In 2009, NCR's Dundee factory closed with the loss of hundreds of jobs but it maintained its research and development facility in the city.

BBC: Jobs threat at NCR's Dundee research centre

While several 18th-century views of London from the Thames show a city already crowded with centuries of development, early 19th-century views of New York and the Hudson are almost Eden-like in their comparative rusticity.

WSJ: River Romantics | The Panoramic River | Hudson River Museum | By Barrymore Laurence Scherer

Now, eight years later, New Orleans is at the forefront of video game development, putting the fun-loving city in competition with major gaming hotspots like Austin, San Francisco, Toronto, and Quebec.

FORBES: Gameloft Studio Settles in New Orleans, Fuels A Growing Industry

The downtown core got a boost with the 2012 opening of the City Creek Center, a shopping mall and mixed-use development of rentals and condos across the street from the Salt Lake Temple, financed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

BBC: Living in: Spiritual cities

That is why the CBD has programmes of work on all of these issues, and why our 2011-2020 strategic plan was negotiated and adopted with the participation of stakeholders at every level: youth, indigenous leaders, city mayors, development agencies, the climate change community, parliamentarians, business leaders, environment ministers and heads of state.

FORBES: The Future of Life On Earth: A Two-Part Discussion

The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development kicked off the program in July with a request for proposals from designers and development teams for self-contained "micro-units" between 275 and 300 square feet, including kitchen and bathroom.

CNN: Tiny homes hit the big city

Those stemmed from flaws in the software that operates the systems of mechanical docks and payment kiosks, according to city officials and people familiar with the system's development.

WSJ: Open to All, New York City Bike Share Copes With Glitches

Bridge's snub went down badly with the Stamford Bridge crowd and the former Chelsea star was booed by the home fans, a development that baffled some of his Manchester City team-mates.

BBC: John Terry hits back at Craig Bellamy over comments

He's been working hard behind the scenes with the New York City Economic Development Corporation to develop a new hub of clothing manufacturing and design in Manhattan.

WSJ: A Homegrown Fashion Mogul

Here is an excerpt from a speech that I gave today to a room full of seasoned pros at the Mirren Business Development Conference in New York City, with the goal that they make bold choices (more on that later).

FORBES: Thoughts on Business Development for Ad Agencies