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Rise & shine: Why massive new Manhattan office towers are breaking ground now
The blocking dead: NYC's "zombie" buildings are rising from the ground in sales.
Oasis dedicates performance to Minneapolis school shooting victims in emotional moment at MetLife
Oasis mentioned the tragic Minneapolis school shooting during their show in East Rutherford, NJ.
Shakira concertgoers may have been exposed to measles at sold-out MetLife show, health officials warn
An out-of-state resident who attended the Colombian singer's sold-out Los Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour on May 15 was recently diagnosed with the highly contagious virus.
NYC's MetLife Building picks major firm to run iconic tower in surprise twist
The MetLife Building, a crown jewel asset of the Grand Central-East Midtown office district, is putting all its assets under one ownership and management roof, Realty Check has learned.
Can I get tickets to the Jets and Dolphins Black Friday game at MetLife?
Say hello to the first-ever Black Friday Bowl.
MetLife sells home and auto insurance biz to Farmers for $4B
MetLife is selling its home and auto insurance business to Farmers Group for $3.94 billion, the insurers said Friday. The deal is part of a 10-year strategic partnership in which...
Midtown's MetLife Building getting much-needed overhaul
One of Midtown’s least-loved office-building public spaces is about to be made more lovable — and a lot easier to navigate. The confusing, two-level, 50,000-square-foot lobby of 200 Park Ave.,...
NY and Mass. probe MetLife over unpaid pensions
Regulators in Massachusetts and New York state are probing MetLife after the insurance giant revealed it had failed to pay pensions to potentially thousands of people. MetLife said Friday that...
MetLife building is changing its iconic neon sign
The MetLife Building in Midtown is getting an energy-efficient, LED-powered sign to replace its iconic marker, whose 18-foot-tall letters have long glowed with 10,000 linear feet of energy-hogging neon. The...
Charlie Brown is hitting the auction block
Snoopy is sniffing around for a new dog house. Iconix Brand Group, the licensing firm that holds a majority stake in Peanuts Worldwide LLC — owner of Snoopy, Charlie Brown...
MetLife bullied woman into revealing husband's drug problem: suit
A Connecticut widow claims MetLife bullied her into revealing her late husband’s drug problem — then refused to pay up on his $2 million life-insurance. Losing her dentist husband last...
MetLife's new logo looks awfully familiar
MetLife’s new logo has some seeing double. Diffen, a Wikipedia-like Web site that makes comparisons between issues and products, is accusing the largest US insurance company of ripping it off....
MetLife fires Snoopy after 31 years
After 31 years as MetLife’s mascot, Snoopy is off to the pound. Snoopy, Charlie Brown and the rest of the “Peanuts” gang are out at MetLife, which has launched its...
MetLife considers axing Snoopy from marketing efforts
Snoopy is creeping toward the endangered species list. MetLife, the giant US insurer that uses the lovable "Peanuts" pooch as its mascot, is thinking about phasing out America’s most famous...
MetLife fined $25M in 'too-big-to-fail' fight
MetLife was fined $25 million on Tuesday for an alleged five-year sales scam — the latest hit against the insurance giant after a probe that barred two of its brokers...
MetLife may face greater scrutiny after 'too- big-to-fail' fight
For MetLife, the fight against “too big to fail” might evolve into something resembling “Groundhog Day” — the 1993 Bill Murray movie where he keeps repeating the same situations over...
GE, AIG join revolt against 'too-big-to-fail' label
No one wants to wear the “too big to fail” label. Just one day after MetLife declared victory in its fight to remove the designation, General Electric’s financing arm asked...
MetLife trounces feds in fight over 'too-big-to-fail' label
MetLife might be big — but it’s not too big to fail. In a swift rebuke to President Obama’s Treasury Department, the nation’s biggest life insurer beat back the government’s...
MetLife's 'too-big-to-fail' fight with feds gets off to good start
WASHINGTON — Score one for MetLife in its fight with the feds to overturn its “too-big-too-fail” label. A federal judge in Washington on Wednesday seemed to side with the life...
MetLife gears up for fight after feds label it 'too big to fail'
MetLife is digging in its heels in its fight with the feds. The insurance giant on Friday filed its final brief in its lawsuit challenging the government’s decision to treat...