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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02/05/09 The Raw Greenwich News Feed (Updated)

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Congressman Himes In Norwalk to Celebrate Approval of SCHIP Bill
WSTC-AM Norwalk

Greenwich Congressman Jim Himes will be in Norwalk this week to celebrate President Barack Obama's approval of the children's federal health insurance bill.

Buffett cancels annual event with biographer .....

Warren Buffett peeved over The Snowball?

Pundit Review
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- Billionaire Warren Buffett worked closely with Alice Schroeder during the five years that she researched his life story, but the author says her relationship with the investor has cooled since the book's release last fall.

And Schroeder says Buffett told her last month that he would no longer attend a dinner she's hosted since 1998 on the eve of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s annual meeting in Omaha each spring.

"We've had very little contact since the book has been published. A few e-mails, and that's it," Schroeder said Wednesday in an interview from her home in Greenwich, Conn ......

The Bernie Madoff Client List Is Made Public
Time
... clarification on allowing his employees to file individually. It is known that feeder funds such as Fairfield Greenwich, Ascot Partners, and Chais Investments, which are listed in the court document, had thousands of individual investors who placed ...

This Weekend
The Wilton Bulletin
... The 92nd Bendheim Member Juried Exhibition will open Thursday, Feb. 5, in the Bendheim Art Gallery at 299 Greenwich Avenue, Greenwich. A reception with the artists will take place Friday, Feb. 6, from 6 to 9 p.m. and the show, which has been ...

Nymex Gas Rises After Report of Larger-Than-Normal U.S. Inventory Decline
Bloomberg
... next week. a oeIt has been unbelievably cold in the Midwest,a said Tom Orr , research director at Weeden & Co. in Greenwich, Connecticut. a oeI dona t see a catalyst to take gas much higher.a Natural gas for March delivery rose 5.7 cents, or 1.2 ...

Will M'soft make its own smart phone?
EETimes
... that Microsoft is planning to launch a smartphone," wrote Rob Sandserson and Mark McKechnie of Broadpoint AmTech (Greenwich, Conn.). Not so fast, said Rick Doherty, principal of market watcher Envisioneering (Seaford, NY). "We expect a Windows ...

Grieving a child should not be an individual burden
Darien News-Review
... may feel lost, angry, guilty and deeply sad over the loss. Family Centers, with locations in Darien, Stamford and Greenwich, is the nonprofit umbrella organization for specific programs that aim to help these families and allow them an outlet for ...

Downturn sucks the luster off Valentine's Day....

Flash Is Out For Wealthy On Valentine's Day
The Post Chronicle
... parent Richemont posted a 12 percent drop in sales in the fourth quarter of 2008. In the hedge fund epicenter of Greenwich, Connecticut, buyers are looking at traditional white diamonds that are easier to match with clothes, said John Green, chief ...

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Family Fun: Dinosaurs, Big Red Dog And Disney
Hartford Courant
... examining the process through which artists reconstruct the world of dinosaurs. The museum is at 1 Museum Drive in Greenwich. Admission is $7 for adults, $6 for seniors and students. Members and children under 5 are free. For hours and a list of ...

ANALYSIS: A bitter pill for the public, but...
Times Online
... Many of the proposed bonuses wouldn't even go to British bankers. Many of GBM's workers are based in Greenwich, Connecticut, and financial centres around the globe. The bonus culture is seriously tarnished. It was the nature of bonuses - ...

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1/5/09 The Raw Greenwich News Feed

Greenwich Roundup Is Spanning The Globe To Bring You The Latest Newspaper And Medias Reports Concerning Greenwich......

Stocks retreat over financial, telecom news
The Washington Times
... The S&P sank 4.35, or 0.47 percent, to 927.45. Steven Goldman , the chief market strategist for Weeden & Co. in Greenwich, Conn. , told The Washington Times that the markets tend to discount economic reports and are looking at the bigger picture ...

Red Cross Blood Drives in Greenwich...
WSTC-AM Norwalk
... A sufficient blood supply rests on the generosity of volunteer donors. To schedule an appointment, please call the Greenwich Chapter at 203-869-8444. To donate blood and platelets through the American Red Cross, individuals must be at least 17 years ...

Animation station stops here
Journal News
... the 'Ice Age' movies. The 'Ice Age' franchise is a product of Blue Sky Studios - formerly of White Plains, now of Greenwich, Conn. - which has teamed with the Arts Council and its White Plains neighbor, J.J. Sedelmaier Productions ('Beavis and ...

Consumer: Consignment Shops Save, Earn You Money
WCBS-TV New York
... closet. Yet she pays next to nothing. What's her secret? Consignment. Her store of choice? Second Time Around in Greenwich, Conn. The labels she scoops up include DVD, Trina, Burberry, Tory and Ralph. "I personally love to clean out my closet," ...

US dollar hits three week high
The Age
... this mess and will be the first country that drags itself out," said Andrew Wilkinson, a senior market analyst in Greenwich, Connecticut, at Interactive Brokers Group Inc., which handles about a fifth of all options traded in the US "Europe is ...

Rare WWE Videos Bring Legendary WWE Superstars into the Home.
PRESS RELEASE WebWire

Wrestling sports journalists at ReelWrestling.com release impromptu Jeff Hardy WWE video footage

Greenwich, Connecticut - After his debut WWE Championship win, Jeff Hardy was interviewed by ...

Penda Corp., Durakon Industries to merge
The Business Journal of Milwaukee
... rtners, a private equity firm based in Cleveland, and Durakon owner Littlejohn & Co. LLC, a private equity firm in Greenwich, Conn., will be the shareholders of the combined company. Details of the transaction were not disclosed.

A Helping Hand in Trying Times
Business New Haven
... Grondin succeeds L. Scott Frantz, who in November was elected to the state senate representing the 36th District (Greenwich). Since 1999, Grondin has been resident and CEO of Virginia Industries, a Rocky Hill manufacturer with annual sales of $15 ...

...more
Business New Haven
... Central Park West Apartment, New York, N.Y. Joeb + Partners Architects, LLC Greenwich

Juror comments: "The architect seamlessly tied four existing apartments together into one living space." "There is a ...

Anderson Kill merges with Calif. law firm
Business Insurance
... Anderson Kill's 79 attorneys, according to a statement from New York-based Anderson Kill. Anderson Kill offices in Greenwich, Conn., Newark, N.J., New York, Philadelphia and Washington will retain their current name. The offices in California will ...

Fed Officials Endorse `Big Stimulus' to Pull U.S. Economy Out of Recession
Bloomberg
... seems to be a consensus push to make it larger and larger,a Michael Darda , chief economist at MKM Partners LP in Greenwich, Connecticut, said in an interview with Bloomberg Television, referring to the coming stimulus package. While a ...

Family Law
Daily Business Review
... agreement stated Douglas-David was to receive $43 million in the event of divorce. The couple were married in Greenwich, Conn., in 2002 and have no children, although the agreement records her desire to do so. In a financial affidavit filed by ...

Bank of Little Rock Searching for Equity
ArkansasBusiness.com
... a foreclosure suit seeking repayment of a $41.5 million loan. Equity and its creditor, Silver Point Finance LLC of Greenwich, Conn., have since agreed to a restructuring agreement, according to U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of ...

Conn. residents give $575,000 to inaugural
News Times
... to the Presidential Inaugural Committee. Ten gave the maximum $50,000, including award-winning film director and Greenwich resident Ron Howard, and former state Treasurer Francisco Borges. The committee has collected more than $24 million from 1,176 ...

Ousted workers start ventures of their own
CrainsNewYork.com
... Lugossy, who lost his job as an equity trader at UBS in 2005, is now happily running Continental Wine & Spirit in Greenwich, Conn., which he bought in 2006. Downshifting To pay for the shop-which was as expensive as a new house, he says-Mr. Lugossy ...

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