04/04/08 - After The Bell - Greenwich Business News Update

1. Blyth, Inc. Comments On Fiscal Year 2009 Outlook

   PrimeNewswire

   ... remarks during such calls and will cover no material, non-public information. Blyth, Inc., headquartered in Greenwich, CT, USA, is a Home Expressions company that markets an extensive array of home fragrance products, decorative accessories, ...

2. Allegheny Technologies may be takeover target

   Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

   ... and the catalyst being put forward is that the company may be bought," said Rebecca Engmann Darst, an analyst at Greenwich, Conn.-based Interactive Brokers Group Inc. Calls give the right to buy a security for a certain amount, known as the strike ...

   
   

3. Fed rate cut ideas up on weak jobs

   Reuters

   ... easing will stop with a funds rate above 1.75 percent," said Alan Ruskin, chief international strategist at RBS Greenwich Capital in Greenwich, Connecticut. The U.S. Labor Department said nonfarm payrolls fell by 80,000 in March, more than expected, ...

   
   

4. Inside The Deals: MySpace Music JV Has One Thing In Its Favor - Authority

   Paid Content

   ... personalities don't meld," says Susan Kalla, managing partner of KHX Investments, an investment company based in Greenwich, Conn. The MySpace Music joint venture announced on Thursday has at least one thing in its favor: there's a clear line of ...

   
   

5. Friendly crowd goes frigid for Gibbons

   Las Vegs Sun

   ... living in a low-tax state such as Nevada, but consider hedge fund managers, many of whom are based in high-tax Greenwich, Conn., and not low-tax South Dakota or Las Vegas. High taxes are fine with them because they want to live near other hedge fund ...

6. Austin's Sweet Leaf Tea plans expansion with $18 million investment

   Austin American-Statesman

   ... Leaf Tea "has just scratched the surface" in sales, said Michael Farello, a partner in Catterton Partners, the Greenwich, Conn.-based firm that invested in Sweet Leaf. Sweet Leaf's products, which have been a hit in Texas and in the natural foods ...

   
   

7. United Rentals Schedules Annual Meeting for June 11, 2008

   Business Wire

   ... Rentals is a member of the Standard & Poor ' s MidCap 400 Index and the Russell 2000 Index and is headquartered in Greenwich, Conn. Additional information about United Rentals is available at unitedrentals.com .