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The article reports on the series of lectures delivered by General Electric Co. president Ralph J. Cordiner at the Low Memorial Library of Columbia University in New York in May 1956. It says that Cordiner tried to analyze various issues from management's viewpoint including the existence of major companies and their role in the economy, how they can be effectively managed and the future problems of big business. According to the author, the lectures were the first of a planned annual series to be delivered by the leaders of major organizations.

The article offers information on the production seminar and display organized by the U.S. Air Force Eastern Procurement District held in New York in 1951. It mentions that the event focused on the ways by which small and big businesses can work together to meet high defense demands and classifies the big companies, present at the event, in four categories which include those with small manufacturing facilities, and those with high subcontracting demands.

The article explains that the New York Landmarks Conservancy is a nonprofit organization that uses big business practices in historic preservation and the protection of cultural property. Its projects include the 1907 Custom House of Cass Gilbert, the Federal Archives Building in Greenwich Village, and a 1740 farmhouse.

The article presents information on the mayor of New York Fiorello H. La Guardia. People all over the country are interested in the man La Guardia, whom the local reform forces have picked to head the fusion movement against Tammany in the critical year in the nation's history. The city's financial situation is critical. Big business has hated him as it has hated few men in Congress. But year in and year out he gamely fought his fight, and before his defeat for reelection, after fourteen years of service, won recognition as about the most efficient Congressman in protesting against Hooverism and the sale of government to the big-business interests.

The article elaborates on the navigation rules along the New York harbor which required transatlantic liners to slow down so as not to endanger smaller boats, as well as explores the similarities between navigation rules and rules of Big Business.

The article reports that ice hockey player Mike Bossy is lending his name and reputation to an effort to promote businesses in Long Island, New York. According to Chris Botta, the autographed skate signed by Bossy have gone to the top businesses in Long Island. Bossy explains that they want to be aggressive to try and get companies involve with their team, and that he calls to try to develop relationships with the sponsors and do several executive suite visits.

The article focuses on an exhibition of office equipment in New York City. Pretty Big Business category is suggested to be fit in between big business and small business. Univac 490 Real-Time System, a computer that offers instantaneous data communication between a central office and any number of connected sources, was exhibited by Remington Rand.

The article reports on the marketing campaign of Westchester County, New York that will entice new businesses to the area and reinvent itself. It states that the campaign will focus in reaching out to companies large and small in the biotech, financial, health care, green and information technology industries. It also mentions that the campaign is funded by the county's Industrial Development Agency that will utilize print media and events.

The article reports on the six companies from the Greater Syracuse area recognized by Central New York Society for Human Resource Management as being Best Companies to Work for in New York 2009. Annese & Associates Inc., Beacon Federal, King & King Architects LLP and Hayner Hoyt Corp. were the winners in the small/medium company category. While POMCO Group and SRC/SRCTec in the large company category.

The article presents information related to the nonprofit sector in New York which is increasingly becoming big business. The number of nonprofit organizations are growing extremely faster than the number of for-profit business in Onondaga County. It has been stated that the increase in nonprofit organizations is due to decrease in federal and state funding.

The article looks at a March 2006 speech by New York attorney general Eliot Spitzer, who is the leading candidate for governor and is declaring war on big business. Spitzer extracted billions in penalties and brought down some of Wall Street's biggest businesses by attacking tainted stock research, exorbitant pay, and insider trading. However, in his speech, Spitzer confessed some misgivings about the reform agenda he helped champion because of the large burdens it places on small companies.

Focuses on the popularity of cyber insurance for larger firms in Long Island, New York. Monetary consequences of failed computer security; Encryption of most sensitive computer information to make it tough for hackers to penetrate and understand; Development of cyber insurance products from several underwriters.