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Thursday, July 3, 2008

07/03/08 The Raw Greenwich News Feed For Thursday


The Raw Greenwich News Feed

  1. A Prudent Way to Go Long on Japan

    Barron's

    ... difference I note each day as a commuter is the phenomenal cost of living in England. The equivalent journey from Greenwich, Conn. to New York City costs exactly one-third of the cost of commuting a similar distance into London each day. City ...

  2. Stamford Legion Bashes Fairfield

    Fairfield Citizen-News

    ... esterday too late for publication time. The senior legion team will play again in a double header Saturday against Greenwich at Greenwich Country Day School at 11 a.m.


  3. Nationally wanted fugitive had been hiding out at a Granville campground

    WWLP

    ... rented a site at the Prospect Mountain Campground in Granville, he called himself David Klapp--a vacationer from Greenwich, Connecticut. He even told site manager Mitchell Hays he had just bought a new camper and wanted to break it in in western ...


  4. Van der Moolen Online Investing Bid May Short-Circuit Best Small-Cap Stock

    Bloomberg

    ... floor trading in New York after more than a decade. Europe is attracting financial-services companies, including Greenwich, Connecticut-based Interactive Brokers Group Inc. , which handles about 14 percent of equity options traded worldwide...

  5. San Marino's McAfee Earns Honorary Degree at Purdue

    San Marino Tribune

    ... from the California Institute of Technology and is serving as vice president and research fellow at Yahoo! Born in Greenwich, Conn., Dr. McAfee was raised in Ponte Vedra, Fla., and attended the University of Florida, earning his bachelor's degree in ...

  6. Hello, General Atlantic. You Look Really Nice Today.

    PE Hub

    ... years. In addition to Palo Alto, it has offices in Mumbai, Hong Kong, London, Dusseldorf, Sao Paulo, New York, and Greenwich, Conn.) If as a VC, you've got a portfolio company in the firm's sweet spot, you've got cause to celebrate. Not only does ...

  7. Fueling a growing concern in state

    Connecticut Post

    ... Riley said trucks get about five miles to the gallon, which means it now costs about $100 to haul something from Greenwich to Stonington. The two trucking industry men are advocating a national 65-mile-per-hour speed limit and industry-wide ...

  8. Two Connecticut residents rescued by cruise ship

    Hartford Courant

    ... get to Giglia on board the ship. Twelve hours later, the same crew rescued 55-year-old Hillary Bercovici of Greenwich who had sustained a head injury aboard another sailboat approximately 260 miles south of Montauk, N.Y. He was taken on board ...

  9. Fiserv Agrees to Sell Majority Ownership in its Insurance Business

    Insurance Networking

    ... industries worldwide, has signed a definitive agreement with Trident IV, a private equity fund managed by Greenwich, Conn.-based Stone Point Capital LLC , in which Trident will invest approximately $205 million in equity and $335 million in debt to ...

  10. Bargain Hunt Stimulates Family Dollar

    SmartMoney.com

    ... are things people go day in day out to buy at Family Dollar," says analyst Patrick McKeever at MKM Partners, a Greenwich, Conn.-based institutional research and trading firm. Morningstar analyst John Gabriel says it's an industrywide trend. "Across ...


  11. Dannon Becomes Shelf Obsessed

    Brandweek

    ... too. "Shelf space is real estate in the grocery store," said Jack Trout, president of Trout and Partners, Old Greenwich, Conn. By "tinkering with their real estate," Dannon is saying, "I want to come in and rearrange it . . . I think it is going to ...

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