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Inventor of rodent-repulsing trash bags says bears, bees are next.

Rupert Murdoch started stalking Dow Jones more than a decade ago. I know, because he and I discussed the deal. This time, he’ll get his prey.

Taxis become economically attractive when the cost of paying someone to drive for you is less than the costs of storing your car.

With data on petty drug dealers, the economist Steven Levitt has taught us that there is an abundant supply of people willing to work in the drug industry at near the minimum wage.

Lawyers, insurance companies, and private citizens hire McKeever for a base rate of $100 an hour.

The Upper East Side institution is caught between customers expecting low prices and ever-rising food and staff costs, made more difficult by a giant menu.

A fifth of the city’s food pantries and kitchens have budgets of zero�they run on food donations alone.

The most-profitable yoga studios are efficient: They fill four to five classes daily, plus private classes.

The high-end sex shop buys from tiny artisan-type vendors, making for an upscale clientele and an average 63 percent markup.

The dense city’s crowds of customers mean that goods can turn over faster than anyplace else in America