08/05/09 The Stamford Briefing By Robo Blogger (Updated)

Comprehensive News Feed for Stamford, CT.

• Oil Rises on U.S. Distillate Stock Drop, Optimism
  posted on August 06, 2009 03:25:19 am
  ... and demand increase, I think that has boosted heating oil," said Gene McGillian, analyst for Tradition Energy in Stamford, Connecticut. U.S. heating oil futures settled up 2.92 percent, with traders citing higher distillate demand outside the United ...
• American Business Gives Fed High Marks in Crisis Management
  posted on August 04, 2009 11:11:43 pm
  ... handling of the financial crisis, a survey showed Tuesday. The survey of 231 companies by Greenwich Associates of Stamford, Connecticut, found that nearly 65 percent gave a positive rating to the performance of the Fed and its chairman, Ben ...
• LeBeau Takes the Leap
  posted on June 18, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... so many meetings with her commissioners, her senior staff or serious journalists." State Sen. Andrew McDonald, D-Stamford, told Bromage he usually discerned Rell's positions on issues affecting the Judiciary Committee he co-chairs by reading her ...
• Treasury Plans to Sell Record $75 Billion Debt, Expands Offering of TIPS
  posted on August 05, 2009 11:36:47 pm
  ... on them remains acute,a said William Oa Donnell , U.S. government bond strategist at RBS Securities Inc. in Stamford, Connecticut. a oeThey seem to be satisfied with the current suite of nominal issuance. There doesna t seem to be any imminent ...
• Baseball Fans Give Back
  posted on August 05, 2009 09:39:01 pm
  ... we love the very next day." On April 17th, Baseball Fans Give Back will host a "Baseball Day" event with Domus, a Stamford, CT-based, organization that works with at-risk and under-privileged youth. This day will have both physical and learning ...
• Verizon request irks unions
  posted on August 05, 2009 03:22:56 pm
  ... objected to a memo the company sent asking workers to refrain from publicly discussing its $5.3 billion deal with Stamford, Conn.-based Frontier Communications Corp. Verizon asked employees to comply with the Securities and Exchange Commission's ...
• White Plains Hospital Center Welcomes New Director
  posted on August 05, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  Joseph Ho, M.D., of Stamford, CT, has been appointed to the position of Director of Pain Management and Palliative Care at White Plains Hospital Center.
• Stamford police investigate death
  posted on August 05, 2009 02:22:41 pm
  ... the friends were able to positively identify Maldonado. Investigators notified his relatives Tuesday afternoon. Stamford Police Capt. Richard Conklin said police got an anonymous phone call shortly before midnight Monday. He declined to disclose ...
• Jazz on the Plaza @ Stamford Town Center Plaza
  posted on August 05, 2009 01:48:19 pm
  Event details: Jazz on the Plaza Date: 08/05/09 Venue: Stamford Town Center Plaza 6:00PM End time: 8:00PM Description: The new outdoor Plaza at Stamford Town Center is the 'go to place' this summer for 'live' jazz entertainment every Wednesday night in Stamford Downtown.
• Warm feelings draw Madonia's owners
  posted on August 05, 2009 10:44:07 am
  It was love at first sight upon walking into Giordano's Italian Steakhouse in Stamford, according to Charles Trombetta, though his vision is impaired from retinitis pigmentosa.
• WVa Unions Blast Verizon Over 'Quiet Period'
  posted on August 05, 2009 10:42:14 am
  ... things, not to discuss the sale on blogs or web sites. Verizon plans to sell its wire line business in 14 states to Stamford, Conn.-based Frontier Communications for $8.6 billion.
• Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc. Announces Offering of $150 Million of Senior Notes
  posted on April 08, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... and accompanying prospectus may be obtained from Jefferies & Company, Inc. at One Station Place, Three North, Stamford, CT 06902, Attention: Timothy Lepore or at 1-888-708-5831, from Goldman, Sachs & Co. at 85 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004, ...
• Stamford man arrested on Ridgefield warrant
  posted on August 05, 2009 07:59:59 am
  Edwin Galeano, 41, of Spruce Street in Stamford, was arrested Friday in Stamford, then transferred to Ridgefield, where he was wanted on a warrant.
• Curtain Call's Summer Youth Theatre opens 'The King and I'
  posted on August 05, 2009 06:36:04 am
  ... ended last week as the group moved from Curtain Call's home at the Kweskin Theatre to the 900-seat auditorium at Stamford's Rippowam Middle School, where they will perform the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic Wednesday through Aug. 15. The Kweskin is ...
• Police identify man found dead on sidewalk
  posted on August 05, 2009 06:06:42 am
  UPDATE: Police identify man found dead on sidewalk By CHASE WRIGHT Times Staff Writer STAMFORD -- Stamford Police say they are investigating the "untimely death" of a Hispanic male who was found lying face down on a West Main Street sidewalk late Monday night.
• Pressure on Obama to Move Fast on Cybersecurity Appointment
  posted on August 05, 2009 04:53:15 am
  ... and empire building, not driving change for the better of cybersecurity," said John Pescatore, an analyst with Stamford, Conn.-based Gartner Inc. "It really does need someone who is more interested in the political and visibility aspects, not the ...
• People on the move
  posted on August 05, 2009 04:09:00 am
  ... world. Prior to today's announcement, she was a senior equity partner at Robert H. Schaffer & Associates based in Stamford, Conn., and managing partner of its London office.'Katie will work closely with Russell leaders to implement human capital ...
• Russell Names New Global Chief HR Officer
  posted on August 05, 2009 03:59:05 am
  ... the firm." Prior to joining Russell, Beavan was a senior equity partner at Robert H. Schaffer & Associates based in Stamford, CT, and managing partner of their London office. Beavan brings to the role more than 25 years of HR experience, both in ...
• Understimulated: Bailouts have been 'ineffective,' large investors say
  posted on August 05, 2009 03:48:00 am
  ... according to a study released today. According to the Greenwich Market Pulse survey, from Greenwich Associates of Stamford, Conn., 52% of more than 400 institutional investors it polled believed that the $787 billion economic package passed this ...
• CT Gop Chair Sanctions Right-Wing Attempts To Shut Down Town Halls
  posted on August 05, 2009 03:28:49 am
  ... 6th, 6:30pm Woodstock Academy 57 Academy Rd, Woodstock, CT Rep. Jim Himes (CT-04) Thursday, August 6th, 5:30pm Stamford Senior Center, 2nd Floor 888 Washington Blvd, Stamford, CT Wasn't it nice of Daniela Altimari to clean up the memo and not ...