Business briefs

Carlyle & Duff A group of private equity firms, including the Carlyle Group, agreed to buy financial advisory and investment banking firm Duff & Phelps Corp. for about $665.5 million. Sacre bleu The French government is being forced to find...

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Losing facebook

If 2012 taught young companies anything, it was — courtesy of Facebook: how not to conduct an IPO. After a strong start, new offerings lagged in the second half as the social media giant's mismanaged debut in May made entrepreneurs think twice about...

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Sandy shutters South Street mainstay

Sandy is shutting down another kitchen in southern Manhattan. Rustic Italian eatery Barbarini Alimentari at 225 Front St. in the South Street Seaport is closing its doors after the storm buried perishables and furniture under six feet of water. "We...

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The skinny on ’13

Bathing suit weather is just five months away. If you start your makeover today, you can be ready. These magazines can help you present a Happy View Year! Health magazine is one of the more appetizing reads if you're thinking of getting fit. Trotting...

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Pimco sees more job woes and slow going

Bond guru Bill Gross has spoken: he expects stocks and bonds to return less than 5 percent in 2013 as high unemployment persists, he wrote in a Twitter post. The message from Gross, manager of Pacific Investment Management Co., the world's biggest bond...

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Syracuse plows through snow, West Virginia in Pinstripe Bowl

Prince-Tyson Gulley ran for a career-best 208 yards and had three touchdowns, Syracuse scored twice on safeties and the Orange bid a snow-covered farewell to the Big East with a 38-14 victory over West Virginia in the Pinstripe Bowl on Saturday. Syracuse...

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Argentina asking court to revert order on debt holdouts

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentina is asking a US appeals court to reverse an order for the country to pay $1.33 billion to "holdout" creditors who refused to join two swaps for the country's defaulted debt. Argentine government lawyers said in papers...

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Jackson, St. Peter's rally past Central Connecticut State

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. — Patrick Jackson scored 11 points and hit the game-winning jumper with 11 seconds left to rally St. Peter's past Central Connecticut State University 71-69 Saturday. Desi Washington led St. Peter's with 15 points. Trailing at halftime...

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Frankoski's 3s pace Columbia past Manhattan

Steve Frankoski came off the bench to score 18 points, leading Columbia to a 69-58 victory over Manhattan in a nonconference game Saturday. The sophomore guard scored all of his points from 3-point range, making 6 of 11 shots behind the arc for the...

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Woman charged with murder as hate crime after allegedly shoving man in front of subway

Michael Hicks FIRST PIC: Erika Menendez in police custody tonight. A Muslim-hating woman was charged with murder as a hate crime for senselessly shoving a Queens man to his death in front of the 7 train, officials said today. Erika Menendez, 31,...

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The show must go on

The passing this year of "Dallas" star Larry Hagman is a reminder that TV shows often find it difficult — and, in some cases, downright awkward — to replace beloved stars who pass away during a series run. Here are a few ways in which shows from years...

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Fruits of stop-and-frisk

There have been fewer murders in New York City to date this year than at any time in the 50 years since the NYPD began tracking major-crime data. For this, thank your local police officer. And, of course, the enlightened — albeit sometimes controversial...

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Ad big-wig’s manse sale: Skirting his tax duty?

The Issue: Jerry Della Femina's decision to sell his Long Island mansion before fiscal-cliff tax hikes set in. *** What a sad and tragic story: Jerry Della Femina sold his home for only $25 million, as he was so worried he would have to pay more in...

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Over the cliff, cont’d

With the approaching fiscal cliff less than 100 hours away, things are getting awfully personal on Capitol Hill. Which means that the chances of reaching a deal to avoid expiration of the Bush-era tax cuts are approaching slim to none. And if they're...

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Wish upon a star!

1. STOP WORRYING Kelly Ripa, co-host of "Live! With Kelly and Michael" "I have the same resolution every year — not to sweat the small stuff. So far it hasn't taken!" 2. BE THANKFUL Kris Humphries, power forward for the Nets "I resolved to express...

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Russian parliament endorses anti-US adoption bill

MOSCOW — Defying a storm of domestic and international criticism, Russia moved toward finalizing a ban on Americans adopting Russian children, as Parliament's upper house voted unanimously Wednesday in favor of a measure that President Vladimir Putin...

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DC police investigating 'Meet the Press' incident

WASHINGTON - District of Columbia police say they are investigating an incident in which NBC News journalist David Gregory displayed what he described as a high-capacity ammunition magazine on "Meet the Press." Gun laws in the nation's capital generally...

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Repairs underway for collapsed wall in Chelsea building

Repairs are underway on a landmarked Chelsea building that was evacuated when part of a structural wall fell to the sidewalk. The seven-story building at 655 Sixth Avenue was emptied on Tuesday night when the wall failed on the building's West 20th...

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George H.W. Bush in intensive care

HOUSTON — Former President George H.W. Bush has been admitted to the intensive care unit at a Houston hospital "following a series of setbacks including a persistent fever," but he is alert and talking to medical staff, his spokesman said Wednesday....

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Winslet weds again

"Titanic" star Kate Winslet quietly married her boyfriend of a year, Richard Branson's epically named nephew Ned Rocknroll in upstate New York earlier this month. According to reports the intimate "romantic private" ceremony took place at a barn with...

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Pope decries slaughter of 'defenseless' Syrians

Getty Images Pope Benedict XVI delivers his Christmas Day message to the faithful from the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica. VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI wished Christmas peace to the world Tuesday, decrying the slaughter of the "defenseless"...

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Nets' December struggles continue with Christmas loss to Celtics

Santa brought the Nets a hi-def TV appointment, sleek monochrome uniforms, an alarm clock (with snooze button) and a Kevin Garnett dartboard. Brooklyn's nationally-televised noon Christmas Day showcase went from a gift to a hassle when the sleepy-looking...

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Upstate NY madman left chilling suicide note before luring firefighters to death; cops say another body found

William H. Spengler Jr. A homicidal maniac -- bent to "do what I like doing best: killing people" -- left a chilling suicide note before torching his neighborhood and murdering two firefighters, police revealed this morning. Cops also today said...

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Affleck won't run for Kerry's Senate seat

BOSTON -- Ben Affleck is taking his name off the list of possible candidates for U.S. Sen. John Kerry's seat, which would be open if the Democratic senator from Massachusetts is confirmed as secretary of state.Affleck says in a Monday posting on his...

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Christmas tornado causes damage from Louisiana to Alabama

NEW ORLEANS -- A Christmas Day twister outbreak left behind damage from Louisiana to Alabama while holiday travelers in the nation's much colder midsection battled sometimes treacherous driving conditions from freezing rain and blizzard conditions. ...

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Jack Klugman dies at 90

LOS ANGELES — Jack Klugman, the prolific, craggy-faced character actor and regular guy who was loved by millions as the messy one in TV's "The Odd Couple" and the crime-fighting coroner in "Quincy, M.E.," died Monday, a son said. He was 90. Klugman,...

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George H.W. Bush in hospital for Christmas

HOUSTON — Former President George H.W. Bush will spend Christmas with his wife and other family members in a Houston hospital after developing a fever and weakness following a monthlong, bronchitis-like cough, his spokesman said Monday. A hospital spokesman...

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‘Parental’ viewer discretion advised

MOVIE REVIEW parental guidanceShould be disowned. Running time: 105 minutes. Rated PG (some rude humor). At the Empire, the 34th St., others. Regrettably arriving too late for The Post's annual Turkey Awards, the geezers-know-best comedy "Parental...

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What to watch

You can count on chestnuts of a different kind today if you're going to hunker down and watch some TV. With Christmas Day in full swing, here are some of our choices —both holiday-themed and fun — that will help keep you in a festive holiday mood. ...

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From the Gospel according to Luke, chapter 2, verses 1 through 20:

And it came to pass in those days, that therewent out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. And...

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Talk show guests

MONDAY MATT DAMON - LIVE! with Kelly and Michael, 9 a.m., Ch. 7 ADAM LAMBERT, RADIO CITY ROCKETTES - The Wendy Williams Show, 10 a.m., Ch. 5 and 3 p.m., Ch. 9 BETTE MIDLER, BILLY CRYSTAL, BAILEE MADISON - The View, 11 a.m., Ch. 7 ROSIE O'DONNELL...

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Old ‘wives’ tale

Linda Stasi TV REVIEW "Wives With Beehives"Thursday night at 10 on TLC Absolutely no stars If greedy, mindless, blood-sucking modern "Real Housewives" who are famous for no reason aren't enough to make you pray for an earlier era, maybe you...

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‘Mother’ goes on with Segel

It lives! "How I Met Your Mother" will return to CBS for a ninth season — after star Jason Segel agreed to one more go-'round. Segel, who has been with the show for all eight seasons, had "decided to bail and leave the cast hanging" — but said "Yes"...

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‘Cured’ for the common dessert

For Todd Fisher, the host of "United States of Bacon," almost everything goes well with bacon — except for bananas. "For me, bacon and bananas don't work . . . just that tropical, robust sweetness that a banana has, with bacon, it sounds horrible in...

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Go to Greg

With the horror in Connecticut, I am fearful, as a manager, of firing anyone because you just never know how someone is going to react. But some people just aren't cutting it and if I don't make changes it will reflect poorly on me. Help! It's impossible...

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No. 3 Syracuse upset by Temple at MSG

Syracuse had trouble making shots at one line and behind the other. The combination of poor free throw shooting and a weak effort on 3-pointers turned into the first loss of the season for the third-ranked Orange. Temple used the inside-outside combination...

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