09/24/09 The Greenwich Briefing

Splash Handwash faces nearly $63,000 in U.S. Labor Department OSHA fines following worker injury at Fairfield, Conn., carwash
Osha.gov
... equipment. OSHA had cited the company in 2008 for similar hazards at Splash Handwash locations in Norwalk and Greenwich, Conn. Five other-than-serious citations, with $3,000 in fines, have been issued, chiefly for incomplete and uncertified injury ...

Wall Street Journal story turns spotlight on Bonita Bay Group woes
BonitaNews.com - Bonita Springs, Florida
... in the Naples area, which has the highest per capita income of any locale in the country except Stamford-Greenwich, Conn. Bonita Bay launched seven Naples-area communities where houses sold for up to $12 million and came with access to exclusive ...

Boston Ranked 7th Most Expensive Real Estate Market Nationwide
Banker & Tradesman
... the world," ranked as the most affordable market in America, where a similarly sized home costs $112,675. Homes in Greenwich, Conn. average $1,519,250, making the city just north of New York City one of the most expensive markets in the nation. ...

Hanover Real Estate Partners Appoints Romano Orlando as Chief Financial Officer
Business Wire
... estate assets and specializes in lease restructurings to realize untapped potential. Founded in 1981 and based in Greenwich, CT, Hanover approaches each asset from an owner's perspective, priding itself on its strong operating and management ...

Cooler air to replace steamy air mass
NewsTimesLive.com
... On Friday and Saturday, we'll be experiencing what's known as the autumnal equilux, with nearly equal amounts of daylight ...

Miyuki Hatoyama talks to students
Asahi Shimbun
... of the new prime minister, made her own diplomatic debut of sorts here. During a visit to a Japanese school in Greenwich, Connecticut, the former singer-actress in the Takarazuka all-women revue sang the school song with students. In the lyrics, she ...

Greenwich Post w/Photo
Hersam Acorn Newspapers
Sign up for breaking news. Sports Cards tie Black Knights in intense soccer match-up Greenwich High School boys soccer team's head coach Kurt Putnam said it best when he described his team's game against Stamford High School Monday afternoon.

Louis: Firm has a golden opportunity to aid Stella D'Oro staff
NY Daily News
... . The firm was sold to Kraft soon after, and in 2006, it was sold again, this time to Brynwood Partners , a Greenwich, Conn. -based private investment fund. That's when the trouble began. Brynwood forgot that Stella D'Oro wasn't just a local brand ...

A123 IPO priced to charge car battery market w/Photo
CNN Money
... well above the originally proposed range, and raised $380 million, according to Renaissance Capital, a firm in Greenwich, Conn. that tracks the IPO market. Trading in the firm's shares will begin Thursday morning on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol ...

Friends bring out the 'Flair' of Darien
Darien News-Review
... company run by three local 20-something men. Whitecap is a new outdoor-performance clothing company based in Greenwich. "We started Whitecap last year," said Alex Meek, one of the three founders. "We use the best performance fabrics and ...

Biden to campaign for Himes in Greenwich
Darien News-Review
And the VEEPstakes winner is -- Rep. Jim Himes, D-4. Vice President Joe Biden will visit Himes' hometown of Greenwich for an Oct.

Asia shares ex-Japan down, dollar steady
Globeinvestor.com
... is in absolutely no hurry to even think about normalizing policy," said Stephen Stanley, chief economist at RBS in Greenwich, Connecticut. "This remains a very dovish Fed." SONY SURGES, JAL PLUNGES Japan outperformed otherwise weak Asian share ...

Postwar American Printmaking At Yale
20 hrs ago Hartford Courant
... prints, documents, mineral specimens and scientific instruments are in the new exhibit at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich. "Alchemy: Magic, Myth or Science" runs through Jan. 3. It includes works ranging from a 15th-century Tibetan mandala and Persian ...

Natural-Gas Futures Rise in New York on Signs U.S. Economy is Recovering
Bloomberg
... supply report tomorrow thata s lower than expected,a said Tom Orr , research director at brokerage Weeden & Co. in Greenwich, Connecticut. Dollar Concerns Concern that the dollar will fall has strengthened natural gas in the absence of any ...

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