Hyper Local News Pages

Web Stats Provided By Google Analytics

Showing posts with label Railroads. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Railroads. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

11/04/08 The Raw Greenwich Business News Feed


More than just a hobby
Seacoast Online
... dolls and antique collectors items with price tags of up to $1,000. Diane Drake, owner of Diane's Doll Shoppe in Greenwich, Conn., said her highest priced dolls sell for around $2,500 and many antique doll collectors will pay more than $10,000 for a ...


Weaver Leather sells majority interest to private firm
The-Daily-Record.com
Weaver Leather has sold a majority interest to Capital Partners, a small Greenwich, Conn., private equity firm, to "ensure the long-term stability of the company," officials said in a release.


High-end U.S. markets show cracks in the foundation
The Real Deal
... $360,000, and in Beverly Hills, the median home price has plunged to $930,000 from $1.8 million the year before. Greenwich, Conn., with its manicured green lawns and pristine beaches, may have seemed immune to the real estate slump, but median ...


Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation's (MMRF) Annual Gala Raises More ...
Earth Times
NORWALK, Conn. - The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation raised over $1.5 million at its 12th annual "Friends for Life" Fall Gala held on November 1, 2008 in Greenwich, Conn.


Boeing jet production will be slow to restart
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
... in 2009, which had been the plan. In a report Monday, Peter Arment of American Technology Research, based in Greenwich, Conn., said the strike and other factors probably have delayed first flight to at least February or March, with deliveries ...


Genesee & Wyoming Q3 results top projections
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen
... er, coal, coke and ores, metals, farm and food products, minerals and stone, and petroleum products. Shares of the Greenwich, Connecticut-based company closed at $33.35 Friday on the New York Stock Exchange.


Rivals snatch AIG staff as uncertainty lingers
Business Insurance
... teams of AIG executives have moved to other insurers. For example, W.R. Berkley Corp. has picked up two teams. The Greenwich, Conn.-based insurer created a worldwide property unit for energy risks and named former AIG executive Frank Costa as its ...


Emerging markets face financing crunch
Globeinvestor.com
... the face of a continued refinancing freeze," Alan Ruskin, chief international strategist at RBS Global Banking in Greenwich, Connecticut, wrote clients. "Nowhere is this more acute than the foreign currency financing in the emerging world, where ...


Monday, April 14, 2008

04/14/08 - The Raw Greenwich News Feed For Monday


Let's Take A Look At What's Going On In And Around Greenwich

The Raw Feed


  1. March retail sales unexpectedly rise 0.2 pct

    Reuters

    ... we're in, but it gives you a little bit of hope," said Steve Goldman, a market strategist for Weeden & Co in Greenwich, Connecticut. Food and beverage store sales rose 0.4 percent, reflecting price rises for commodities. Excluding automobiles, ...

  2. Genesee & Wyoming Inc. Reports Traffic for March 2008 and the First Quarter of 2008

    PR Newswire

    GREENWICH, Conn., FirstCall/ -- Genesee & Wyoming Inc. today reported traffic volumes for March 2008 and the first quarter of 2008.

  3. A feature with speaking creatures benefits the environment

    Journal News

    ... like Madrone, the lead buck played by Johnny Ferro. The 21-year-old White Plains High School grad lives in Greenwich, Conn. 'Madrone is kind of arrogant but wants what's best for the herd,' Ferro said. ''I had taken theater class but never wanted ...

    Related Topix: New York Metro, Suffern, NY, Arts, Theater

  4. Books for Grownups: January 2008

    Publishers' Weekly

    ... in this mystery about a Manhattan bookshop clerk who inherits a fortune from her late father and moves to Greenwich, Conn., where she falls in with a group of smart, bored housewives who gossip, drink too much and sleep around with each other's ...

  5. Man Who Conceived NRA Invents Locking Bottle Top

    Modern Mechanix

    A BOTTLE stopper which can be locked into the neck of the container is the newest creation of Frank E. Vanderhoof, Greenwich, Connecticut, inventor and father of the NRA.


  6. A Trail Of Death And Gruesome Injuries

    The Hartford Courant

    Glenn O'Loughlin will spend the rest of his life taking things slowly. A surgical error made 13 years ago by Dr.

  7. Dollar's Decline May Slow After G-7 Officials Raise Concern About Its Drop

    Bloomberg.com - Asia

    ... attached to the comments about fluctuation,'' said Alan Ruskin , head of international currency strategy at RBS Greenwich Capital Markets in Greenwich, Connecticut. ``Yet, its one thing making bold statements but that's still a long way away from ...

===========================================

Please send comments and your news stories to GreenwichRoundup@gmail.com

Albert Camus : By definition, a government has no conscience. Sometimes it has a policy, but nothing more.

Tuesday, January 1, 2008

01/01/08 Happy New Year !!! Here Is The Raw Greenwich News Feed

For The Latest Greenwich News Click Here
For The Greenwich Roundup Homepage.

Securities filings show Neenah Enterprises files to go public
Tuesday Winona Daily News
... have changed hands since Nov. 23. The majority shareholder is Tontine Capital Partners, an investment firm in Greenwich, Conn.

Genesee & Wyoming Completes Acquisition of Maryland Midland Railway
PR Newswire
GREENWICH, Conn., January 1, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Genesee & Wyoming Inc.

How sub-prime crisis made fools of credit raters
The New Zealand Herald
... Steven Eisman, 45, who manages the US$1.5 billion FrontPoint Financial Services hedge fund for Morgan Stanley in Greenwich, Connecticut. "The paper just deteriorates every single month." Warrack and managing director Susan Barnes, 42, explained ...

Phys Ed classes could get technical
Norwalk Advocate
... by technology. Laptops, digital cameras, iPods, heart-rate monitors and pedometers are all being requested by the Greenwich Public Schools for the 2008-09 budget year to expand the limited number of technology tools they have now. Colleen Morey, ...

One last glance at 2007
Norwalk Advocate
Some of Greenwich's top newsmakers in 2007 garnered attention for all the wrong reasons.

Goal scoring on hold Flynn must watch and wait as he recover from leg injury
Norwalk Advocate
... lost to New Canaan (4-0), Darien (8-1) and Ridgefield (6-2) in the FCIAC Christmas Tournament, and face a tough Greenwich team tomorrow. Flynn is shooting to return for the Vikings' Jan. 23 game against Trinity Catholic. 'It's not easy to ...

A new view of downtown
Norwalk Advocate
A Greenwich lawyer has plans to build an 80-room hotel, restaurant and spa, new retail and office spaces, underground parking, public walkways and a mix of affordable and market-rate housing in the heart of .

Relief from $3 gasoline unlikely
Las Vegas Review Journal
... of long-term sub-$3 gasoline, you may have to keep dreaming. Michael Darda, chief economist at MKM Partners in Greenwich, Conn., said the only thing that could drop national gasoline prices so much would be a recession or a major pullback in crude ...


Hecker leads Tigers
NewsTimesLive.com
... 25-12. Maddie Sposito made 10 saves in net for the Tigers, who improve to 2-3 on the season. The Tigers will play Greenwich on Wednesday at 3:30 in an Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference game. Ridgefield (2-3) ...


Business people in the news
The Journal News
... Residence at The Wartburg, Mount Vernon. Previously she was a private duty nurse practitioner. Rosemarie Moreno , Greenwich, Conn., has been named wellness coordinator at Meadowview Assisted Living Residence at The Wartburg, Mount Vernon. She will ...

The Raw Greenwich Blog And RSS Feed - Bloggers Who Are From, Work In Or Used To Live In Greenwich