2/2/09 The Raw Greenwich News Feed

US data still show grim picture
The Straits Times
... This report is 'less bad' but clearly not 'good',' said Michael Darda, chief economist at MKM Partners in Greenwich, Connecticut. 'Unfortunately, none of the indicators we follow, credit markets included, have turned enough to suggest that an upturn ...

What's new at YMCA? Wellness Center, pool complex, CEO
Connecticut Post
... At 6:30 a.m., infants up to 4 months are checked into the Greenwich YMCA's childcare unit at St. Roch's. It closes around 6 p.m. The cradle center's early opening and late closing meets needs ...

Dollar rises against yen, surges against British pound
MarketWatch
... slightly south of 90 yen per dollar," said Andrew Wilkinson, senior market analyst at Interactive Brokers Group in Greenwich, Conn.. The British pound was down 2.3% at $1.4218, after earlier falling as low as $1.4049. The dollar index ( $DXY : $DXY ...

Greenwich Tax Deadline Today
WSTC-AM Norwalk
Today is the final day for Greenwich homeowners and businesses to pay their property taxes without a penalty.

Stanard fined for role in RenRe, Inter-Ocean deal
Business Insurance
... Shelton, Conn.-based Alpha Re, that was financed primarily through their privately held investment company, Greenwich, Conn.-based F&S Ventures. In 2007, the two also announced formation of Greenwich, Conn.-based New Asset Class Management, an ...

Sternlicht Seeks $100 Million for Luxury Hotel Firm
Hotel News Resource
... housing slump and global credit meltdown delay construction and condominium sales. The chief executive officer of Greenwich, Connecticut-based Starwood Capital took over French crystal maker Baccarat when he bought a majority stake in Societe du ...

Equity Media Lands $58 Million Loan
ArkansasBusiness.com
... company filed for voluntary Chapter 11 restructuring , citing $41.5 million it owes Silver Point Finance LLC of Greenwich, Conn., its largest debtor. Silver Point agreed to finance the $58 million "debtor in protection" loan, according to documents ...

Travelers Add More Leisure To Business Trips
Business Travel News
... transitioned four HRG agents who handled corporate accounts' leisure travel services to Valerie Wilson Travel's Greenwich, Conn., office. It often is too difficult to leverage corporate and leisure travel expenditures in supplier agreements, ...

New chef in town
Yale Daily News
... was asked to appear as a sous chef for challenger Chef Francois Kwaku-Dongo, whom he worked for at L'Escale in Greenwich until last year. "How many people get to go on the Food Network?" DePuma asked with his customary reserved smile. "It was a ...

Lyme Organizations: New IDSA Guidelines Panel, Unbalanced & Biased;...
PRESS RELEASE PRWeb
In May 2008, the Connecticut Attorney General found the IDSA Lyme disease treatment guidelines' panel had conflicts of interest, engaged in exclusionary conduct, and suppressed scientific evidence.

Stimulus funds could make a real difference
Connecticut Post
... improve the quality of life in the state? How about the proposed 190-mile coastal bike and pedestrian path, from Greenwich to Pawcatuck, or even Watch Hill in Rhode Island? How cool a stay-cation would that be, riding up the coast? How about better ...

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