LI Bizcast: In the future

In this edition of our weekly podcast, LI Bizcast, David Reich-Hale, Ambrose Clancy and Henry E. Powderly II take a look at the future of Long Island housing. It seems smart-growth, and cool downtowns, are on everybody’s minds, but how can we get there? We take a look at the issue.
Also, Gov. David Paterson faces [...]

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LI Bizcast: Oil, jazz and Cablevision

The latest episode of our weekly podcast is live.
In this edition of LI Bizcast, host David Reich-Hale reports on Cablevision, which is fending off a major attack from rival Verizon. The Bethpage company is actually adding customers.
Then, a local historian is doing all he can to restore the former Dix Hills home of jazz great [...]

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Shell honcho on why we need Broadwater

Why do we need Broadwater? Here’s one side of the argument.
In this edition of our executive-chat podcast, At C Level, host David Reich-Hale sits down with John D. Hofmeister, president of Shell Oil Co., to discuss one of the hottest topics on Long Island.
Hofmeister, whose employer will jointly operate Broadwater with TransCanada, explains why Long [...]

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New podcast, live from the newsroom

In this edition of LI Bizcast, our weekly podcast, co-hosts David Reich Hale and Henry E. Powderly II take a different approach to the show, running down this week’s big Long Island news from the middle of the newsroom.
This week we look at Touro College’s decision to turn down Stony Brook University’s attempt to purchase [...]

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LI Bizcast: Stuck at grandma’s

Our latest episode of our weekly podcast is live with a look at how many young people on Long Island are stuck in their parents’, or grandparents’, basements.
In this edition of LI Bizcast, law and government reporter Michael Samuels explains how young people are struggling to find homes they can afford. At the same time, [...]

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LI Bizcast: The economy and affordable housing

Our latest podcast is live.
In this edition of LI Bizcast, host David Reich-Hale talks about James Carville, Sean Hannity and Tim Russert’s recent trip to the Long Island Association. He speaks about what the news personalities had to say.
But Reich-Hale also spoke with Long Island businesspeople at the event about one issue: the economy. And [...]

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LI Bizcast: What’s the future for MacArthur?

Our latest episode of our weekly podcast is live.
In this edition of LI Bizcast, co-host Ambrose Clancy files the first in a series on where Long Island could, and needs, to be by the year 2020. This week Clancy looks at Long Island MacArthur Airport and what the future holds for the Islip strip.
Then, host [...]

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At C Level: Get good karma

Our latest episode of our popular interview podcast takes a look at a new approach to social networking.
In this edition of At C Level, host David Reich-Hale sits down with Mark Fasciano and John Murcott to discuss Karma411, a social networking site that focuses on raising money for charities.
Their successful startup, FatWire, put Fasciano and [...]

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Newest LI Bizcast is live with Touro scoop

This week, there is big news in the latest episode of our weekly podcast.
In this edition of LI Bizcast, host David Reich-Hale tells us how Stony Brook University is interested in buying Touro Law in Central Islip, which would give the state-run school control over one of only two law schools on Long Island.
Then, reporter [...]

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The latest bizcast is live

Long Island Business News’ weekly podcast is back with our reporters’ notes on this week’s feature stories.
In this edition of LI Bizcast, real estate ace David Winzelberg details a growing segment of the real estate industry: brokers who cater to Hispanic buyers.
Then, co-host Ambrose Clancy files a report on local golf courses that are trying [...]

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At C Level with Kirk Kordeleski

In this edition of At C Level, host David Reich-Hale sits down with Bethpage Federal Credit Union chief executive Kirk Kordeleski to talk about how things are going at the Island’s largest credit union.
While the credit crunch is leading big banks down bumpy roads, Bethpage is plodding forward, and even adding branches on the Island. [...]

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LI Bizcast is back, and it’s delicious

Our weekly podcast returns with our reporters’ notes on this week’s feature stories.
In this edition of LI Bizcast, co-host Ambrose Clancy reports on our local beer industry, and how troubles ranging from high hops to lowered value of the U.S. dollar will lead to price hikes on America’s beverage.
Then, real estate reporter David Winzelberg tells [...]

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The first podcast of 2008

What better way to start the new year than with the dulcet sounds of business reporters talking shop?
In this edition of LI Bizcast, co-host Ambrose Clancy shares the shiny details of Long Island’s obsession with all things automotive. Get ready to get pimped.
Then, real estate ace David Winzelberg looks back at what has been a [...]

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The last podcast of 2007

Our latest weekly podcast episode is live, with a quick look at this week’s features.
In this edition of LI Bizcast, real estate reporter David Winzelberg explains how Melville, which has seen American Home Mortgage make a major exit this year, is still a hot destination point for metropolitan firms looking for a Long Island home.
And, [...]

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A podcast for your travels

The latest episode of our weekly podcast is live for you to stuff in your iPods, and listen to on your long holiday journeys.
In this edition of LI Bizcast, law reporter Gregory Zeller explains how the currently abysmal New York Knicks is basketball’s most valuable franchise. How can that be?
Then, co-host Ambrose Clancy files a [...]

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LI Bizcast: They see you

Our weekly podcast is back with our reporters’ notes on this week’s feature stories.
In this edition of LI Bizcast, law editor Gregory Zeller files a report on where the law stands when it comes to employers installing global positioning satellite devices in employee automobiles.
Next, finance writer Laura Theis shares the details of Nassau Comptroller Howard [...]

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LI Bizcast: Picking up the pieces

Oh goody, the newest episode of our weekly podcast is live.
In this edition of LI Bizcast, finance reporter Laura Theis shares the findings of the just-released AVZ Survey. It looks like layoffs are on the way.
Next, real estate ace David Winzelberg explains why Smithtown and Babylon are wrestling over a hardware manufacturer.
Then, Gregory Zeller reports [...]

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Newest LI Bizcast: Polimeni’s other plan

It’s … a … live, our weekly podcast with behind-the-story chats about this week’s feature stories.
In this edition of LI Bizcast, real estate ace David Winzelberg reports on a development plan floated by Polimeni International, and it’s not the developer’s idea to build a tunnel under the Long Island Sound. In this case, Polimeni is [...]

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The podcast, a pre-Thanksgiving treat

Instead of posting our weekly podcast on Friday, when most of the free world will be wasting away on line at their favorite retail destinations, we’ve decided to publish the LI Bizcast early. Maybe you can listen to it while you’re waiting on those lines.
In this episode of LI Bizcast, host David Reich-Hale reports on [...]

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Our podcast returns, thank goodness

It’s back, our famous weekly podcast, LI Bizcast.
In this edition, Gregory Zeller joins the podcast with a report on one local cab company’s decision to exclude registered sex offenders from working behind the wheel. Find out what the legal community has to say about that.
Next, real estate ace David Winzelberg reports on the new plans [...]

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Thank goodness, the podcast is back

This week’s edition of LI Bizcast, the official weekly podcast of Long Island Business News, is back with insightful conversations on this week’s feature stories.
In this LI Bizcast, co-host Ambrose Clancy files an instructive report on business etiquette that’s full of invaluable info for your next business meeting or dinner. For example, avoid the face [...]

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The podcast is back (at the right time)

It’s Friday, the usual day we deliver our weekly podcast, and this show, our 40th, is just wonderful.
In this edition of LI Bizcast, real estate ace David Winzelberg looks at the Garden City Hotel, the landmark inn that is on the block, and being eyed by top firms.
Separately, Winzelberg explains why the Federal Reserve thinks [...]

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The weekly podcast is back

For the last time, at least for a while, we bring you the LI Bizcast, our illustrious weekly podcast, a day early. But, thankfully, it’s a great show.
For this edition of LI Bizcast, co-host Ambrose Clancy opens up about a shellfish relocation program that is, shucks, causing one man to really rake in the clams.
Next, [...]

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The podcast comes early

The latest edition of LI Bizcast, the official weekly podcast of Long Island Business News, is live with a look at our reporters’ notes on this week’s features.
In this edition, David Winzelberg shares what he dug up on the local cemetery beat, explaining why it could cost thousands if you want to be buried in [...]

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At C Level with the energy gurus

For this edition of At C Level, the Long Island Business News Web team visited the groundbreaking of Stony Brook University’s Advanced Energy Research Technology Center, a facility that hopes to promote and develop various alternative energy projects.
First, David Reich-Hale sat down with Yacov Shamash, vice chairman of the center. Shamash explained how the AERTC [...]

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Long live the podcast

Rejoice, my friends. The latest edition of LI Bizcast is live.
This week, co-host Ambrose Clancy files a furry friendly report on the billion-dollar pet industry.
Next, Laura Theis explains the big rebranding going on at North Fork Bank.
And have you given any thought to who would take over at the Long Island Regional Planning Board if [...]

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At C Level with Eugene Barnosky

Our popular interview podcast with LI’s major players is back.
In this edition of At C Level, host David Reich-Hale sits down with Eugene Barnosky, a partner in the Melville law firm of Lamb & Barnosky, one of Long Island’s largest commercial law firms.
Barnosky explains how the recent collapse in the mortgage industry, as well as [...]

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LI Bizcast: Recession obsession

The newest edition of LI Bizcast is live with our reporters’ notes on this week’s feature stories.
First, finance reporter Laura Theis explains why Long Island’s top economists think a recession might be on the way. If it is, our region could be hit hard.
Next, real estate ace David Winzelberg gives us the breakdown on why [...]

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LI Bizcast: Latest episode is live

In this edition of LI Bizcast, the official podcast of Long Island Business News, co-host Ambrose Clancy jumps into the relativistic heavy ion collider and delivers an in-depth report on the goings on at Brookhaven National Laboratory. It’s quite an economic engine.
Then, finance reporter Laura Theis explain how local banks are responding to Bank of [...]

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At “C” Level with Craig Plunkett

In this edition of At C Level, host David Reich-Hale sits down with Craig Plunkett, founder of CEDX Corp. and an altogether Wi-Fi guru.
Plunkett, who has built Wi-Fi networks in New York City, Fire Island and for the Hampton Jitney, explains the challenges newcomer e-Path communications faces trying to build a free and paid municipal [...]

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