Tag: New York

• Thursday, July 25th 2013 - 02:25 UTC

  Aerolineas Argentinas announces daily flights to New York after five years of absence

  

  Argentina’s state-run airline and flag carrier Aerolíneas Argentinas announced this week it will resume its direct flights to New York that were terminated five years ago. On December 15, the company will be offering a daily flight from Ezeiza airport to New York’s John F. Kennedy airport.

• Monday, January 14th 2013 - 06:24 UTC

  Flu outbreak forces New York State to declare a public health emergency

  

  New York Governor Andrew Cuomo declared a public health emergency Sunday, giving pharmacists permission to administer flu vaccinations to more people as officials seek to stem the worst flu outbreak in that state in several years.

• Monday, November 19th 2012 - 11:37 UTC

  Gasoline rationing extended in New York until next Friday

  

  Gasoline rationing in New York City which was scheduled to end on Monday has been extended through Friday, even as the gas station lines that prompted it have all but disappeared.

• Thursday, November 1st 2012 - 06:40 UTC

  Wall Street returned to life with average trading volume; most buildings in the area with no power

  

  The US stock market slowly returned to life on Wednesday after two days in the dark, in the wake of the massive storm Sandy that caused the market's first weather-related two-day closure since the late 19th century.

• Wednesday, October 31st 2012 - 05:17 UTC

  Sandy’s destruction along the US East coast estimated in 20bn dollars

  

  Businesses on the US East Coast have continued to be disrupted by storm Sandy, with total damage estimated at between 10bn and 20bn dollars. Sandy has flooded subway and road tunnels in much of Lower Manhattan.

• Wednesday, October 31st 2012 - 02:08 UTC

  New York working to restore transit service in wake of historic storm

  

  Thousands of New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority workers began on Tuesday to fan out through the system to inspect and begin repair of the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy, a massively destructive storm of historic proportions.

• Tuesday, October 23rd 2012 - 03:15 UTC

  “How to Look Expensive”, the international beauty bible that suits body and budget

  

  By Teresita D'Alessandro* - Reading “How to Look Expensive,” the new book written by Glamour Magazine’s Contributing Beauty Editor, Andrea Pomerantz Lustig, makes you feel like you found the pot of gold at the end of a fashionable rainbow!

• Thursday, September 6th 2012 - 03:09 UTC

  American and United accused of negligence in the 9/11 terrorist attack on WTC

  

  US judge ruled that AMR Corp's American Airlines and United Continental Holdings Inc must face trial over claims relating to the Sept. 11 attacks that destroyed the landmark towers of the World Trade Centre in New York almost 11 years ago, court documents showed.

• Tuesday, June 19th 2012 - 23:44 UTC

  Coca Cola confronts NY Mayor Bloomberg: denies responsibility for US obesity epidemics

  

  Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent insists his company is not responsible for the rise in US obesity despite New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's recent moves to limit the consumption of sugary drinks.

• Friday, June 8th 2012 - 23:34 UTC

  Beverage industry blasts New York for limiting sale of oversized sugary drinks

  

  New York City's top health official shot back at critics who have blasted the city's plan to limit the sale of oversized sugary drinks such as soda, calling beverage industry opposition ridiculous.