11/05/09 The Greenwich Briefing

Productivity surge signals job growth to follow
Reuters
... expect the pace of efficiency gains will soon begin to fade," said Michelle Girard, a senior economist at RBS in Greenwich, Connecticut. "Having cut payrolls so dramatically during the last downturn, we believe that companies will be forced to add ...

A clean-tech car maker capitalizes on 9/11
Boston Business Journal
... a four-paragraph press release sent to media outlets Wednesday, the San Carlos, Calif., auto company seems to link a Greenwich, Conn., real estate agent's experience that fateful day with his decision to purchase a six-figure electric powered ...

Luxury resort opening in depressed Rhode Island
NewsTimesLive.com
... children, our grandchildren and our great-grandchildren," said Donna Simmons, one of the investors who lives in Greenwich, Conn., and has been visiting Watch Hill for about 20 years. Backgammon and croquet will be offered to lend an old-time feel, ...

Smith Cove home offers waterside living
News Times
... are an office and still another bedroom and bath, according to B.K. Bates of Sotheby's International Realty in Greenwich, who has listed the more-than-5,600-square-foot home for $8.75 million. On the lower level are a powder room and rooms that ...


Ned Lamont Exploring Run For Governor
The Hartford Courant
In a move that sharply changed the dynamics of the governor's race, Greenwich multimillionaire Ned Lamont announced Wednesday that he has formed a committee to explore a possible run for governor.

Ancestry.com Raises $100 Million in IPO
News Max
... products, however, because Ancestry is something of a pioneer in online genealogy, said Eric Guja, an analyst for Greenwich, Conn.-based Renaissance Capital. The company expects to expand overseas, but it hasn't gained traction internationally yet. ...

Test Scores Show Improvement At Bristol Schools
The Hartford Courant
... of test scores and percentage of graduates going on to college; the only cities ranking higher than Bristol were Greenwich , Fairfield, West Hartford and Milford. Streifer noted that education spending per pupil is higher in those four communities, ...

Lamont joins crowded field for governor
The Day
Ned Lamont, the Greenwich cable executive who rose to national prominence when he knocked off Sen......

After 65 years, local tailor's passion still alive
New Canaan News-Review
... her men's fashions that she designed. Prochilo had a good reputation, and his help allowed her to open a shop on Greenwich Avenue. "At first he said no because he didn't think a woman should be in men's fashions, but I convinced him and we became ...

State DOT and DEP voice support for Merritt trail work
New Canaan News-Review
... Newfield Avenue in Stamford a promising way to try out the idea of a longer 37.5 mile, non-motorized path between Greenwich and Stratford. "They already have a pretty detailed conceptual design and have done a lot of the work with adjacent property ...

Business People
Connecticut Post
The World Federation of Exchanges Secretariat has presented Old Greenwich resident Robert Schwartz, a professor at the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College, The City University of New York, with its first WFE Award for Excellence. The award ...

Sternlicht bets on Greenwich rebound
Connecticut Post
Real estate investor Barry Sternlicht is betting the Greenwich housing market is making a comeback.

Michael Ronis, Manhattan Chef, Dies at 60
New York Times
Michael Ronis, who helped conceive Carmine's, an Italian restaurant that lures masses of New Yorkers and out-of-towners to Times Square and the Upper West Side with gargantuan portions and moderate prices, died last Thursday in Greenwich, Conn

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05/21/09 Greenwich On The Money

Reports hint U.S. recovery will be a rutted road
Theregalcourier.com

... was definitely on the disappointing side of expectations," said Alan Ruskin, chief international strategist at RBS Greenwich Capital in Greenwich, Connecticut. "The numbers are consistent with only a tepid global recovery as factories switch on the ...

Wedding Photographers in Fairfield County
Associated Content
... at the phone number and/or email listed above. C. Christopher Semmes Photography Art and Design 23 Pilgrim Drive Greenwich, CT 06831-4925 (203) 531-5300 csemmes007@aol.com These photographs will be creative and full of beauty. These photographs are ...

Greenwich's Stanwich School Leases Sacred Heart Building
WSTC-AM Norwalk
Greenwich's Stanwich School, a private pre Kindergarten through 9th grade institution, has leased another school building in Stamford.

Wall St. Law Firm Moves Off the...
GlobeSt.com
... S.L. Green Realty for $273 million in a deal that also saw S.L. Green pick up Mack-Cali's 500 West Putnam Ave. in Greenwich, CT for $56 million. The REIT's share of the 1.3-million-square-foot office tower totals 524,476 square feet and is 100% ...

SolarWinds shares climb in first trading day
LA Daily News
... existing shareholders are offering the remainder of the shares. Eric Guja, an analyst for Renaissance Capital in Greenwich, Conn., said SolarWinds' IPO, plus the expected debut of online restaurant reservation provider OpenTable today, are signs the ...

Stocks 5.21
Connecticut Post
... its U.S. spirits operation in Norwalk, was off seven cents to $53.78. Among the gainers, Genesee & Wyoming Inc. of Greenwich, which operates short-line and regional freight railroads and provides related services, closed at $33.25, up 78 cents. ...

Haefner a Young.....
Free Press
... and area manager for Bella Baby Photography in Los Angeles. Alexander Young son of Richard and Carol Young of Greenwich, Conn. A 1998 graduate of Westminster in Simsbury, Conn., and a graduate of Tulane in New Orleans, he is employed as the vice ...

Oregon Railroad Earns Rail Industry's Top Safety Honors
The South Mississippi Sun Herald
Willamette & Pacific Wins Harriman Gold, ASLRRA President's Awards GREENWICH/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Genesee & Wyoming Inc.

Sears Canada reeling from 85% profit drop
The Province
... in the industry, and the dismal numbers had many wondering whether Sears Chairman Edward Lampert, whose Greenwich, Conn.-based ESL Investments Inc. is the controlling shareholder in Sears with a roughly 75% stake, may finally agree to deal with ...



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03/16/09 The Late Night Greenwich Business News Feed (Updated)

A&P converts liquor store to Best Cellars

Connecticut Post

... to convert to the Best Cellars concept. The Best Cellars at 1261 E. Putnam Ave. in the Riverside section of Greenwich was the first. "Current plans call for us to convert the New Canaan store this spring," Joerger said. "After that, we'll examine ...

Glenn Close loves playing 'delicious' Patty Hewes
The Toronto Star
... her to it with Outbreak which, she said, had nothing to do with the true story. Close spent her early years in Greenwich, Conn., and after graduating from high school, spent several years touring with the singing group Up With People before ...

Energy Partners founder leaves
Theadvertiser.com

... producing in the Gulf of Mexico and onshore in southern Louisiana. In late January, Wexford Capital LLC, based in Greenwich, Conn., sent a letter to the company demanding the firing of all top management, a sharp reduction in costs, debt ...

APNewsBreak: Group including Carl Icahn plans bankruptcy court bid for NJ's Tropicana casino
CLTV - Chicago Land's TV
... interested parties could still bid higher than the Icahn group once an auction begins. The group also includes Greenwich, Conn., hedge fund Silver Point Finance LLC. "It's an agreement in principle, but there are still some open issues," said Gil ...

Town Approves Smaller Kogan Mansion
The Moscow Times

GREENWICH, Connecticut -- Russian millionaire Valery Kogan has won unanimous approval from planning commissioners for a mansion with ...

R.G. Barry rejects buyout bid
Business First of Columbus
... the markets closed Monday that its board determined an offer valued at up to $77.8 million to sell the company to Greenwich, Conn.-based private equity firm Mill Road Capital LP wasn't "in the best interest of its shareholders." "Because we believe ...

Indicted Greenwich money manager known for his love of horses
Connecticut Post
... of defrauding schools, pension plans and others of half a billion dollars as manager of investment funds based in Greenwich, Conn., and Santa Barbara, Calif. But neighbors and acquaintances in bucolic North Salem say the generous, down-to-earth man ...

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02/11/09 The Raw Greenwich News Feed

Greenwich Roudup Once Again Spans The Globe To Bring You The Latest Information About Greenwich .....

TOP STORY:

Call Them RBS Stamford Capital Markets .....

RBS job cuts will not affect Stamford operations
Connecticut Post

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc, the biggest U.K. government-controlled bank, plans to cut as many as 2,300 jobs, but none of them will be in the United States, according to an RBS spokesman based in Middletown.

"The 2,300 jobs were for RBS in the United Kingdom. Last year, RBS announced 2,700 layoffs globally. Of that, a very small fraction was in the U.S.," said spokesman Chris Riley....

... than 2,000 employees. They will come from leased offices in New York City, which will be vacated, and offices in Greenwich that house RBS Greenwich Capital Markets staff. "We've always said there would be 1,850," Riley said, commenting that of ...

Nymex Natural Gas Falls as Warmer Weather to Reduce U.S. Heating Fuel Use
Bloomberg
... heat. a oeWeather is working against you, not for you now,a said Tom Orr , research director at Weeden & Co. in Greenwich, Connecticut. Natural gas for March delivery fell 25.9 cents, or 5.4 percent, to $4.548 per million British thermal units at ...

Tin-eared Titans
The Nation
... beach-front mansion -- one of five houses the two of them owned, including their 8-bedroom main domicile in Greenwich, Connecticut -- and the lovely touch is the selling price: $100. That's right, one hundred bucks "in a possible attempt," writes ...

Jezebel Music Feature Show Thursday at Public Assembly
The Deli Magazine
... on Thursday, February 12. Will Popadic (vocals, guitar) is from Massachusetts, Yoichiro Fujita (bass) is from Greenwich CT, "though born someplace in Japan," and Jeremiah Joyce (drums) is from western Michigan, but it's Brooklyn The Jaguar Club has ...

AMD delays chip plant spin-off vote because of low turnout
ComputerWorld
... stockholder vote, expect to close the transaction in the next few weeks." Doug Freedman, a financial analyst at Greenwich, Conn.-based Broadpoint AmTech, accepted the company's explanation. "I just think the timetable on the proxy to vote was too ...

Currencies: Dollar slips after Geithner unveils bank rescue plan
MarketWatch
... the announcement of any resolution," said Andrew Wilkinson, senior market analyst at Interactive Brokers Group in Greenwich, Conn. The dollar's strength therefore was not an expression of confidence in U.S. assets, but rather the continuation of a ...

Housing group takes aim at 'predators'
Telegraph Herald
... homeowners refinance their mortgages. Neighborhood Assistance Corp. of America demonstrated Sunday at the Greenwich, Conn., home of William Frey, chief executive of Greenwich Financial Services, and the Rye, N.Y. home of John Mack, chief executive ...

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2/10/08 The Raw Greenwich Overnight News Feed. Greenwich Roundup Has Spanned The Globe To Bring You The Latest News About Greenwich

Say Cheese: Greenwich, April 9, 2005. Andrew Kissel is seen at Epona Stables in Greenwich, Conn. in an April 9, 2005 photo. The driver of slain Greenwich real estate developer Andrew Kissel and another man have been charged in his 2006 murder, police said Saturday (The Greenwich Time/AP Photo)

Top International Story:

American woman convicted in 'milkshake murder' granted approval to file appeal in Hong Kong

By DIKKY SINN

Associated Press Writer

HONG KONG

An American woman convicted in Hong Kong of killing her banker husband by serving him a laced milkshake and then bashing him on the head won approval Tuesday to move ahead with her appeal.

Nancy Kissel, dressed in a black skirt and black cardigan, smiled and appeared calm as a three-judge panel granted her request to file a second appeal before the territory's high court.

The high court, known as the Court of Final Appeal, will now decide whether to hear the appeal. Kissel lost the first appeal of her conviction in October.

Kissel was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison in 2005 in the case widely referred to as the "milkshake murder." She was convicted of drugging her husband with sedatives in 2003 and then bludgeoning the wealthy banker on the head with a metal ornament.

Full Story: ABC News

Gates Chili has two superintendent finalists
Democrat & Chronicle
... 2 district superintendent and search consultant. Manko started teaching high school social studies in 1977 in Greenwich, Conn. He also worked as an Oswego County BOCES assistant principal, a middle school principal and the New York Mills Union Free ...

TOP STORTS STORY:

Naslund enjoys New York, hopes to play with Foppa
NHL.com
... From a personal standpoint, though, he is exactly where he wants to be. He and his wife, Lotta, love their home in Greenwich, Conn., which is about a 15-minute drive to the Rangers' practice rink in Greenburgh, N.Y., and about a 45-minute commute ...

Top National / Business Story:

CEOs feel the heat: Homeowners protest outside mansions
Raw Story
... "Grab Your Torch and Pitchfork." Protesters also gathered outside the mansions of William Frey, the CEO at Greenwich Financial Services, and John Mack, CEO of Morgan Stanley. "The move was part of the nonprofit group's national ...

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Housing group to protest at executives' homes
Boston.com
... companies that balk at refinancing programs are "financial predators." It conducted a demonstration Sunday at the Greenwich, Conn., home of William Frey, chief executive of Greenwich Financial Services. They also protested at the Rye, N.Y., home of ...

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Nonprofit protests at lenders' homes
The Boston Globe
... homeowners refinance their mortgages. Neighborhood Assistance Corp. of America demonstrated Sunday at the Greenwich, Conn., home of William Frey, chief executive of Greenwich Financial Services, and the Rye, N.Y., home of John Mack, chief executive ...

United Rentals, Inc. Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2008 Conference...
Earth Times
... United Rentals is a member of the Standard & Poor's MidCap 400 Index and the Russell 2000 Index and is headquartered in Greenwich, Conn. Additional information about United Rentals is available at unitedrentals.com. United Rentals, Inc. Fred Bratman, ...

CT Snowmobiler Dies in Colo.
Wcbs880.com
... was enough to kill him on impact. Grand County Sheriff Rodney Johnson says 40-year-old William S. Bradford of Greenwich, Conn., died Sunday of blunt force trauma after losing control of his snowmobile [Sky Hi Daily News] on a groomed trail in the ...

Suspect in Fatal Crash Busted Again
WVIT-TV
... charges including vehicular homicide for the crash on Jan. 28. Kathy Krasniewicz, 54, and Kate McClelland, 71, of Greenwich died when Jacobson slammed into the cab they were riding in, police said. The women were attending a librarian conference in ...

Director's Cut: Burger Meister
Westchester
... gets their knickers in a twist because this Westchester Magazine food writer is celebrating a restaurant in Greenwich CT, let me point out that there are no border guards between the two states. Likewise, there are no tolls, wide rivers, or ...

Concept Capital Expands to Fixed Income Sales and Trading, Appoints...
Business Wire
... in the most cost effective manner possible. Concept Capital is headquartered in New York City and has offices in Greenwich, Conn., Garden City, NY, Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago and Boca Raton, FL. Concept Capital is a division of SMH Capital, Inc., ...

U.S. Stocks Fluctuate as Insurers, Energy Companies Rise; Hartford Climbs
Bloomberg
... of what may be bullish news from the Treasury tomorrow,a said Andrew Wilkinson , the senior market analyst at Greenwich, Connecticut-based Interactive Brokers Group Inc. Coca-Cola fell $1.02 to $42.53 for the biggest decline in the Dow. The company ...

Millburn Ridgefield Corporation Chooses FlexTrade for Futures Trading
EON - Enhanced Online News
... class algorithmic trading in futures, equities, foreign exchange and equity options from a single screen. Based in Greenwich, Connecticut, Millburn Ridgefield Corporation is an asset management firm specializing in quantitatively-driven specialized ...

Private-equity firm steps in with R.G. Barry buyout bid
Business First of Columbus
... is evaluating an offer valued at up to $77.8 million to sell the company to Mill Road Capital LP , a Greenwich, Conn.-based private equity firm that submitted an unsolicited buyout bid Jan. 28. CEO Greg Tunney, in a Jan. 30 conference call ...

W.R. Berkley net income down 78%
MarketWatch
Operating income for the Greenwich, Conn. insurance provider fell to 62 cents a share from 97 cents a share.

Massage therapy veteran opens spa
HeraldTribune.com
... Venice. Rodriguez is a 16-year veteran in the massage therapy industry. Formerly the owner of Robin's Nest, a Greenwich, Conn., body care business, Rodriguez tended a high-profile clientele base of men and women involved with professional ...

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1/24/09 The Raw Greenwich News Feed: These guys are SCREWED , and that's exactly what they will get in prison (Updated)

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GREED IS GOOD ????



Just more of those good old Republican family values we keep hearing about.....


Greenwich real estate developer Richard R. Girouard, faces two counts of conspiracy, financial institution bribery, and wire fraud; eight counts of money laundering; and a single count of bank fraud.


Developer indicted on bank fraud charges


BusinessWeek


NEW HAVEN

A Connecticut developer and his associate have been indicted on federal charges of participating in a scheme to rig bids on Fleet Bank's sale of distressed loans.....


.....Authorities say Girouard and his companies made about $6 million in profits from the scheme.

Girouard operated the company and Mayotte was the chief financial officer. The indictment alleges they paid $1.4 million for confidential bank information from a bank official to submit winning bids for Fleet Bank's sale of distressed loans.

Girouard and Mayotte also are accused of defrauding an investor of more than $400,000.

Telephone messages were left Friday for their attorneys.

The former bank official, Kevin J. O'Keefe, has pleaded guilty. Girouard's attorney, Paul Aparo, has pleaded guilty to bribery and fraud.....


Norwalk developer indicted for fraud


The Hour


NORWALK


By JAMES S. WALKER


Hour City Editor


A Norwalk businessman has been indicted along with his business associate for their roles in a fraud scheme that netted them approximately $6 million in profits, according to the Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut.


Nora R. Dannehy announced Friday that a federal grand jury in New Haven returned a 15-count indictment charging real estate developer Richard R. Girouard, 54, of Norwalk, and Paul A. Mayotte along with two of his companies with conspiracy, financial institution fraud, bank fraud, wire fraud and money laundering.....


According to the indictment, Girouard operated Girouard Associates, Inc. and Richard Girouard Associates, LLC, formerly located in New Canaan and now in Greenwich, while Mayotte was the chief financial officer of Girouard Associates and a business confidant of Girouard. .....


......Girouard and Mayotte are charged with two counts of conspiracy, which carries a maximum term of imprisonment of five years, on each count; two counts of financial institution bribery, which carries a maximum term of imprisonment of 30 years, on each count; one count of bank fraud, which carries a maximum term of imprisonment of 30 years; eight counts of money laundering, which carries a maximum term of imprisonment of 10 years, on each count; and two counts of wire fraud, which carries a maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years, on each count. Several of these counts also carry a maximum fine of $12 million.


Girouard Associates and RGA are charged with one count of conspiracy, one count of bank fraud and two counts of financial institution bribery. Each count carries a maximum term of probation of five years and a fine of up to $12 million.The indictment was returned on Jan. 21. Friday,


Girouard appeared before United States Magistrate Judge Donna F. Martinez in Hartford and pleaded not guilty to the charges against him and his companies. Mayotte is expected to be arraigned next week.


O'Keefe and Aparo have been charged separately. Their cases are pending before United States District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford.


Feds charge Brookfield man with bank fraud, money laundering Danbury News Times


A Brookfield man was indicted Friday along with a Greenwich developer on charges of participating in a scheme to rig bids on Fleet Bank's sale of distressed loans.....


....The 15-count indictment alleges Girouard and his companies made about $6 million in profits from the scheme.

It also says Girouard and Mayotte engaged in another scheme to defraud an unwitting investor in one of the corrupt transactions with Fleet Bank (later Bank of America) out of more than $400,000, and that they conspired to launder that money.

Girouard, of Norwalk and Stuart, Fla., was a real estate developer and home builder in Connecticut who operated Girouard Associates Inc. and Richard Girouard Associates LLC, federal prosecutors said. The companies were formerly located in New Canaan and are now in Greenwich.

Mayotte was the chief financial officer of Girouard Associates and a business confidant of Girouard, according to authorities.


The indictment alleges the two conspired with Kevin J. O'Keefe, a vice president at Fleet Bank in Hartford, and with Girouard's lawyer, Paul J. Aparo, to commit financial ....


....In return for O'Keefe's assistance, federal prosecutors said, the two men paid him and Aparo about $1.4 million.

A grand jury returned the indictment Wednesday. Girouard appeared Friday before U.S. Magistrate Judge Donna F. Martinez in Hartford and pleaded not guilty to the charges against him and his companies.

O'Keefe and Aparo have been charged separately. Their cases are pending before U.S. District Judge Alvin W. Thompson in Hartford.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Eric J. Glover is prosecuting the case, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating.



Developer Indicted On Bank Fraud Charges
Hartford Courant


AP


NEW HAVEN - A Greenwich developer and his associate have been indicted on federal charges of participating in a scheme to rig bids on Fleet Bank's sale ...


....Girouard and Mayotte also are accused of defrauding an investor of more than $400,000.

Telephone messages were left Friday for their attorneys.J. Bruce Maffeo, attorney for Girouard's companies, which also were charged, said the companies deny the charges and expect to be fully vindicated.


The former bank official, Kevin J. O'Keefe, has pleaded guilty.


Girouard's attorney, Paul Aparo, has pleaded guilty to bribery and fraud.

THE RAW GREENWICH NEWS FEED CONTINUES......

Knicks' Celebrity Row a Hot Spot Once Again

New York Post

... The Garden is unlike any other place," said MSG Network's Jill Martin, who has had her hands full with her "Gimme a Minute" celebrity halftime interviews. "Athletes love to play here, the fans love to come here and celebrities love to sit back and take in the atmosphere."

There have been some dandy sightings - Hugh Jackman, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Phil Collins, Ron Howard, Jon Stewart, Whoopi Goldberg, Chloe Sevigney, Kevin Bacon, Howard Stern and Freddie Prinze Jr.

Celebrity row even made heavy gossip news when Tea Leoni and David Duchovny showed up together courtside with their kids amid a Page Six report of a potential reconciliation. All the gossip magazines - "People," "US Weekly," etc. - were all over their Knicks appearance.

Howard, whose film "Frost/Nixon" was about to come out, showed up in the first row on an invite from Greenwich, Conn., neighbor Allan Houston. Soon, Howard was hanging with the newspaper photographers behind the baseline, borrowing their cameras. The Oscar-winning director was seen getting tips on how to shoot a basketball game......

COMMENT:

Every Sunday Alan Houston Attends Harvest Time Church Up On King Street And Walks Right By Where Greenwich Roundup Volunteers At The Church Coffee Bar. He Always Gives A Friendly Hello As He Ushers His Family Upstairs For The Church Service With Pastor Glen.

But He Has Never Had Time To Stop And Get A Cup Of Coffee Or A Muffin.

Which Was OK, Because He Is A Very Busy Guy.

But Now Greenwich Roundup Is Saying: "Wait A Minute. Alan Huston Has Time To Hang Out With Opie From The Andy Griffith Show, but he doesn't have time to pick up a Bagel or muffin and watch the church service on the big screen TV?

I guess Greenwich Roundup is going to invite fellow Greenwich resident Ron Howard to the Harvest Time coffee bar and give him a muffin while I show him the banged up Olympus camera that I like to use to take crappy pictures of failed Greenwich School Administrators.

Then Houston is probably going to ask for a cup of Green Mountain Coffee and say."Ron, It's good to see you here at Harvest Time."

THE RAW GREENWICH NEWS FEED ONCE AGAIN CONTINUES.....

Critics wrestle with Rell's choise of WWE CEO for state Board of Ed
Stamford Advocate

By Brian Lockhart

A few months ago, Betty Sternberg, the state's first female commissioner of education who is leaving the post of superintendent of Greenwich public schools, took a phone call from Linda McMahon, chief executive officer of Stamford-based World Wrestling Entertainment.

"She simply identified herself as 'a Greenwich resident,' " Sternberg recalled, adding that a secretary filled her in on McMahon's role at the WWE. "I have an open-door policy if some member of the community wants to talk to me about something educational."

Sternberg said the two spoke about the federal No Child Left Behind Act and other topics.
Then two weeks ago, when Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell announced the nomination of McMahon, 60, to the state Board of Education, Sternberg connected the dots.

"(McMahon) did not tell me she was being considered or was considering it," Sternberg said. "Now, of course, I put it together. . . . She was doing her homework."

McMahon's appointment, which requires legislative approval, has raised eyebrows. What, some pundits and residents have wondered, is Rell doing, asking a woman who presides over a pro-wrestling empire built on melodrama, violence and sex to set education policy and standards for Connecticut's children?. ...

...."I'm at a loss," Norwalk Schools Superintendent Salvatore Corda said when told about McMahon's background and televised exploits. "I wouldn't want to judge anybody without knowing them. If the governor made this appointment, I'm sure she had some rationale behind it. The governor's not a dumb person."

Stamford Schools Superintendent Joshua Starr said McMahon is a blank slate to him.

" I have no knowledge of Ms. McMahon and whether she'd serve the governor's purposes," Starr said. "I don't know what experiences she has in education."

McMahon has known Rell since the latter was lieutenant governor and has contributed to her campaigns.....

....Bruce Levine Mellion, head of the Norwalk teachers union, was not impressed with Rell's choice of McMahon......

....Sternberg said, adding she has not viewed the clips of McMahon's activities in the WWE ring but is not bothered by what she has heard.

"Clearly, there are all sorts of forms of entertainment," Sternberg said. "She's developed a viable, vibrant business a segment of society is interested in.".....

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WWE's Linda McMahon Gains Power On State School and ...
TWNP-Wrestling News, NY

M. Jodi Rell announced Saturday that she has appointed Linda McMahon of Greenwich, the WWE’s chief executive officer, to the 11-member Board of Education....

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1/14/09 You Wont Read About Gov Jody Rell Appointing A Greenwich Resident To The State Board Of Education In The Greenwich Time

A "HARD HITTING" EDITORIAL ABOUT GREENWICH AND ITS FROM NEW LONDON CT: "Nominee's Skill: Promoting Cruelty"

TheDay.Com

Business smarts aside, the governor's nominee to fill an empty seat on the state Board of Education raises questions of suitability.

Greenwich executive Linda McMahon is Greenwich executive Linda McMahon is certainly an accomplished and successful businesswoman. In fact, according to Gov. M. Jodi Rell's own press release recommending Ms. McMahon for the board that establishes academic standards and sets policy for Connecticut's 149 local and 17 regional school districts, she is “widely recognized as one of the entertainment industry's top female executives.”

Our disagreement is not with Ms. McMahon's business abilities, but rather her line of work. She is the chief executive officer of the Stamford-based World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., parent corporation of “Raw,” “Royal Rumble,” “Smackdown” and other productions that combine wrestling and acting for bizarre entertainment.

No Connecticut school would condone the ring behavior of the WWE's biggest headliners. Some lessons a child might learn from watching a WWE event: Being a violent bully is cool. Smashing someone over the head with a metal chair won't cause serious injury. Women are sex objects and attracted to the most brutish men. It's entertaining to make fun of people....

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The First Time That Greenwich Time Published An Aticle Concerning McMahon's Appointment Was When Cub Reporter Colin Gustafson Filed This Late Night Education Report On The 15th.....

Greenwich legislators to give wrestling exec a fair shot at state schools post

By Colin Gustafson

Staff Writer
Posted: 01/15/2009 08:08:08 PM EST

State lawmakers from Greenwich say they intend to give the World Wrestling Entertainment's chief executive a fair hearing about her qualifications when considering her nomination to the state's top.

Linda McMahon, 60, a Greenwich resident and chief executive of Stamford-based WWE Inc., has been nominated by Gov. M. Jodi Rell to help set education policy as a member of the state Board of Education.

McMahon, who co-founded WWE with her husband, Vince, in 1982, has been an occasional performer on its pro wrestling shows, nationally known for their choreographed fights, melodramatic story lines and outlandish behavior by burly, tough-talking performers.

In one episode, Linda McMahon can be seen before hundreds of spectators in a wrestling ring, telling a business-suited male performer, "You're fired!" before appearing to kick him in the crotch.

Though some editorial writers have raised questions about nominating an executive whose company has been accused of promoting fictional television violence, state Rep. Lile Gibbons, R-Greenwich, said McMahon deserves a fair hearing and should be judged on her credentials in education.

Nominees to the 11-member board "should be judged by the high standards they can bring to it," Gibbons said. "I'm more than willing to have an open mind and see what she brings.".....

...."I have always had a tremendous interest in how we educate our children," McMahon said in a statement in which she said she hopes to "be an advocate for a stronger education system in our state and our country."

She declined, through a spokesman, to be interviewed Thursday.....

McMahon, whose nomination was announced by the governor last weekend, must be approved by the General Assembly's Executive and Legislative Nominations Committee before facing a legislative confirmation hearing Feb. 5.

If confirmed, her term on the board would end in March 2011.

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THE GREENWICH TIME LISTENS......

At 6:21 PM On Wednesday The 13th Greenwich Roundup Complained That You Wont Read About Gov Jody Rell Appointing A Greenwich Resident To The State Board Of Education In The Greenwich Time

Greenwich Roundup Even Commented That There Was A "HARD HITTING" EDITORIAL ABOUT GREENWICH AND ITS FROM NEW LONDON CT: "Nominee's Skill: Promoting Cruelty"

The Next Morning (Thursday The 15th) Greenwich Time Managing Editor Bruce Hunter Told Cub Reporter Colin Gustafson To Call Up Linda McMahon To Get The Story. Linda McMahon Wasn't Talking So The Wet Behind The Ears Gustafson Was Stuck, Because He Really Didn't Have Any Hatford Contacts.

Thursday He Started Feverishly Calling Hartford To Try And Get Greenwich's New Freshmen Legislators To Give Him A Quote.

A Clueless Fred Camillo said, "I'm sure the governor has done her homework on whether (McMahon) is qualified."

The Story Was Feveriously Thrown Up On The Web At 08:00:05 On Thursday the 15th Some And The Story Was Reposted At The Stamford Advocate At 08:08:08

Google Analytics Shows That The Greenwich Time Server Repeated Visted Greenwich Time Web Pages About Linda McMahon And The WWE All Day Thursday.

Something Tells Greenwich Roundup That The Logs To Those Hearst Newspaper Server Will Probably Resolve Down To Managing Editor Bruce Hunter And Cub Reporter Colin Gustafson.

If We Said It Once

We Said It A Thousand Times.....

When Greenwich Roundup Types:

The Greenwich Time Listens....

To view a video of Linda " Ball Buster McMahon's performance, please visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSZOBvtMCwQ.

HOWEVER, GREENWICH BLOGGER NICK "THE SLY" FOX

PROBABLY LIKES GOVERNOR RELL"S CHOICE:

The Fox Trot By Nick "The Sly" Fox

Preview for Tonight's WWE Smackdown!

ECW Champion Jack Swagger & Mark Henry vs. Matt Hardy & Finlay The Brian Kendrick vs. R-Truth Last Man Standing Match If MVP loses, Triple H loses his spot...

The Fox Trot By Nick "The Sly" Fox

BREAKING NEWS!! WWE Relases 2 Wrestlers!

Both D-LO Brown and Val Venis have been released by WWE!!! More news to follow!

AND NOW ONCE AGAIN BACK TO THE RAW GREENWICH NEWS FEED:

New Canaan swimmers top Westhill/Stamford

Stamford Advocate

The Rams needed to respond after falling to the FCIAC's deepest and most experienced team in Greenwich. New Canaan also needed to accomplish this task ...

ROY-HART: Superintendent candidate Manko looking for next challenge Union-Sun & Journal
... out of Colgate University's master's of arts in teaching degree program. Teaching secondary social studies in Greenwich, Conn., Manko landed a full-time job with the district. That led to acceptance into Syracuse University's Maxwell School of ...

Stamford girls hang on for 9th straight win

Norwalk Advocate

By Jesse Quinlan The ball was in the hands of the game's leading scorer, just as the Greenwich High School girls basketball team had hoped for. ...

CAKE: a Mid Career Retrospective of Sculptor and Visual Artist Don...
PRESS RELEASE PR.com
... in 1989. His success and many prestigious commissions (including the bust of William Finch at Bush Holly House in Greenwich, CT) have not stopped Desper from wading into new modes of creative expression. With the addition of poetry to his ...

Mr. Thomas Foster: An Unsung Squash Hero

The Choate News, CT

Under his leadership the girls played to a second place finish in the New England Championship, finishing behind only perennial powerhouse Greenwich Academy ...

Falling Asset Values, Job Losses Make Breaking Up Harder to Do for Couples
Bloomberg
... alimony by claiming their plunge in fortunes isna t short-lived, said Cynthia Hartwell , a divorce lawyer in Greenwich, Connecticut. Good Time a oeIf the breadwinner or your employer has been affected by the downturn, it is a good time to get ...

Girls hockey: RHS edges Greenwich, 2-1

Ridgefield Press

Cara Lockwood and Rachel Morrison scored goals as the Ridgefield High girls hockey team avenged an early season loss with a 2-1 win over host Greenwich on ...

Linda Y. Tsai weds Richard C. Weinhart

Independent Press

She is an equity analyst at MKM Partners, a securities trading and research firm in Greenwich, Conn. She graduated from Barnard College and received an MBA ...

SUPER BOWL STUNTS: $6 million a minute: where stunts and strategy ...

The Keene Sentinel, NH

... as a way to latch on to the Super Bowl buzz,” says Jack Trout, president of Trout & Partners, a marketing-strategy firm in Old Greenwich, Conn. ...

Innovations in the Third Dimension: Sculpture of Our Time at The Bruce Museum
Art Daily
The Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Connecticut, showcases forty-five masterpieces of modern sculpture in its major winter exhibition, Innovations in the Third Dimension: Sculpture of Our Time, illustrating how ...


Report: Tax revenue up $77.5M from year ago
Norwalk Advocate

There is a candle of hope out there in this ill economy, one retailer said Thursday, after the state reported a $77.5 million increase in sales and use taxes that business collected in December.

The state Department of Revenue Services' monthly tax revenue report showed Connecticut businesses collected $355.6 million from retail and other sales and rentals in December 2008, compared with $278.1 million a year earlier.

Collections were, however, down $47.5 million for the period of July 1 through Dec. 31, 2008, from the same period in 2007, the department said. Connecticut's fiscal year runs from July 1 to June 30.

In a monthly report on retail and food services released Jan. 14, the U.S. Census Bureau said national retail and food services sales amounted to $343 billion in December 2008, compared to $380 billion in December 2007. This is a drop of 2.7 percent nationally.

"We've been doing good," Jill Leonard Tavallo, a spokeswoman for Norwalk-based retailer Stew Leonard's, said Thursday. "Thank God people have to eat."

But Tavallo said this doesn't mean times are easy. "We notice the way customers buy has changed, but we haven't noticed a drop in our average sales."

She said people still are shopping at Stew's and the store ended up coming out ahead for 2008. The company is privately held and does not disclose sales figures. As a grocer, most of what Stew's sells is not subject to sales tax, including food for human consumption. ....

....Ansonia: $82.5 million, -1.4 percent Bridgeport: $1.1 billion, +15 percent Danbury: $4.4 billion, +171 percent* Greenwich: $1.2 billion, +5.1 percent ...


From small town to big screen
Waterbury Republican American
David is an auto enthusiast and his friend, Nick Pagani of Greenwich, is a classic car collector who frequently supplies movie studios with old vehicles. ...

Will Apple sue Palm over Pre?
DesignLines
... think the software is the key ingredient," he added. Brian Marshall, a financial analyst with Broadpoint.AmTech (Greenwich, Conn.) said he took Cook's response as a shot across Palm's bow. "That's who they seem to have in their sights," Marshall ...


Creditors Sue Archway Owner
Wall Street Journal
... committee is now resorting to baseless claims in a 'kitchen sink' filing at the 11th hour," said a representative of Catterton, of Greenwich, Conn. ...

Thirty-Year Treasuries Post Biggest Weekly Loss Since 1987 on Glut Concern
Bloomberg
... $62.5 billion in 10-year duration equivalents, according to David Ader , head of U.S. interest-rate strategy at Greenwich, Connecticut-based RBS Greenwich Capital Markets, another primary dealer. a oeWea re facing the largest sale of 10-year ...


Greenwich school takes CPR to heart
Stamford Advocate
But some 55 Greenwich Country Day School staff and faculty members lived down that reputation Friday during a mandatory CPR certification course. ...

Meet the New Majority, Same As the Old Majority
AmSpec Blog
... Whites than winning more black and Hispanic votes. They want Republicans to once again be able to carry places like Greenwich, Connecticut and Lincoln, Massachusetts.


Wilton instruments find new home
The Hour, CT
Wilton High School band director Frank "Chip" Gawle said Greenwich Music, Norwalk Music and Goldie and Libro Music Center in New Haven have agreed to help ...

ProSales Honors Top Dealers at IBS Event
Tools of the Trade
... in the industry. The 2008 Excellence Awards winners, locations, and categories are: Interstate + Lakeland Lumber, Greenwich, Conn. / Showroom Millwork Masters, Keene, N.H. / Marketing Construction Supply, Farmington, N.M. / Technology TW Perry's ...


Religion briefs
Stamford Advocate
GREENWICH -- Tony Campolo, a nationally known pastor, sociologist, social activist, author and commentator, will discuss "Faith and the Future of the ...

Hicks to Resign from United Rentals Board; Three New Directors Elected
Rental Equipment Register
... of the board. Wayland has worked tirelessly to advance our company, to the great benefit of all our stakeholders.' Greenwich, Conn.-based United Rentals is No. 1 on the RER 100.


Bulletin Board
Stamford Advocate
Girls Incorporated seeks teen girls ages 14-18 from the Greenwich area to participate in the National Corporate Camp for Entrepreneurs Competition. ...

Economy turning second homes into rental properties
International Herald Tribune
... "Now the rate of sales has gone way down." Many of HomeAway's new clients are like Debra and Bill Finerman of Greenwich, Connecticut, who in 2007 paid 800,000, or about $1 million at the time, for a two-bedroom apartment near the Seine in the Sixth ...


Community almanac
Stamford Advocate
LUNCH BUNCH For Greenwich residents older than 55 with a senior ID: four-course meal at Greenwich Hospital cafeteria, noon to 2 pm Saturday for $4.50.


22 CT and NY music students vie for GBS award
Connecticut Post
Municipalities represented in this year's competition are: Bridgeport, Greenwich, New Canaan, Orange, Easton and Milford, each with one candidate; ...

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1/17/09 The Greenwich Citizen And The Greenwich Post Have Not Updated Since Friday, But Greenwich Roundup Is Here With The Raw Greenwich News Feed

The Raw Greenwich News Feed
Spaning The Globe To Bring You The Latest News About Greenwich..... (Continuously Updated Thoughout The Day)

Courtney Shea and Stephen Ball Jr.

New York Times

Courtney Erin Shea and Stephen Franklin Wilson Ball Jr. are to be married Sunday in Greenwich, Conn. The Rev. Shawn W. Cutler is to perform the ceremony at ...

Saxons ties school record for consecutive dual-meet wins; AU women ...

AU News, NY

Junior Andrew Brisson (Greenwich, CT/Greenwich) took second in the 100-yard and 500-yard free; senior Tyler Monroe (Conesus, NY/Livonia) was second in the ...

Metro-North commuters criticize crowding, parking
News Times
... when the DOT isn't doing anything to increase parking at the stations," Cameron said. "Between Fairfield and Greenwich, the parking is maxed out." State transportation department spokesman Judd Everhart said the report will be reviewed, but he ...

Hedge Funds, Unhinged

New York Times

Their decisions will reverberate beyond Greenwich, Conn., the New York suburb that is a haven for hedge fund honchos. Pension funds, endowments and

Brothers honor their dad with sportsmanship trophy
Star-Gazette
... were spent long after Ralph and Craig left the program. That's one of the reasons Ralph and Craig, who lives in Greenwich, Conn., decided to create a sportsmanship award in memory of their father, who died Oct. 15, 2007. 'Dad didn't want a lot ...

Future Fisherman tries to get kids hooked on fishing

Stamford Advocate

Other good herring locations include Stamford's East Branch and Grass Island off Greenwich. Because of the lower water salinity in the Housatonic River, ...

Oregon Democratic donor says he just wanted good inaugural tickets
The Oregonian

More than anyone else in Oregon, Win McCormack is helping pay for Barack Obama's inaugural celebrations.

McCormack, a longtime publisher and writer who has become one of the state's largest Democratic donors, gave the maximum $50,000 allowed to the committee and is credited with raising another $50,000 from others.

McCormack, the heir to a Midwestern banking fortune, shrugged off the contribution, saying he was just looking for good tickets to the inaugural activities.

"It's a great moment in American history," he said. "I think he's the Democratic leader with the most potential for greatness since Bobby (Kennedy). And I want to be part of that moment."....

....McCormack gave nearly $350,000 to Democratic presidential and congressional candidates in the past two elections. And in the past two years, he gave $333,000 to local and state candidates and ballot measure campaigns in Oregon.

On top of that, he made the biggest political donation of his life -- $1 million -- to an independent voter turnout group seeking to topple Bush in 2004. The group, America Coming Together, operated independently of the Democratic Party so that wealthy donors could exceed federal campaign finance limits....

....And last year, he wrote a book -- "You Don't Know Me, A Citizen's Guide to Republican Family Values" -- that chronicled dozens of sex scandals involving Republican figures. He thought Republican sexual hypocrisy was inextricably linked to the party's misdeeds in government.

McCormack was reared in Greenwich, Conn., the son of a successful New York lawyer, who had grown up poor, and a mother from a storied family.

His maternal ancestors first made money as papermakers in early 18th-century New England and then in a gunpowder business that rivaled the DuPonts'.

McCormack's great-grandfather founded the Northern Trust Company Bank in Chicago and, with his sons, started Illinois Tool Works, a Fortune 500 company. ....

...He began fundraising for Obama, to the point that he has a little trouble remembering just what he has done. For example, he's not sure he actually raised another $50,000 for the inaugural committee, as it claims.

Still, he added with a smile and a tap of his pipe, "I'm willing to take credit for it."
He also grins when asked what else he might seek during his trip to Washington. Does he want an ambassadorship or something?

"Well," he replied, "I want to serve on the National Endowment for the Humanities. ... I'm going to try to get an appointment to that. And, you know, being an ambassador might be fun, in the second term. I don't have time for it now."

Violations dip at I-95 weigh station

Norwalk Advocate

By Martin B. Cassidy

While maintaining an increased presence to snare unsafe tractor-trailers, violations fell about 14 percent at the Greenwich weigh station ...

Suffield Academy swimmer shatters 27-year pool record
MassLive.com
... credited his teammates with helping him. Teammates Connor Beaulieu of Windsor, Conn., and Evan Ciecimirski of Greenwich, Conn., kept up with Casey for 400 yards, and Beaulieu wound up second with a time of 4:39.94. Like Casey's effort, Beaulieu's ...

NHS girls stop Cardinals

The Hour, CT

Kristina Magdalinos had tied the game at 38 with the only 3-pointer for Greenwich (3-5, 4-7). "I'm happy we came out on the winning side, but we gave away ...

Pet food costs on the rise

Animal Crazy

.. the biggest slice of the pet-products industry, estimated to be $43.4 billion in 2008 by the American Pet Products Association Inc. in Greenwich, Conn. ...

In the Region

New York Times

GREENWICH Bruce Museum “Celebrating a Life of Love,” annual celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday featuring the Messiah Baptist Gospel Choir from ...

Peter Foster: From gamblers to bankers
National Post
... and Aaron Brown, a risk manager fo AQR Capital Management, based in Greenwich, Conn. Humans are natural gamblers, and, as A World of Chance makes clear, gambling and commercial risk taking have been ...

Skaters medal at Mass. meet

Norwalk Advocate

... Norwalk's Molly Gaumer-Klein, Syla King and Alexandra Pennella, Westport's Brielle Hutchinson and Michaela Macdonald, and Greenwich's Samantha Scordo. ...

Broadway Producers File Grievance Against Piven

Popeater, NY

Finally, I went to a doctor at Greenwich Hospital in Connecticut just so it wouldn't turn into a circus. He said, 'you've got to stop working. ...

Men's squash routs Vassar, 9-0

Bates College Sports News

...first-year Bobby Burns (Greenwich, Conn.) at No. 6, senior Marc Taggart (Skippack, Pa.) at No. 8 and senior Charlie Johnson (Atlanta, Ga.) at No. 9. ...

Journalist began his storied career as global reporter
HeraldTribune.com
... after he returned to the United States in 1985. He divided his time in recent years between Sarasota and Old Greenwich, Conn. He was born June 29, 1920, in Concordia, Kansas. Afflicted with asthma since childhood, he suffered from chronic ...

VisionRx GlaucomaCheck(TM) Is the First Patented, Clinical-Grade ...

DMN Newswire (press release), CA

GREENWICH, CT -- (Marketwire) -- In support of National Glaucoma Awareness Month, VisionRx has launched its groundbreaking online glaucoma test, ...

Scott High teacher sold books after retirement

Toledo Blade

A native of Greenwich, Conn., Mr. Leo was a Navy veteran of World War II. He received a bachelor's degree from Kentucky Wesleyan College and a master of ...

Pfizer May Cut A Third Of US Sales Force

Hartford Courant

Barbara Ryan, a Deutsche Bank analyst in Greenwich, Conn., said in an interview last month. The layoffs, which will include middle managers, ...

Nymex Gas Falls on Concern U.S. Recession Will Deepen, Curbing Fuel Demand
Bloomberg
... this weather, I dona t know what is going to make it rally,a said Tom Orr , research director at Weeden & Co. in Greenwich, Connecticut. a oeResidential demand had to go up so commercial demand had to go off a cliff.a Falling Demand About 74 percent ...

Speculative Real Estate Bad for Market, Says CEO

The Epoch Times, NY

“I live in Greenwich, Connecticut; I think the first or second wealthiest community in the United States. I had to live there because I was managing a ...

A whole new game when re-entering the job hunt
PilotOnline.com
... their careers. "The game is new for seasoned executives," said Debra Feldman, an executive talent agent based in Greenwich, Conn. "Today's environment is not always welcoming for even the most successful, passionate, capable and proven individuals. ...

Financial reversal sets trend
MarketWatch
... for them and Citigroup are "still treating the symptoms," said Michael Darda, an economist with MKM Partners in Greenwich, Conn. "The underlying cause is falling home prices and highly leveraged households," he said. Darda ran some data on the last ...

Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport Contracts for Suite of...
Airport Business
GREENWICH, Conn. /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- PASSUR Aerospace, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: PSSR) announced today that ...

Midwest Inc. to move distribution center to Tennessee
Post-Bulletin
... leader in giftware and home decor. The company was acquired in 2001 by Blyth, a home-decor company based in Greenwich, Conn. Cannon Falls offered everything it could to get the distribution center to stay, but Tennessee offered a better tax package, ...

John H. McGuire
Village Soup
NAPLES, FLA. : John H. McGuire, 93, of Naples, Fla., and formerly of Greenwich, Conn., died peacefully Jan.

Travelers at Westchester airport marvel at 'miracle' on TV
Journal News
... 'What would it feel like to land on the water?' Other Charlotte-bound passengers, including Jack Vartuli, 37, of Greenwich, Conn., said the incident made them feel a little uneasy about stepping onto the plane. 'It's kind of an odd thing to ...

Kissimmee Econo Lodge sells for $1.7M
Orlando Business Journal
... LLC . CBRE Hotels , a hotel/resort specialty practice within CB Richard Ellis , represented the seller, a Greenwich, Conn.-based hedge fund, in the deal. CBRE Hotels Senior Vice President Robert Taylor and associate Lisa Zaranek teamed with two ...
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