John H. Banks III, a Con Edison lobbyist, and Marvin Markus, a Goldman Sachs executive, are among the names being mentioned as possible candidates for the deputy mayor's job opening.
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December 7, 2007
The Pentagon is closing down 3 of the 20 Norad early-warning radar sites in northern Alaska because they are in danger of falling into the ocean.
New York Times -
December 7, 2007
Howard Krongard held one end of a much-decried brother-to-brother connection between the State Department and Blackwater, the security contractor.
New York Times -
December 7, 2007
The court today accepted two cases testing whether federal judges can bar the military in Iraq from turning U.S. citizens over to the Iraqis for criminal prosecution.
New York Times -
December 7, 2007
The report also said that 500 to 1,000 people are still detained and 74 are missing since the demonstrations this fall.
New York Times -
December 7, 2007
Every night, columns of hulking freight trucks invade China?s major cities with a reverberating roar and dark clouds of diesel exhaust so thick it dims headlights.
New York Times -
December 7, 2007
Wall Street paused from its recent rally after the government?s November jobs report came in weaker than expected and also showed a pickup in inflation.
New York Times -
December 7, 2007
The government is filing charges after the F.B.I. found that some stock promoters had paid kickbacks to a supposed hedge fund manager.
New York Times -
December 7, 2007
Ricky Hatton weighs in two pounds under the welterweight limit ahead of Saturday's fight against Floyd Mayweather in Las Vegas.
BBC News -
December 7, 2007
