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Nov 20 2009 11:00 pm The City

City Hall Budget Maneuver Quietly Encourages Job Cuts

The Bloomberg administration, which has said it wants to avert layoffs, has not disclosed the change to the public.

11:00 pm The City

Regulated, Inspected and Licensed

The business started in the East Village in 1995, and now that the passenger-laden tricycles are all over Midtown, they’re licensed.

11:00 pm The City

What Makes Cities Live

The fight for the genuine in the world's great cities is also a fight for jobs, workers and creativity.

9:10 pm Home Page, Business

A Hamster Is the Season’s Hottest Toy

For girls, the season’s hottest toy is a set of fake hamsters; for boys, a series of battle cards and action figures inside small spheres.

9:10 pm Television, Business, Arts, Home Page

The TV Watch: The Fine Art of Quitting While She’s Ahead

It’s a measure of Oprah Winfrey’s outsize stature that the news that she would shut down “The Oprah Winfrey Show” in September 2011 buckled the media world.

9:10 pm Business

Business Briefing | Companies: Coffee Acquisition Helps Results at Smucker

The J. M. Smucker Company nearly tripled its profit in the second quarter as the addition of Folgers coffee improved its lineup.

9:10 pm Business

Business Briefing | Economy: U.P.S. Sets 4.9. Percent Rate Increase for Next Year

United Parcel Service will increase ground-shipment rates in 2010 by 4.9 percent, less than this year, as volume drops.

9:10 pm New York Region

Bruno Won’t Take Stand at His Corruption Trial

After prosecutors spent 13 days building their case against Joseph L. Bruno, the former State Senate majority leader, his lawyers called only seven witnesses.

9:10 pm New York Region

NY1 Political Reporter Guilty of Attempted Assault in Dispute With Wife

Dominic Carter was cleared of a more serious charge of third-degree assault in the incident, the Rockland County district attorney said.

9:10 pm New York Region

Two Heart Surgeries Strain a Couple’s Finances, but Not Their Bond

Rohan and Mary Ghansam, both 53, had operations within a day of each other. After they returned home, the landlord told them they had to leave. They might never be well enough to return to work.

9:10 pm Media and Advertising, Business

An Unsteady Future for Broadcast

Analysts and executives are wondering if the economic model of broadcast television, which is more heavily reliant on advertising than cable, is irreparably broken.

9:10 pm Business

Ann Taylor Reports Profit, but Sees Soft Holiday Sales

Sales were down as consumers remained cautious, and the clothing retailer said holiday sales are not likely to rebound.

9:10 pm Business

Business Briefing | Companies: Home Builder D. R. Horton Narrows Its Quarterly Loss

The home builder D. R. Horton said that its quarterly loss narrowed despite a decline in revenue as its inventory write-down costs fell.

9:10 pm Business, Home Page

Cadbury Bid Under Study at Hershey

Any Hershey offer would need to be at least $17 billion and would break from the financial conservatism that has long defined the American chocolate giant.

9:10 pm Home Page

Dialysis Unit Closing Hits Illegal Immigrants Hard

When an Atlanta hospital closed its dialysis unit, many illegal immigrants had to scramble to find treatment.

9:10 pm Business, Media and Advertising

G.E. and Vivendi Halt Talks Over Stake in NBC

The sides appear to be at least $500 million apart on how to value NBC Universal, which G.E. is hoping to sell to Comcast, the big cable television company.

9:10 pm Business

Business Briefing | Economy: Regulators Close a Small Bank in Florida

Florida banking regulators on Friday shut down Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida, the 124th bank to fail this year.

9:10 pm Business

Business Briefing | Economy: Hearing Set on New Term for Bernanke

Ben S. Bernanke’s nomination to a second term as Federal Reserve chairman will be the subject of a Senate Banking Committee hearing next month.

9:10 pm New York Region

State’s Credit Rating Could Be Lowered, Investors Service Says

Moody’s warned Albany that significant steps must soon be taken toward closing a $3.2 billion budget gap, saying, “The next three months will be critical.”.

8:56 pm Theater, Arts

Theater Review | 'Girl Crazy': Home on the Range and on the Stage

“Girl Crazy,” the Gershwin musical from 1930 about a handful of wiseacre New Yorkers plopped down in the Wild West, opens this year’s Encores! series of concert musicals at City Center.