With Economy Tied to Wall St., New York Braces for Job Cuts (NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance)

Story date: 2008-03-24 01:40:01
Added on: 2008-03-24 13:49:53

The finance industry was responsible for nearly a third of all wages earned in New York City in 2007, the highest in modern times.


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