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10/21/11 The Greenwich Topix News Message Board - (14 stories) - TOP STORY: Heavey To Be Sworn In As Greenwich Police Chief (UPDATED)

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Greenwich - News October 21, 2011


Heavey To Be Sworn In As Greenwich Police Chief (Patch)
Plans have been finalized for the swearing-in of Deputy Chief James Heavey as chief of the Greenwich Police Department .

McMahon Courts Women's Vote That Eluded Her In 2010 (CTNow)
Republican Senate candidate Linda McMahon stopped by Al's Beverage Co. Thursday morning to talk about taxes, government regulation, and the joys and burdens of running a business.

Vacant commercial building reborn in Greenwich's Glenville district
Vacant commercial building reborn in Greenwich's Glenville district (Connecticut Post)
Salavatore Scalisi stands on his building at 17 Glenville Rd., Glenville, Wednesday, Oct.

Eight Days Left to Vote for Your School (The Daily Westport)
Have you voted for your school today? Your vote can put your school over the top in the Better Schools Bonanza sponsored by Arthur Murray Grande Ballroom of Greenwich.

Health and Wellness Expo Gets Pretty (The Daily New Canaan)
The Natural Awakenings Health and Wellness Expo is slated for Nov. 2, with an eye toward healthy holiday shopping.

BET Member Supports Marzullo Re-election
BET Member Supports Marzullo Re-election (Patch)
I am writing in support of Drew Marzullo's re-election as Greenwich Selectman. Throughout his first term Drew has proven himself to be a hard working and effective Selectman.




UPDATE: More Greenwich News From Topix

Groupon Seeks $11.4 Billion Valuation in Initial Public Offering (BusinessWeek)
Groupon Inc., the largest online- coupon site, is seeking a valuation of $11.4 billion in its U.S. initial public offering, less than half the $25 billion it discussed with banks earlier this year as internal missteps and stock-market volatility put pressure on the IPO.

... to the biggest U.S. backlog in a decade as of the end of last quarter, according to Renaissance Capital LLC, the Greenwich, Connecticut-based IPO research and investment firm. Groupon reported revenue of $430.2 million in the three months through ...

Groupon Files to Raise $540 Million in Initial Public Offering (Bloomberg)
Groupon Inc., the largest online- coupon site, filed to raise as much as $540 million in its initial public offering.

'Man Overboard' Recounts Greenwich Man's Disappearance (Patch)
Man Overboard, subtitled Inside the Honeymoon Cruise Murder, by Joan Lownds, is the tragic story of two local newlyweds whose wedding trip was a cruise into the eastern Mediterranean...

... cruise into the eastern Mediterranean. Many will recall at least the broad outlines of the story. A handsome young Greenwich High alumnus and football player George Smith IV, grew up in Glenville as a real home-town boy. George I had pitched for the ...

The paint doctor is in (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
A purple panel hides scuff marks in the living room of Eve Ashcraft's New York apartment....

... other well-heeled individuals with multiple properties. Richard Baker, who works in private equity and lives in Greenwich, Conn., confessed to having one of those "paint emergencies" that leads to a call to Ashcraft (she helped steer him to the ...

Portfolio Insights by Brett Arends: Why Occupy Wall Street will fail (MarketWatch)
The public has every reason to be angry at what's going on in this country, and every reason to protest...

... Uptown. These days the real movers and shakers aren't anywhere near Zuccotti Park. They're out in places like Greenwich, Conn., home of the hedge-fund honchos. "Oh, no," said the polite young man who answered the phone, his tone somewhat surprised. ...

SAC Capital could be probed again (News Times)
If it weren't for Galleon Group's Raj Rajaratnam and the half-dozen or so other people sent to prison recently for insider trading, a report that Stamford-based SAC Capital Advisors LP could be facing a new investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, would just be noise....

... biotechnology firm MedImmune Inc. in 2007. SAC Capital, a hedge fund with $13 billion under management, started by Greenwich resident Steven A. Cohen, indicated it is not aware of any such investigation. "We have not been contacted by any regulatory ...

UPDATE 3-Volatility boosts Interactive Brokers Q3 above Street (Reuters)
Derivative trader Interactive Brokers Group Inc's quarterly profit trumped Wall Street estimates as extreme market volatility meant nervous investors made more trades on its platforms....

... which has risen sharply to reach the mid-thirties level since touching a year-low of 14.27 in April. Shares of the Greenwich, Connecticut-based company rose to $15 after the bell, before paring some gains to trade at $14.85. They had closed at ...

Report: SAC Capital being investigated again (News Times)
Stamford-based SAC Capital Advisors LP may be the target of a second investigation by the Securities and Exchange commission, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.


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