Greenwich Roundup: Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Trendings: Hidden treasures

... items in search of prize pieces. A new show that premiered on HGTV last month, "Flea Market Flip," hosted by Greenwich resident Lara Spencer , takes design contestants to flea markets around the country -- including several episodes shot in New ...

http://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Trendings-Hidden-treasures-4443280.php

A cherry blossom grows in Brooklyn

... the accompanying pictures I took. More about that in a minute, but I've found that a surprising number of folks in Greenwich are either from or lived in Brooklyn before coming to CT or have children who live there, as I do. I find that mentioning ...

http://www.greenwichcitizen.com/opinion/article/A-cherry-blossom-grows-in-Brooklyn-4442625.php

Al Primo tells his creative story of Eyewitness News before the camera

Al Primo, of Old Greenwich, welcomed a news crew from Sweden to his home recently.

http://www.greenwichcitizen.com/news/articleGallery/Al-Primo-tells-his-creative-story-of-Eyewitness-4442654.php

Record

Opening Night for the Greenwich Arts Council's 16th annual Art to the Avenue is May 2. Art will be on display until May 27.

http://www.greenwichcitizen.com/news/article/Record-4442641.php

XPO Logistics Schedules First Quarter 2013 Conference Call for Wednesday, May 8, 2013

GREENWICH, Conn. - April 17, 2013 - XPO Logistics, Inc. will hold its first quarter conference call and webcast on Wednesday, May 8, 2013, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time.

http://www.pr-inside.com/xpo-logistics-schedules-first-quarter-2013-confere-r3641660.htm

BofA Leads Dow Jones Average Down as Profit Misses Estimates

... continuing to shrink," Chris Whalen, managing director at Carrington Investment Services LLC, an asset manager in Greenwich, Connecticut, said in an interview. "The regulatory environment for mortgage is so hostile." Lower mortgage banking income ...

http://washpost.bloomberg.com/Story?docId=1376-MKYGWS0YHQ0X01-4HPT014RCRLQE65JP18E3AAGDJ

Skakel Trial Lawyer's Love Of Media Spotlight At Issue In Hearing

... for Skakel's defense. Months before Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel went to trial in 2002 for the 1975 murder of a Greenwich teen, his lawyer, Mickey Sherman, told a Las Vegas audience, "I like to enjoy myself doing these things." Lawyers representing ...

http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-skakel-hearing-0418-20130417,0,75813.story

Tire company heir dies at 79

... Friday at Bridgeport Hospital from complications after surgery for injuries she sustained in a kitchen fire in her Greenwich home April 4. Anne Firestone Ball's grandfather was Harvey Firestone, who founded The Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. in Akron, ...

http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/fairfield_cty/Tire-company-heir-Anne-Firestone-Ball-dies-at-79

BofA Slides Most Since November as Profit Misses Estimates

BofA Trading - May Not Roar' as Much as Rivals on Less Risk, Moynihan Says

... America in the future," Chris Whalen, managing director at Carrington Investment Services LLC, an asset manager in Greenwich, Connecticut , said in an interview. "Imagine what these numbers would look like without Merrill." Bank of America's ...

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-17/bofa-s-trading-may-not-roar-as-much-as-rivals-moynihan-says.html

BofA misses estimates as revenue grows slowly

... continuing to shrink," Chris Whalen, managing director at Carrington Investment Services LLC, an asset manager in Greenwich, Conn., said in an interview. "The regulatory environment for mortgage is so hostile." Lower mortgage banking income and ...

http://www.delawareonline.com/needlogin?type=login&redirecturl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.delawareonline.com%2Fapps%2Fpbcs.dll%2Farticle%3FAID%3D2013304170063%26nclick_check%3D1

BofA Misses Estimates as Mortgage Banking Weighs on Results

... continuing to shrink," Chris Whalen, managing director at Carrington Investment Services LLC, an asset manager in Greenwich, Connecticut , said in an interview. "The regulatory environment for mortgage is so hostile." Lower mortgage banking income ...

http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-17/bofa-misses-estimates-as-lower-mortgage-income-crimps-results.html?

Friendships forged in devastating nor'easter

While attempting to travel from North Stamford to the Hyatt during last weekends nor'easter Jonathan Ochsner and his wife Evelyn, along with their daughters Emelina and Alexandra, became trapped in their car but were taken in by Howard and Carol Winklevoss.Photo: David Ames, David Ames/For Greenwich Time Jonathan and Evelyn Ochsner set out from ... (more)

http://www.greenwichcitizen.com/local/article/Friendships-forged-in-devastating-nor-easter-425170.php

Winklevosses ask U.S. Court in Boston to look into Facebook messages

... is true, we need to know why these documents were not produced then," Tyler Meade , a lawyer for Narendra and the Greenwich-based Winklevoss twins, said in an e-mail message Thursday. The three sued Zuckerberg in 2004 claiming he stole the idea for ...

http://www.greenwichcitizen.com/news/article/Winklevosses-ask-U-S-Court-in-Boston-to-look-1347398.php

Lack Of Funding Grounds Greenwich's 'Shakespeare On The Sound'

"Shakespeare on the Sound" will return for its 18th year at Pinkney Park in Rowayton with a production of the Bard's "As You Like It" beginning June 13, but budget concerns will prevent the production from making its annual second stop in Greenwich.

http://greenwich.dailyvoice.com/lifestyle/shakespeare-sound-returns-rowayton-18th-year

Junior League To Host Greenwich Youth Film Festival

Fifteen Greenwich students are among the finalists for the Junior League of Greenwich's second annual Greenwich Youth Film Festival to be held at the Greenwich Library on May 5 at 1 p.m., according to a statement.

http://greenwich.dailyvoice.com/events/junior-league-host-greenwich-youth-film-festival

Investors adapting portfolios to volatile environment

... were hammered in the 2008 financial crisis, said Andrea Frazzini, vice president, AQR Capital Management LLC ., Greenwich, Conn. "A risk-based approach is the antidote to plan sponsors who realized that they needed to build a better mousetrap," Mr. ...

http://www.pionline.com/article/20130415/PRINTSUB/304159959