers.

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie announced on Thursday he will withdraw the state from a greenhouse gas emissions reduction program by the end of the year. 

Martha Stewart, who had been barred from the board of her own company under terms of a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission, is rejoining Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia.

After nearly 25 years on TV, Oprah Winfrey will broadcast her final daytime talk show Wednesday. For fans of the talk show queen, it's a sad occasion. And for booksellers gathered t...

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When hedge fund boss Raj Rajaratnam was arrested in October 2009 on charges of insider trading, his name was unfamiliar to most. But now the Galleon group founder has the dubious and historic distinction of being convicted in the biggest insider trading case involving hedge funds in U.S. history.

Those who get drinking water from wells close to gas drilling sites are in much greater danger of having their water is contaminated by methane gas, according to a study published in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences believed to be the first to establish a link between gas drilling and methane contamination.

When it comes to catching a cab, New Yorkers living outside of Manhattan often have a tough time. This year, Mayor Bloomberg proposed to allow car services, also known as liveries, ...

A jury began deliberations Monday in the high-profile insider trading case of hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam, a decision that will likely hinge on the jury's view of wire-tapped phone conversations played during the weeks long trial.

Six weeks after it began, the trial of hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam will enter its final phase Wednesday in a Manhattan courtroom.

Politicians and real estate interests have failed in their bid to lure almost 1,000 jobs to Brooklyn.

The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Tuesday in a case that could determine how much power states and cities have to regulate greenhouse gases.