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Inside the highest hotel in the world
The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong has the distinction of being the highest hotel in the world.
By Jennifer Abbasi, contributor
FORTUNE -- Last week, news broke that construction on the new tallest building in the world begins this month in Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province, China. If the reports bear out, the proposed Sky City will rise to a height of 2,749 feet, besting the record-holding Burj Khalifa in Dubai by a MORE
Nov 29, 2012 1:45 PM ET -
Lion of American labor: A final conversation with Marvin Miller
Marvin Miller, baseball legend and renowned labor organizer, died Tuesday. In his last in-depth interview, Miller spoke to Fortune last month about everything from steroids to Bud Selig to his legacy.
By David A. Kaplan
FORTUNE -- For professional baseball players, Marvin Miller—who died Tuesday morning at 95—was Moses, the leader who brought them to the Promised Land and with it millions of dollars in fair-market wages for their preternatural skills. But MORE
Nov 27, 2012 1:59 PM ET -
Torn apart after Sandy, the Seaport community comes together
The second installment of Fortune's #SaveTheSeaport series looks at the changing marketplace in South Street Seaport post-Sandy.
By Ryan Bradley, senior editor
FORTUNE -- From the beginning, in 1642, the market was the center of things—the feature that tied South Street Seaport together and gave it purpose. Produce, meat and dairy from Brooklyn farms came in across the East River on the Fulton Ferry, and around the landing grew a neighborhood MORE
Nov 26, 2012 10:52 AM ETPosted in: Hurricane Sandy, Save the Seaport