Shareholder engagement on climate-crisis risks is an proving effective tactic to bring about change
The former New York mayor and billionaire philanthropist has promised to fulfil the United State’s commitment to the Paris climate agreement.
Donald Trump has vowed to exit the Paris Climate accord, just not yet, leaving US policy in limbo for the next three years.
When September 11 anniversary unfolds, the mayor who helped orchestrate the observances from the start will be watching for his last time in office.
The New York Marathon has been cancelled following concerns the event will divert resources needed to amend the destruction caused by Hurricane Sandy.
New York authorities have ordered subways, trains and buses to close and called for the evacuation of 375 000 people ahead of Hurricane Sandy.
An "al-Qaeda sympathiser" has been arrested in New York for allegedly planning bomb attacks targeting soldiers, police cars and post offices.
New York police have evicted Occupy Wall Street protesters from a park in the city’s financial district, two months after they set up camp.
New York’s billionaire mayor has lashed out at Occupy Wall Street protesters, calling them despicable after reports of self-policing in the movement.
New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg has ordered a mandatory evacuation from several low-lying areas as Hurricane Irene looms.
Wedding fever hit New York, as hundreds of gay and lesbian couples married on the first day that same-sex marriage became legal in the state.
After an vast number of marriage applications from gay couples, New York is conducting a lottery to decide who will be allowed to marry that day.
New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, a political independent whose reputation was built on competence, may have been defeated this time by a blizzard.
Pushy, ambitious, bold, Michael Bloomberg’s bid to remain mayor for another four years marks him out as the archetypal New Yorker.
Microsoft founder Bill Gates has recovered his spot at the top of the United States money heap, Forbes magazine’s latest list reveals.
A memorial opens next to the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on the seventh anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
Merrill Lynch has agreed to sell its 20% stake in Bloomberg for ,5bn — a deal which provided a glimpse of the fortune amassed by Michael Bloomberg.
A judge in New York on Friday cleared three detectives on all charges involved in the killing of Sean Bell, the bridegroom who died in a hail of 50 police bullets outside a…
Campaigners pressing for tougher controls on the sale of guns in the United States notched up a big victory this week when Wal-Mart, the country’s largest seller of firearms,…
On one floor is a bullet-scarred car used by American journalists in the Balkans. On another is the phone Rupert Murdoch used to make multibillion-dollar media deals. And in…
