On a freezing Wednesday morning in late November, the neoclassical facade of The Plaza Hotel on Fifth Avenue and Central Park South was swarmed by a media phalanx and private security details rivaling a summit of world leaders. Outside the iconic white limestone landmark, television broadcast vans from CNBC, Bloomberg, Reuters, and the *Financial Times* lined Grand Army Plaza, their satellite dishes angled against the pale winter sky. Photographers stamped…
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