The ceiling's restored cove lighting has been dimmed to its 1930s levels, bringing out a variety of subtle tones in the book-matched marble walls, long killed by the harsh fluorescents.

WSJ: The Empire State Building's Luster Returns | By Ada Louise Huxtable

This week ADR Employer Services released data that showed a greater than expected rate of jobs added to the private sector, 93, 000 compared with the projected 58, 000 jobs, was perhaps dimmed by the news that unemployment benefits would run out for 2 million Americans by the end of December, according to an Associated Press report.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Yet at a recent management meeting he dimmed the lights, cued the video and made his team watch the nightmare play out again.

FORBES: How Volkswagen Will Rule The World