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Town to sell vacant W. Putnam lot
The eyesore on West Putnam Avenue known to many locals as "the hole in the ground" could wind up filling a hole in the town budget. The Board of Selectmen last week agreed to sell a narrow sliver of Read More »

Second Kissel defendant set for trial

The second defendant charged in the slaying of Greenwich real estate developer Andrew Kissel is set to head to trial this summer after a judge granted a speedy trial motion Tuesday. Read More »

Havemeyer Building gets second look
With a proposal to convert the Havemeyer Building into an art center off the table, the Greenwich school board is beginning to take a second look at the future of the building as a home for the Read More »

In town

The Greenwich Farmers' Market is scheduled to open for the season Saturday in the commuter parking lot at Arch Street and Horseneck Lane. The market, which features 15 vendors this year, will be Read More »

Police blotter
Avelino Robles, 41, of 12 Indian Rock Place, Wilton, was charged Friday afternoon with home improvement without registration and failure to have an occupational trade license or tax number. Read More »

High school congressional art contest deadline today

A reminder to all high school artists in town: Today is the deadline to register for the 28th annual "Congressional Art Competition," a nationwide art contest and exhibition conducted by the U. Read More »

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05/12/09 Hearst Newspaper Business Reporter Jim Zebora And His Fellow Greenwich Time Business Reporters Are So Behind The Times

Today's Front Page Greenwich Time Features a Color Picture Of Cliff Asness With The Headline.....

Greenwich Hedge Fund Manager Fights Industry's Bad Rap

The Article Also Had A Second Headline That Read....

Asness stands up for industry in online 'Unafraid in Greenwich"

In a letter harshly critical of President Barack Obama's handling of the Chrysler affair, Greenwich hedge fund manager Clifford Asness has taken up the tattered flag of the once proud financial

But Greenwich Roundup Readers Learned About Mr Asness' Letter A Week Ago....

FLASH BACK : ONE WEEK AGO

05/06/09 The Greenwich Time Has Started To Copy Greenwich Roundup's Winning Rip And Read News Feeed Style On It's Home Page

Greenwich Time Managing Editor Bruce Hunter Says: "If we Can't Beat Greenwich Roundup, Then We Will Copy Him."

Just Look how The Greenwich Time / Stamford Advocate Is Using Out Of Town Newspapers And Blogs To Report On Local Events......

In Other News...

WSJ.com: Once 'Wall Street North', Stamford looks for new identity

Fairfield County Convention & Visitors BureauThe financial crisis that has leveled Wall Street over the past six months hasn't just impacted lower Manhattan. Stamford, once considered an endlessly-growing financial hub, has also found itself searching for a new identity. more »

MyLeftNutmeg.com: Dodd says he's open to torture hearings

WTNH.com: AG Blumenthal will meet with CraigsList owners

SFGate.com: Comments on news stories a double-edged sword

But Greenwich Time Managing Editor Bruce Hunter Can Not Match Power Of The Real Raw Greenwich Blog Feed.

Greenwich Roundup Could Find More Local Blog Posts Than This In His Sleep.

That Is If Greenwich Roundup Did Sleep.

Here Is The Real Greenwich Raw Greenwich Blog And RSS News Feed:

Greenwich Hedge Fund Manager Strikes Back at Obama.....

Seekonk Republicans: Cliff Asness - Unafraid In Greenwich Connecticut

Clifford S. Asness

Managing and Founding Principal

AQR Capital Management, LLC

In Fact, Just About Every Daily Newspaper, Except The Greenwich Time Covered Mr. Asness' Letter Durring The Last Week Or So.....

PLEASE SEE:

From New Jersey, Even

DealBreaker.Com - ‎May 6, 2009‎

True, Cliff Asness he isn't, but Congressman Scott Garrett at least has something to say: I am troubled by President Obama's statements that single out a ...

Chryslergate: More Evidence of White House Threats [Henry Payne]

National Review Online Blogs - ‎May 6, 2009‎

Cliff Asness, a managing partner at AQR Capital Management, writes that “the President's attempted diktat takes money from bondholders and gives it to a ...

Cliff Asness AQR Capital!

LALATE - ‎May 6, 2009‎

Cliff Asness' letter concerns hedge fund owners unwillingness to support Obama's Chrysler efforts. The letter is getting substantial support online today. ...

Hedge Fund Leader Blasts Obama for “Bullying” and “Abuse of Power”

Prison Planet.com - ‎May 6, 2009‎

Cliff Asness, whose firm manages some $20 billion of assets, has written an open letter blasting President Obama for his attack on the hedge fund industry ...

Clifford Asness speaks his mind, criticizes Obama!

Newspost Online - ‎May 6, 2009‎

Clifford Asness (Cliff Asness) , a well known Hedge Fund manager and the managing partner of a $20 billion investment firm AQR, has made his views public ...

Meet President Obama's Newest Opponent, Clifford Asness

ABC News - ‎May 6, 2009‎

Which brings us to money manager Cliff Asness of AQR Capital Management whose angry letter -- "Unafraid in Greenwich, Connecticut" -- has emerged today in ...

Chrysler: Hedge Funds Fight Back Against Obama's Demands

Seeking Alpha - ‎May 6, 2009‎

by Kindred Winecoff Hedge fund manager Cliff Asness has written an open letter to President Obama that has generated quite a lot of discussion in the ...

I Like You Mr. President, but You Were wrong on This One ...

6 May 2009 by Paul F. Miller, Jr.
The piece below, by Cliff Asness, a prominent and high quality money manager, speaks to an issue that is also bothering me. As much as I truly admire President Obama, and supported him in the election, I think he was way off base in his ...
MILLER'S MUSINGS - http://musingsbymiller.wordpress.com/ - References

Back in The USSR? Just A Boomer Memory? Ask the Financial Industry!

6 May 2009 by Papa Boomer
Clifford Asness is exactly right! “It is the job and obligation of all investment managers, including hedge fund managers, to get their clients the most return they can”. For more onCliff Asness (click here) ...
Consumer Boomer - http://consumerboomer.com/

Sentence of the day

6 May 2009 by noreply@blogger.com (King)
"I'm ready for my 'personalized' tax rate now." -- Cliff Asness, whose $20 billion business in portfolio management is likely to be as threatened as these nine remaining Chrysler holdouts. No names or phone numbers, but the nice Ohio ...
SCSUScholars - http://www.scsuscholars.com/ - References

Dan Cleary: Hedge Fund Manager Cliff Asness Calls Obama on His ...

6 May 2009 by Dan Cleary
In Chapter 11 bankruptcy, by law it is the secured creditors who are first in line to claim a corporation's assets, then unsecured creditors, and then stockholders. So I don't think you have to be a big, bad hedge fund...
Dan Cleary - http://dancleary.typepad.com/dan_cleary/ - References

Goldman Cap-Intro Event Draws Big Names

6 May 2009
Goldman Sachs has lured some of the most prominent hedge fund managers to a capital-introduction event scheduled for next week, flexing its muscle at a time when many prime brokers are still struggling to find their footing. ...
Hedge Fund Alert - http://www.hfalert.com/ - References

Chryslergate: More Evidence of White House Threats - Henry Payne ...

6 May 2009 by planetgore@nationalreview.com
Cliff Asness, a managing partner at AQR Capital Management, writes that “the President's attempted diktat takes money from bondholders and gives it to a labor union that delivers money and votes for him. . . . Shaking down lenders for ...
Planet Gore - http://planetgore.nationalreview.com/ - References

Will Kentucky Fried Chicken Coupons Hurt Company's Bottom Line?

6 May 2009 by Elizabeth Fairchild
Cliff Asness Takes Swing at Obama For Chrysler Statements. Obama has taken a hard line against the holdouts in the Chrysler restructuring talks, but hedge fund managers like Cliff Asness say they're doing what's fair... Next Article ...
Personal Money Store Finacial News Blog - http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/ -References
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digg » Blog Archive » Cliff Asness Attacks Obama on Hedge Funds ...

6 May 2009 by admin
Cliff Asness is seeing red over the Obama administration's Chrysler bankruptcy plan. That plan shifts ownership to Italian automaker Fiat and union members, a move Asness claims gives hedge funds the short end of the stick. ...
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cliff asness | Random Daily News

6 May 2009 by admin
Just like the founding fathers of the United States, Hedge Fund manager Cliff Asness risks his personal reputation and fortune and calls.
Random Daily News - http://randomdailynews.com/
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Cliff Asness AQR Capital!

6 May 2009 by lalate
Here is Cliff (Clifford) Asness of AQR Capital's letter to Obama Unafraid in Greenwich, Connecticut. Cliff Asness' letter concerns hedge fund owners.
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Jim Zebora's Greenwich Time Business News Team Is So Lame, Because If You Go Back And Look At The....

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05/12/09 The Raw Greenwich News Feed Evening Edition

The Latest Greenwich News Briefs:

State Lab Can Now Conduct Swine Flu Tests; 5 More Cases Confirmed
WTIC - Farmington,CT
The others are from Darien, Greenwich and Pawcatuck. None of the patients has been hospitalized and all are recovering. The governor's office says the ...

The Latest Greenwich Blog Post:

Why Hasn't Greenwich Gossip Hound Susie "The Dish" Ever Covered Greenwich Resident Walter "How Am I Going To Get New Suckers If They Wont Let Me Join The Club" Noel ?

Don't Worry The Huffington Post And Others Will Do Susie's Job

Noels Have Membership Revoked At Country Club In Greenwich
By The Huffington Post News Editors
In April, many "friends" anonymously took snipes at them in the Vanity Fair article Greenwich Mean Time. Now the Round Hill Club of Greenwich, CT has asked them not to return (aka revoked their membership).
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thenewswire/

One Again Police Chief David Ridberg Has Given Frank Trotta The Inside Scoop On The Latest Police Statistics To Be Cherry Picked Before The Preliminary 2008 FBI Crime Index Comes To The Town.

Frank Trotta Fails To Mention The Greenwich Police Chief David Ridberg Has Failed To Public Release The GPD disaster Known As The 2007 Preliminary 2007 FBI Crime Index Report.

Even Though Last Summer Police Chief David Ridberg Was Quoted By Greenwich Time Report Martin Cassidy Saying That The 2007 FBI Report Would Be Released Before The End Of 2008.

Yes, Seat Belt Tickets Will Be Up. Just Like Robberies And Assaults Are Way Up In Town.

GPD: "Buckling Down" On Those Not Buckled Up – Our Greenwich
By franktrotta
The Greenwich Police Department is joining state and local law enforcement agencies and highway safety groups in supporting an aggressive national Click It or Ticket seat belt enforcement campaign from May 18 through May 31. ...
Our Greenwich - http://ourgreenwich.com/

Unfortunately, Frank Trotta Continually Fails To Report Good And The Bad In The Greenwich Police Department.

It Is A Shame That Frank "Little Ms Sunshine" Trotta Only Reports On The Good In The Greenwich Police Department.

Trotta Has Never Reported On Officers Being Terminated, The Civil Rights And Discrimination Lawsuits, Or The Promotion Scandals.

The Job Of Citizen And Mainstream Journalists Is To Hold All Town Departments Accountable To The Single Family Homeowners Of Greenwich.

However, Trotta Seems To Want All Of The Town Accountable.Every Department Accountable, Except The Greenwich Police Department And His Blog Traffic At "Our Greenwich" Suffers, Because Of The Blinders He Has Put On.

Frank Trotta Also fails to disclose to his readers that he is a member of the East Sector Community and Police Partnership.

If Frank Trotta was to write a letter to the Greenwich Time Editor in support of his beloved Ridberg that fact would be disclosed at the end of the letter.

Even when Frank Trotta contributed to a Parents Together School news letter (parentstogetherct.org/2007WinterPTPrimer.pdf ) it was disclosed who his co-authors were ...." The following individuals contributed to this article: Capt. Pacewicz and Sgt. Kris. Shockley of the Greenwich Police. Department, Frank Trotta, Cindy Zizzi ..."

Currently, Frank Trotta's Police Press Release Post Has A Google Gage Rank Of Zip, Nada, Zero Nothing At http://ourgreenwich.com/blog/2009/05/12/gpd-“buckling-down”-on-those-not-buckled-up/.

While Greenwich Roundup has a page rank of 5 out of 10. The Greenwich Time currently has a Google page rank of 6 Out Of Ten.

This means that Google independently rates Greenwich Roundup 500% more authoritative than Frank Trotta's "Our Greenwich" Page.

But For some strange reason Google ranks the Greenwich Time As 20% More Authoritative Than Greenwich Roundup and 600% more Authoritative than Frank Trotta's "Our Greenwich" Page.

However to be fair, We must note that Frank Trotta has pointed out the following on his "Our Greenwich" blog page......

There are stories the local daily hasn’t covered yet, such as who is the recently announced Grand Marshall of the St. Patrick’s Parade (local lawyer, James B. “Jim” Dougherty, President of the Wild Geese), or what the plans are for the Salute to Veterans or the Independence Day fireworks. A car rolling over on King was reported here, but did you see it in the local daily? When a MetroNorth train was on fire in Old Greenwich photos were posted here, but the story never appeared in Greenwich Time.

Again, when there was a rash of burglaries near the Merritt in Greenwich and a warning by police, the local daily ran its as its lead story on January 2, 2009. But that police warning and background on the burglaries appeared on the “front page” of OurGreenwich.com, days earlier (“BREAKING NEWS: GPD Warns Residents Along Merritt Corridor.”) on December 30, 2008.

OurGreenwich.com ran a story “BREAKING NEWS: Town sets up “warming centers” for approaching cold wave.” on January 14, a couple of days before Greenwich Time. Residents learned here first of the Town’s plans for public broadcast of the Obama Inaugural at OurGreenwich.com. Photos of our newest State Representative’s first day in Hartford were posted in OurGreenwich.com first.

We ran our exclusive on the beefed up traffic enforcement by Greenwich Police (“GPD Has New Weapons Against Speeders”) on October 18, 2008. Greenwich Time had it on its front page nearly 3-months later, January 13, 2009.

So if you REALLY want to know what is going on in Our Greenwich in a timely fashion read OurGreenwich.com, rather than waiting for the local daily to report it on ” Greenwich Time" time.

Yes, Frank Trotta Is Getting Little scoops from Greenwich Police Chief David Ridberg, But who cares, no one is reading them or seeing them, because Frank Trotta's "Our Greenwich Page has no Google page rank.

Yet everybody in town saw the Greenwich Time articles about the Greenwich Police department.

All That Greenwich Police Chief David Ridberg Is Doing By Playing Favorites With Press Releases Is Hurting Residents Who Need Are Counting On Ridberg To Keep Them Up To Date.

If Homes Are Being Broken Into Next To The Merrit And Ridberg Only Initially Tells His Buddy Frank Trotta And His Low Page Rank Web Page, Then The Burgulars Win And The Homeowners Lose..

Ridberg Should Send Out Police Press Releases To All Bloggers And Traditional Media Outlets On An Equal Basis.

Playing Favorites With Police Department Alerts Can Potentially Put Greenwich Residents Lives In Danger.

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05/12/09 Greenwich Post Breaking News

Covering the news of Greenwich, Connecticut

Breaking News

Gov. M. Jodi Rell today announced that the state Department of Public Health has confirmed five new cases of novel H1N1 flu (swine flu) among Connecticut residents, including one from Greenwich. This brings the number of cases in Greenwich to two, following the first confirmed case on Saturday.