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Fortune: Sergio's style is working for Fiat-Chryslerupdated: Wed Dec 07 2011 12:58:00

While the rest of the automotive world was wrestling this week with the question of who would succeed Alan Mulally as Ford CEO, Fiat-Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne slipped into New York City to accept an award from a group promoting international business -- and made some news of his own.

eBook lending: Libraries go digitalupdated: Wed Oct 26 2011 09:31:00

Board a bus or a train today and chances are you'll see several people with eReaders in hand. While most probably bought their electronic books on a popular website, you may find a few who borrowed the paperless books from the library.

Supporters give 'hug' to budget-pinched NYC librariesupdated: Sat Jun 04 2011 23:06:00

A group of supporters encircled the New York Public Library's 42nd Street branch in Manhattan arm-in-arm Saturday to show their love.

Mobile game aims to spice up the libraryupdated: Fri Apr 01 2011 08:03:00

When Jane McGonigal was 21 and a bit listless, she went to the New York Public Library to reinvent herself. She read up on computer science and physics and used that knowledge to apply to a graduate program in game design in California.

Time.com: Remembering the First Lady of New Yorkupdated: Wed Aug 15 2007 11:00:00

Brooke Astor, who died Monday at age 105, was a combination of wit and elegance, compassion and generosity

FSB: An ATM for booksupdated: Thu Dec 14 2006 09:36:00

Buying a book could become as easy as buying a pack of gum. After several years in development, the Espresso - a $50,000 vending machine with a conceivably infinite library - is nearly consumer-rea...

First president disappoints at auctionupdated: Wed Nov 30 2005 15:40:00

The Wednesday sale of a portrait of George Washington will help the New York Public Library to procure more books and manuscripts -- but not as many as predicted.

George Washington portraits go on saleupdated: Tue Nov 29 2005 18:28:00

Two portraits of George Washington by renowned artist Gilbert Stuart, one of them commissioned as a gift for Alexander Hamilton, are to be auctioned Wednesday at Sotheby's in Manhattan.

CNNMoney: Sweet gigs: Fashion editorupdated: Tue Oct 26 2004 18:20:00

If fashion is your passion, there is hardly a better way to earn a paycheck than to work for a major magazine, unless you're pretty enough to grace the cover.

De Villepin faults war on terrorupdated: Wed Sep 29 2004 02:25:00

French Minister of the Interior Dominique de Villepin has criticized the way the war on terror is being conducted, objecting to the treatment of detainees linked to terrorism.

CNNMoney: A purrfect meal: a restaurant for catsupdated: Tue Aug 17 2004 11:32:00

New York has always been a great food town, with cuisines from all over the world represented in its thousands of eating-places.

CNNMoney: 'Sex and the City' clothes on blockupdated: Fri Feb 06 2004 08:10:00

Carrie Bradshaw's fashion sense may not make sense to everyone, but for those who appreciate the style of the main character in "Sex and the City," here's a chance to get your hands on some of her threads before the show comes to an end.

Fortune: Vlad-Handingupdated: Mon Jun 07 1999 00:01:00

On the centennial of the birth of Vladimir Nabokov, lepidopterist, chess enthusiast, and possibly the greatest Russian and American novelist of the 20th century, here are a few tools to help you dr...

Money Magazine: Internet Lust A history of previous revolutions reveals much about this one.updated: Tue Jun 01 1999 00:01:00

On reviewing my published columns, I find a glaring omission. It's been all money, no sex. I was reminded of this oversight by a report that the most popular face and figure on the Internet belongs...

Fortune: Listening in on Stalin, what's bigger than the gender gap, seven powerful professors, and other matters. MODEM MAGICupdated: Mon Jul 27 1992 00:01:00

That these are wonderful times for aging neoconservative hypochondriacs with modems was borne out yet again on a recent Sunday morning around 6 A.M. This was when your servant awoke with a swollen,...

Fortune: FORTUNE Magazine contents page AUGUST 28, 1989 VOL. 120, NO. 5 updated: Mon Aug 28 1989 00:01:00

EXECUTIVE LIFE/Cover Story 52 THE CEO'S SECOND WIFE Yes, she's typically younger than the first, and she's different in other ways. Often she has a substantial career. At the same time, she's a sho...

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