As the heart of the storm approaches, the MTA's transit division will move some trains underground for storage, including on express tracks through Manhattan, which means some lines that normally run as express will operate on local tracks Friday afternoon.

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Last August, American Express opened a new Manhattan office to nurture its digital wallet, Serve, and to place the 200 employees devoted to that project into a different corporate culture.

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Mr. Hionas's Bay Ridge home is a 25-minute express-bus ride from Manhattan.

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American Express is throwing a pair of Manhattan bashes, one in Rockefeller Center and one in Madison Square Park, where match viewing and clever games rule the day.

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Also on the horizon: a possible partnership with American Express to build a second location in Manhattan.

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Herman has spent the last quarter of a century designing trademark uniforms for the likes of McDonald's, Federal Express, TWA and United Airlines out of the Manhattan studio that bears his name.

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Arad figured out how to express the idea that what were once the largest solids in Manhattan are now a void, and he made the shape of this void into something monumental.

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American Express and Citibank are already running regional call-centres in Australia, and banks such as Chase Manhattan and State Street have placed their regional custody operations there.

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