11/03/11 The Greenwich Topix News Message Board - (14 stories) - FIRST STORY Paint the Place You Call Home

Brian Harrod - Greenwich Topix Editor Greenwich - News November 3, 2011 Paint the Place You Call Home (American Artist) We plein-air artists seem to put a lot of emphasis on traveling to far off places to paint, don't we? The fields of Tuscany, the rugged California coast, the farmhouses of the Cotswolds all seem to beckon.... ... right at home, regardless of where you call home. For John Henry Twachtman (1853-1902), home was a 17-acre farm in Greenwich, Connecticut. For more than a decade, he found endless inspiration in his house, a little foot bridge, and a pool with its ... Refreshed Greenwich Landmark (Wall Street Journal) Built in 1929 for an English expatriate and his wife, this home on nearly 3A1 2 acres in Greenwich, Conn., recently underwent a three-year restoration. Tesei Responds to Opponent's Greenwich School Plan (The Daily Greenwich) John Blankley, the Democratic candidate for first selectman, says he can get the Greenwich public schools back on track with proactive measures, particularly with funding. Universal Hotel Liquidators to Liquidate the 4 Star Greenwich Hyatt (Sys-Con Media) NEW HAVEN, Conn., Nov. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Hotel Liquidators is pleased to announce they have been chosen as the exclusive liquidator of the 4 star Hyatt Hotel in Greenwich, Connecticut. 'Now I Have An Excuse to Eat Deviled Eggs Today' (Patch) Will you commit to that?" This is what one Greenwich Patch reader asked Marianna Ponns Cohen in response to the Letter to the Editor she submitted . Following record breaking storm, Tesei urges battle cry against CL&P (The Greenwich Post) In the days following last weekend's rare October snowstorm, First Selectman Peter Tesei has found Connecticut Light & Power's ability to do its job severely lacking and he wants residents to join him in holding the public utility company accountable. Stamford-area outages almost all restored (News Times) Four days after a freak winter storm rolled through the region, the power outage total in most cities and towns dipped under 1,000 Wednesday morning.... ... Tuesday, the number dropped Wednesday morning to 689 -- about 1 percent of the city's customers. The total in Greenwich, where more than 5,000 were in the dark Saturday, also dropped significantly, from about 2,600 Tuesday to 1,152 at 10 a.m. ... UPDATE: Greenwich Business News MF Global's PIIGS Problem (US News & World Report) For some investors this Halloween, a trick instead of a treat was found in their proverbial retirement portfolio bag.... ... Inc. fleeing from a potential acquisition that may have averted the filing, according to a board member at the Greenwich, Connecticut, firm. "The board certainly considered that purchase and stepped away from it at a point where it became clear ... Deutsche Post (Reveries) Germany's post office is reinventing itself for the digital age, reports Elisabeth Rosenthal in the New York Times .... ... can enter and are expressly prevented from entering business unless it's related to physical mail." So instead, in Greenwich, Connecticut, for example, a "17,000-square-foot neoclassical landmark post office" has been sold to a developer, who plans ... MF money transfer at issue (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review) MF Global Holdings Ltd. may have transferred customer money last week following an audit by CME Group Inc., which has regulatory authority over the futures broker. What Went Down At MF Global (Seeking Alpha) Okay. I think I have got it. I seem to be smarter, with a better-functioning brain, this morning then I was last night in analyzing what may be the eighth-largest bankruptcy in U.S. history: In stage one we learn whether the market is tolerant or intolerant of southern Europe risk: if the market is tolerant the bond prices stay high; if the market ... (more) MF May Have Transferred Customer Money After Audit, CME Says (BusinessWeek) MF Global Holdings Ltd. may have transferred customer money last week following an audit by CME Group Inc., which has regulatory authority over the futures broker. MF Clients May Wait Years for Cash If Bankrupt Broker Sued (BusinessWeek) MF Global Holdings Ltd. customers may have to wait years to get their money back if the futures broker is sued, according to Frederick Grede, the liquidation trustee overseeing the bankruptcy of Sentinel Management Group Inc.... ... trades doomed a potential acquisition by Interactive Brokers Group Inc., according to a board member at the Greenwich, Connecticut, firm. The deal may have averted the Oct. 31 bankruptcy filing. "The board certainly considered that purchase and ... MF Global Trustee Talks With Brokers Over Customer Accounts (BusinessWeek) The trustee liquidating broker-dealer MF Global Inc. is in talks with brokerages that may take over customer accounts or buy "pieces of the business," said Stephen Harbeck, president of the Securities Investor Protection Corp., which is overseeing the liquidation.