Source: BtoB Magazine
Greenwich, Conn.-Direct Media’s b-to-b list management group announced it has been awarded exclusive list management of the Quill Catalog buyer list. This is the first time the b-to-b office supply catalog marketer is making its 1.3 million name list available. Separately, Direct Media announced it has been reappointed list manager for PaperDirect’s lists.
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Source: Wiscasset Newspaper
The vote was applauded by a few of the 60 or 70 people who crowded into the meeting room, but the overwhelming majority had urged selectmen to put the vote off until January.
Ordinance Review Committee member Larry Lomison questioned raising the height ordinance to allow the plant after only two months of discussion when other, simpler projects, were given more time and studied in more detail.
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Source: InvestmentNews
Morgan Stanley is in talks to purchase a 20% stake in Traxis Partners LP, a hedge fund founded by the company's former chief strategist, Barton Biggs.
The move, which the New York-based company could announce within a month, would give it a stake in the $1.5 billion "macro" fund that trades in global currencies, fixed income and equities, according to published reports.....
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Source: PR Newswire
EDGAR(R) Online,Inc. (Nasdaq:
EDGR), the leader in XBRL data processing, extraction andconversion announced today that the company and
Renaissance Capital will be demonstrating its I-Metrix XBRL financial data to leading hedge fundmanagers at the upcoming Blue Ribbon Hedge Fund Conference in
Greenwich,CT. Following on the heels of the recent earnings season in which
EDGAROnline converted the SEC filings of all US filing companies into the XBRLformat in a few hours, the presenters will show how I-Metrix delivers thefastest access to company financial information.......
Source URL: http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/09-24-2007/0004668530&EDATE=
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Source: Fast Company
I’m in the middle of reading a fabulous book,
Words That Work: It’s Not What You Say, It’s What People Hear, by Frank Luntz. Luntz has made his fortune advising Republican politicians on communication strategy and crafting their messages. Luntz is responsible for converting “estate tax” to “death tax,” and “drilling for oil” to “energy exploration.” His handiwork teaches important lessons about the power of language to motivate and persuade.....
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AMSTAT and Megadata Sign Marketing Agreement
Source: PR Newswire
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Source: Bloomberg
The dollar fell to a record against the euro and weakened versus the yen on speculation U.S. growth is losing momentum, adding to pressure on the Federal Reserve to reduce interest rates again.
The U.S. currency weakened to a 15-year low against a basket of six of its major peers before data tomorrow forecast by economists to show the lowest home resales in five years and the least consumer confidence in more than 12 months. Traders are betting on at least one more interest-rate cut by year-end.
... ``Dollar weakness will persist,'' said Alan Ruskin, head of international currency strategy in North America in Greenwich, Connecticut, at RBS Greenwich Capital Markets Inc. ``Housing is a major problem for the U.S. economy, and it isn't going to go ...
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Source: Bloomberg
Americans may be disappointed that the Federal Reserve's interest rate cut won't translate into lower monthly mortgage payments and a revival of the housing market. ...
... will follow, said Michael Darda, chief economist at the equity trading and research firm MKM Partners LP in Greenwich, Connecticut. Bond Yields ``Lock in your rate now,'' Darda said. ``Long-term bond yields will put a floor under how much further ...
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Source: Brandweek
Procter & Gamble plans to revitalize the stagnant liquid detergent category with a restaging of its Dawn line, including new products, sizes and graphics, supported by an estimated $65 million in marketing.
P&G is dividing Dawn SKUs into three tiers: premium, plus and base. Original Dawn is the top-seller in the category and the Dawn line is one of 23 P&G "billion-dollar brands" in terms of sales......
... system within the same brand can cause confusion," said consultant Jack Trout, president of Trout & Partners, Old Greenwich, Conn. "The communication of what Dawn could become is convoluted--how [do you] communicate the different versions? Unless ...
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A private developer willing to build a new parking garage at the Stamford train station as part of his proposed Metro Green office and housing complex, said he was prepared to exclude the garage if the state's funding for the structure isn't approved soon.
If the proposed public-private partnership falls through, it could displace at least 800 commuters who use the old section of the garage, which the state says needs to be replaced....
....State Sen. William Nickerson, R-Greenwich, said it was unusual for the Democrats to lump the transportation initiatives into one general bonding bill, and if the transit portion was broken out, it would pass overwhelmingly.
'We should do the entire transportation bill because I'm sure there would no objection to it,' Nickerson said. 'It was a mistake to have lumped these together.'
Commuter advocates said the longer the political process gets drawn out, the more they are concerned about the parking garage's future. .....
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Source: Salt Lake Tribune
... for August. IPOs planned Initial public offerings planned for the coming week, as provided by
Renaissance Capital,
Greenwich, Conn., (
http://www.ipohome.com/ ) and SEC filings: * Babcock & Brown Air Ltd. - Dublin, Ireland, 18.7 million American Depositary ...
