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==Economy== The defense contractor [[L3 Technologies]] has its headquarters in Murray Hill.<ref>"[http://www.l3t.com/about-l3/general_info.aspx Company Profile]{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}." [[L3 Technologies]]. Retrieved on March 10, 2010.</ref> [[Sumitomo Corporation]] operates its New York Office, the headquarters of the corporation's United States operations, in the same building as the headquarters of L-3.<!--Addresses of both L3 and Murray Hill match--> Industries supported by the office include Aerospace and Defense, Agricultural Commodities, Agrochemicals, Business Investment, Chemicals, Fertilizer, Information Technology, Latin American Operations, Living Related Products, Media and IT Venture Group, Meat Products, Presidio Venture Partners, Ship, Real Estate, Transportation Systems and Equipment, and Tubular Products.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sumitomocorp.com/about/locations.html |title=Office Network |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090201085408/http://www.sumitomocorp.com/about/locations.html |archive-date=February 1, 2009 |website=[[Sumitomo Corporation]] |access-date=January 25, 2009}}</ref> [[China Airlines]] operates its New York branch office on Third Avenue.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gonyc.about.com/od/manhattan/l/bl_gramercy.htm |title=Flatiron / Gramercy / Murray Hill / Union Square: Manhattan Neighborhood Map |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101123060307/http://gonyc.about.com/od/manhattan/l/bl_gramercy.htm |archive-date=November 23, 2010 |website=[[About.com]] |access-date=January 25, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.china-airlines.com/en/about/about-3-3.htm |title=Branch Offices North America |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111128082353/http://www.china-airlines.com/en/about/about-3-3.htm |archive-date=November 28, 2011 |website=[[China Airlines]] |access-date=January 25, 2009}}</ref> When [[United Parcel Service]] expanded to the East Coast and began operations in New York City in 1930, it moved its corporate headquarters from Los Angeles to the floors above its main hub at [[333 East 38th Street|331 East 38th Street]] in Murray Hill.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://about.ups.com/us/en/our-company/our-history.html |title=Our History |website=United Parcel Service |access-date=July 17, 2023}}</ref> The headquarters remained at the site until 1964 when the company moved into a new facility in [[Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan|Hell's Kitchen]].<ref name="NYT-1966-07-05">{{cite news |last=Robbins |first=William |date=July 5, 1966 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1966/07/05/archives/news-of-realty-all-space-taken-the-former-united-parcel-building-is.html |title=The Former United Parcel Building Is Fully Rented |work=The New York Times |access-date=July 17, 2023}}</ref> In 1959, the [[United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee|United States Olympic Committee]] purchased 57 Park Avenue—the former [[Adelaide L. T. Douglas House]]—to serve as its headquarters, which it called Olympic House. The committee moved its headquarters from New York City to Colorado Springs in 1978.<ref>{{cite news |last=Goodwin |first=Michael |date=June 25, 1978 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/06/25/archives/olympic-offices-pulling-out-of-city-olympic-offices-leaving-city.html |title=Olympic Offices Pulling Out of City |work=The New York Times |access-date=September 1, 2023}}</ref> [[American Airlines]] opened its headquarters at 633 Third Avenue in 1975.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=World Airline Directory |magazine=Flight International |date=March 20, 1975 |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1975/1975%20-%200536.html |page=472 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203194144/http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1975/1975%20-%200536.html |archive-date=December 3, 2010}}</ref> Three years later, American announced that it would move its headquarters to a site at [[Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport]] the following year, in an act that [[Mayor of New York City|New York City mayor]] [[Ed Koch]] called a "betrayal" of New York City.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sterba |first=James P. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/11/16/archives/american-will-shift-headquarters-from-manhattan-to-dallas-airport.html |title=American Will Shift Headquarters From Manhattan to Dallas Airport; Big Economies Predicted |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 16, 1978 |page=A1 |access-date=August 27, 2009}}</ref> For more than 60 years, the offices of [[William F. Buckley Jr.]]'s journal of opinion, ''[[National Review]]'', were located in the neighborhood, at 150 East 35th Street and then at 215 Lexington Avenue. In 2017 the magazine relocated to West 44th Street.<ref name=NR2017>{{cite magazine |last=Fowler |first=Jack |url=https://www.nationalreview.com/the-weekend-jolt/weekend-jolt-vi-incredibly-moving-experience/ |title=Incredibly Moving Experience |magazine=[[National Review]] |date=October 6, 2017 |access-date=February 12, 2023 |quote=NR and National Review Institute have been ensconced at 215 Lexington Avenue for 20 years, and for over six decades have made NYC's Murray Hill neighborhood our home (mostly at the famed 150 East 35th Street). Yesterday, Friday, was our last day there. Starting Monday, NRHQ will be found on 19 West 44th Street.}}</ref>
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