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Thursday, February 21, 2008

02/21/08 - Greenwich News Wire For Thursday


Featured Greenwich News Reports From

The Greenwich Post:

Second season or bust GHS hockey starts postseason run as No. 5 ...
Greenwich Post - Greenwich,CT
For boys hockey senior defender Brian Milazzo, something about the Greenwich High School team’s upcoming tournament feels vaguely familiar. ...

Controversy draws more people to Greenwich Library talk
Greenwich Post - Greenwich,CT
Last week’s speaker at Greenwich Library drew more than 300 attendees but only in part because of the topic. After controversy surrounding the scheduling, ...

Bird's eye view As Greenwich project goes to hearing, players take ...
Greenwich Post - Greenwich,CT
Sitting on a 37-acre parcel it leases from the Greenwich Reform Synagogue, the new buildings’ total floor space will be 171993 square feet. ...

Who’s forging beach passes? Greenwich begins investigation
Greenwich Post - Greenwich,CT
As of Tuesday, the Greenwich Police Department was not involved in the matter other being informed about it. “This is being handled by the Parks and ...

Other Featured Greenwich News Reports:

Frantz to run for Nickerson Senate seat
Stamford Advocate - Stamford,CT
By Neil Vigdor GREENWICH - In a passing of the torch for Greenwich Republicans, L. Scott Frantz announced his bid last night to replace longtime incumbent ...

Bridgeport man admits being robber in botched Greenwich heist
Newsday - Long Island,NY
A former Bridgeport man admits he was the gunman behind the botched robbery of nearly $5 million from a Greenwich jewelry store. Thirty-seven-year-old ...

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When: Thursday February 21st, 2008 - 09:30 AM Where: Greenwich Library at The Jewel Discussion Series.
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The Raw Greenwich News Feed For Thursday
  1. An easy choice for Reed Elsevier

    SNL Financial

    ... company's current focus is on a "more integrated synergistic and cohesive" operating model. Investors, including Greenwich, Conn.-based Blue Harbour Group LP , a private equity firm that owns about 4.6 million shares, or 6.5%, of ChoicePoint stock, ...


    Tags: Publishing, Media, Alpharetta, GA,Reed Elsevier,

  2. Boeing Suspends Some Work on Short-Haul 787 to Focus on Long-Haul Version

    Bloomberg

    ... this point it seems more of a drag on the program than a benefit,'' said Douglas Runte, managing director at RBS Greenwich Capital in Greenwich, Connecticut. Runte said the short-haul model now accounts for less than 5 percent of Boeing's orders for ...


    Tags: France, Midi-Pyrenees, World News, Toulouse

  3. Former 'Newsday' Cops Reporter Levitt Suing NYPD On Denied Press Pass

    Editor & Publisher

    ... Levitt also drew attention in the 1990's for breaking new ground in the famed Martha Moxley murder case in Greenwich, Conn. That case stemmed from the 1975 death of Moxley, a 15-year-old whose murder remained unsolved until the 2002 conviction of ...


    Tags: New York Metro, Drugs

  4. Asian Equities In 2007: Growth, Uninterrupted

    Securitization.Net

    Wednesday, February 20, 2008 Greenwich, CT USA - The rest of the financial world may have been preoccupied with the global credit crisis throughout the summer and fall of 2007, but equity markets throughout ...


  5. Blue Harbour Group Comments on Choicepoint Acquisition

    PR Newswire

    GREENWICH, Conn., Feb. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Harbour Group, which owns about 4.6 million shares of Choicepoint Inc.


    Tags: Financial Services, Choice Point, Insurance

    Chris Russo, Chris Shays and the steroid politics of Mike and the Mad Dog

  6. Minuteman

    ... 2008 election working to

  7. unseat Shays and pledged his support to Shays' probable Democratic opponent, Jim Himes of Greenwich. "Here's the thing about Shays," Russo told his audience Feb. 12. "I'm gonna go out of my way in November. We're gonna get ...


  8. The Opening Bell

    CJR Daily

    ... 2000s has come to an end," said Michael Darda, chief economist at MKM Partners, a research and trading firm in Greenwich, Conn. "That is over." The Los Angeles Times reports that the Fed's openness about its tilt toward promoting growth instead of ...


  9. Man indicted as suspect in arcade theft

    Asbury Park Press Online

    ... where, police allege, he tried to use the theft victim's bank card later the same day. Twomey was arrested in Greenwich, Conn., Sept. 29 after a manhunt. He waived extradition and was returned to New Jersey to face charges in connection with the ...


    Tags: Seaside Hieghts, NJ, Ocean County, Bergan County, Teaneck

  10. Boys playoff pairings set

    Norwalk Advocate

    ... Central (11-7). Trinity meets Danbury (11-7) at 7 p.m., while No. 4 New Canaan (15-3) meets No. 5 Greenwich (14-4) at 5 p.m. Bassick (15-3), the No. 3 seed, tips off against No. 6 Harding (13-5) at noon followed by St. Joseph-Central at 2 p.m. ...


  11. GHS basketball ends regular season with eight-game win streak

    Norwalk Advocate

    The Greenwich High School boys basketball team closed out the regular season with a 51-41 win at Trumbull last night.


  12. Antares sued for $19.4M by former partner

    Norwalk Advocate

    ... did construction work on condominium projects in Armonk, N.Y., and two of the company's troubled projects in Greenwich - the conversion of the Putnam Green and Weaver's Hill apartment complexes into condominiums, according to the suit. The suit ...


  13. Restaurant review: B.J. Ryan's

    Norwalk Advocate

    Foodie predictors say this is the year of Japanese fusion, French bistro and nuevo Latino - all in established dining meccas like Greenwich's Greenwich Avenue, SoNo and Stamford's Columbus Park.


  14. State urged to dump bottled water

    Norwalk Advocate

    HARTFORD - Lawmakers yesterday urged the state to break its three-year contract with Nestle Waters North America Inc., a Greenwich company that supplies Poland Spring bottled water to offices.


    Tags: Stamford, New Haven Metro

  15. Reliving history of the Revolution Putnam Cottage plans special events for Sunday

    Norwalk Advocate

    ... General Israel Putnam took a treacherous ride on horseback down a steep hill to rally American troops and save Greenwich from a British attack. 'It's part of Greenwich history,' said Sue Jayes, a member of the Putnam Hill Chapter of the Daughters ...


    Tags: Stamford, CT

  16. Grand List gains surpass forecast

    Norwalk Advocate

    ... this year than there were at this point last year,' Gwartney said. Commercial assessments totaled $4.3 billion. Greenwich Plaza, a 2.8-acre office complex next to the train station and Interstate 95, maintained its perch atop the commercial ...


    Tags: Real Estate

  17. Brunswick hockey nips Rye for fourth straight

    Norwalk Advocate

    ... a better road trip and you couldn't script better timing.' However, it was the script for Brunswick's return to Greenwich that had some kinks to be worked out. In the Bruins' first game back at Hartong Rink they outlasted Rye Country Day 3-2 ...


    Tags: Ice Hockey, Winter Sports

  18. Maya Way

    Hartford Courant

    Over the course of the next month, coaches and media voting for Big East and national player of the year awards will tackle the interesting problem of what to do with UConn freshman Maya Moore.

  19. Venice Little Theatre offers program for young thespians

    HeraldTribune.com

    ... Venice, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays-Wednesdays. Payment is by cash or check. Call 486-2487. The 24th annual Greenwich, Conn., Florida reunion is scheduled for 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 1 at Jacaranda West Country Club, 1901 Jacaranda Blvd., Venice. ...


    Tags: Family, Teenagers, Sarasota, FL

  20. Wall St rallies on optimism about tech, rate cuts

    Theedgedaily.com

    ... but (the Fed) appears willing to go down that path," said Michael Darda, chief economist at MKM Partners LLC, in Greenwich, Connecticut. "They basically suggested that policy is likely to remain easier for a while." The Dow Jones industrial average ...


    Tags: IBM, Jones Apparel Group, Apparel, Financial Markets, Hewlett Packard

  21. Culture Cash

    Hartford Courant

    ... and 'Robots,' announced that it was moving its headquarters and 300 jobs from New York 's Westchester County to Greenwich . The 'Hollywood East' task force, set up by House Speaker James Amann, D-Milford, is involving local universities to ...

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