02/11/09 The Raw Greenwich News Feed

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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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12/08/08 The Raw Greenwich News Feed

Risk redux
Pensions & Investments
... be put out of business," said Clifford S. Asness, managing and founding principal of AQR Capital Management LLC , Greenwich, Conn. Indeed, as Leslie Rahl, president and founder of New York-based Capital Market Risk Advisors Inc., pointed out: "I ...

Town Says No
Wiscasset Newspaper
... to come up with a $250,000 payment got a quick thumbs down at Tuesday nights selectmens meeting. Point East, a Greenwich, Conn. firm which bought 400 acres of land from the town for the park several years ago, had plans to develop the park under the ...

Harmony Development Signs Mou with Florida State University to Develop Energy R&D Facility
Osceola County News Feed
HARMONY DEVELOPMENT, A STARWOOD CAPITAL AFFILIATE, SIGNS MOU WITH FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY TO DEVELOP ENERGY R&D FACILITY GREENWICH, CT/HARMONY, FL December 4, 2008 Harmony Development Company, an affiliate of ...

Shopping at the Plaza
JoongAng Ilbo English News
... Joel Warren and hair stylist Edward Tricomi, shops are each located at the Plaza, in West Hollywood and in Greenwich, Connecticut. The Rolls-Royce Phantom, loved by the super rich around the world, is the official vehicle to serve the top guests at ...

High-flying developer faces loan deadline
CrainsNewYork.com
... this cycle.' Mr. Lawlor declined to comment, but sources say that Broadway owes large sums to Lehman Brothers, RBS Greenwich Capital and many others. It's unclear how Lehman's bankruptcy will affect Broadway and its founder, who until recently was ...

Horsefolk
TIME.com
... and her team of two bays and a brown placed second. Surprise of the show was 15-year-old Joan Dixon of Greenwich, Conn. Miss Dixon, mounted on Colonel Vadim Makaroff's old chestnut mare, Melody Girl, jumped in the touch-and-out sweepstake, ...

Not much needed to get a good cardio workout in racquetball
Democrat & Chronicle
... History: Pro tennis and handball player Joe Sobek is credited with inventing the sport in the 1950s in Greenwich, Conn. The first games were played on existing handball courts. Hall of Famer Marty Hogan, the sport's first pro millionaire, is ...

For Workers, Medical Bills Add to Pain as Firms Fail
StartupJournal
... that is exacerbating health and money problems for tens of thousands of people nationwide. Catterton Partners, a Greenwich, Conn.-based private-equity firm that owned 72-year-old Archway, scrambled to find financing as it struggled with surging ...

Former Olympian helps budding show jumpers
The Knoxville News-Sentinel
... riding and the skills he has to teach them." Leone, a member of the United States Equestrian team, owns a farm in Greenwich, Conn., and spends most of his time competing in events, riding and training horses, and teaching riders how to compete at ...

Spike Scores a Goooaaalll!; Ain't the Taint Grand?; Gangsing Up on ...
New York Press
... who told me to call the taxi and limo office. Frantic and exhausted, I decided to take the express train to Greenwich, which left right away. I had some change left from the taxi, which I had stuffed in my coat pocket. The nice train conductor ...

Palm Beach 911: Thefts, Lost Property, Suspicious Incident, Arrests, Fire-Rescue
Palm Beach Daily News
... LOST PROPERTY Bracelet missing - A woman called police Tuesday from Greenwich, Conn., to report she had lost a custom made 14-karat gold bracelet while visiting her mother in Palm Beach. Cab permit gone ...