Only In New York City Blog October Archive

Working for Google

10/20/08 06:59

There is no doubt that one of the companies who qualify for the Best Company to Work For award is Google. The warm and light culture in the company already attracted some of the world's greatest talents, and continues to do so.

We've read the features, but how does it really feel to work for Google? I share the same questions, quite honestly.

Link: Becoming A New Yorker: April Googools

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New York

New York have launched a $5.7m celebrity campaign "Just Ask the Locals" to boost the city's tourism back to a local levels.

The campaign fronted celebrities including actors Robert De Niro and Julianne Moore and 50 street teams of ambassadors was deployed throughout the city. Visitors could also access insider's tips via a special phone line and a website.

Link: A Brit Out Of Water » Blog Archive » Just ask a New Yorker

Manhattan real estate prices going down

Like everything else in the American real estate market, the prices of real properties in Manhattan are reaching record low, due to the fact that there is a low demand and high interest rates.

Read more about that here at CNN.

Link: Manhattan real estate prices headed downward - Oct. 3, 2008