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Student Opinion | Tell us about the concessions you’ve made to fashion, style or beauty, at any point in your life.
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Schulte Roth & Zabel, one of the largest financial services law firms in New York, said Tuesday afternoon that it hired ten private equity and real estate lawyers from Dewey & LeBoeuf, led by private equity chair Joseph Smith, marking the single biggest hire in the firm‘s history. The move marks one of the biggest single defections in recent weeks at Dewey & LeBoeuf, which is reeling from an investigation by the New York district attorney [more]

The Real Deal New York

Try watching a “Saturday Night Live” skit from over the weekend and turn it into a legitimate classroom activity (using our questions and activities, of course).
The Learning Network

Online clothing purveyor Piperlime is making another foray into brick-and-mortar retailing, but this time it’s permanent, according to a statement from the company today. The new 4,000-square-foot store in Soho will open this fall at 121 Wooster Street, at Prince Street, the statement said. The store will offer brands like Milly, Frye and Citizens of Humanity, as well as less-known brands. The online boutique has offered fashion advice from celebrities such as stylist Rachel Zoe [more]

The Real Deal New York

Idea: a weekly period devoted to reading and discussing current events with The Times whets students’ appetites.
The Learning Network

Heddings Property Group is continuing its suburban expansion with last week’s opening of a Westport, Conn. office, according to a statement today from the New York City-based brokerage.  Local Connecticut agent Marilyn Katz, formerly a salesperson at Prudential Connecticut Realty, will run the Westport office, the statement said. She will hold the title of senior vice president. Heddings’ expansion has included new offices in the Hamptons and Westchester as well as Rockland and Greenwich counties in [more]

The Real Deal New York

Today’s question deals with a verb that means “to quote” but is easily confused with its two homophones.
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Student Opinion | Tell us how much the school you has to do with the outside you. Can you be yourself in school?
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More than two years after losing his Brooklyn offices, embattled developer Shaya Boymelgreen is facing an 8,000 suit from Gotham Realty Holdings for allegedly abandoning his office space at 30 Broad Street in Lower Manhattan. According to a lawsuit filed April 26 in New York State Supreme Court, Boymelgreen guaranteed a lease at the office tower for more than ,653 a month, paying rent from June 2011 through February 2012. The developer failed to pay the [more]

The Real Deal New York

The city is getting set to alter zoning regulations to encourage environment-friendly building construction and renovation. The New York Times said city council is expected to approve changes next week that would permit developers to add eight inches of thickness to exterior walls that are excluded from the building’s footprint measure and add height and alter facades of certain buildings to allow for solar panels, green roofs and wind turbines. The move falls in line [more]

The Real Deal New York