08/14/09 The Stamford Briefing (Updated)

Comprehensive News Feed for Stamford, CT.

• Textbooks for rent: Publishers to offer college students the option of renting
  posted on August 14, 2009 07:49:02 pm
  ... used versions that push them to the sidelines, are hoping they have figured out some new strategies to make money. Stamford, Conn.-based Cengage Learning on Thursday announced plans to rent titles directly to students for 40 percent to 70 percent ...
• College textbooks now for rent
  posted on August 14, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... used versions that push them to the sidelines, are hoping they have figured out some new strategies to make money. Stamford, Conn.-based Cengage Learning on Thursday announced plans to rent titles directly to students for 40 percent to 70 percent ...
• Brookfield's new principals introduced
  posted on August 14, 2009 10:58:16 pm
  Educators left posts in New Fairfield, Stamford and Greenwich to join the ranks of school leaders in Brookfield this month.
• Man gets 3 years for gang rape
  posted on August 14, 2009 10:32:42 pm
  ... New Canaan woman that took place over 14 hours in two towns. Wilkens Placide of Norwalk was sentenced Wednesday in Stamford Superior Court. He pleaded guilty in March to third-degree sexual assault and other crimes. Placide was the last of four ...
• Publishers going rent-a-text
  posted on August 14, 2009 09:01:34 pm
  ... used versions that push them to the sidelines, are hoping they have figured out some new strategies to make money. Stamford, Conn.-based Cengage Learning on Thursday announced plans to rent titles directly to students for 40 percent to 70 percent ...
• The Fix: Polling the Town Halls
  posted on August 14, 2009 06:42:45 pm
  ... her as a serious candidate based on a rsum that includes leading a $1 billion publicly traded company based in Stamford, Conn. The source also noted that McMahon would be willing and able to spend significant sums on the race, an x-factor that could ...
• College Textbook Publisher To Rent Books To Students
  posted on August 14, 2009 06:39:55 pm
  A college textbook publisher says it will be the first in the industry to rent books directly to students. Stamford, Conn. based Cengage Learning says it will cost 40 percent to 70 percent less than the suggested retail price. Students will ...
• Conn. publisher says it will rent textbooks to college students
  posted on August 14, 2009 02:58:36 pm
  ... up with spending $100 or more to buy books they have little use for after a semester. Cengage Learning, based in Stamford, Conn., said its rentals would cost 40 percent to 70 percent less than the suggested retail price. Several hundred titles will ...
• MeadWestvaco announces auction
  posted on August 13, 2009 09:29:26 pm
  ... in downtown Dayton was the longtime headquarters of Mead Corp. before its merger with Westvaco Corp. in 2002. Stamford, Conn. was chosen at the time as headquarters of the new company. The company is now based in Glen Allen, Va. Mead employed nearly ...
• Stamford hotel blames rape victim for assault
  posted on August 13, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  STAMFORD, Conn. - Lawyers for a Connecticut hotel where a woman was raped at gunpoint in front of her children is putting some blame on the victim, saying in court documents that she was careless and negligent.
• Elderly man again ruled competent to stand trial
  posted on August 13, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  STAMFORD, Conn. - A 76-year-old Connecticut man has been ruled competent a second time to stand trial for murder in the death of his former daughter-in-law. A Stamford Superior Court judge ruled in May that Gerardo Lombardi could understand the court proceedings and assist in his defense.
• Mortgage rates up, may curb demand
  posted on August 13, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... however, is not as sensitive to changes in rates as in refinancing activity. David Adamo, CEO of Luxury Mortgage in Stamford, Connecticut, said the overriding driver of the housing market at this point is confidence and not interest rates on ...
• Darien police investigate string of robberies
  posted on August 13, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  Darien Police are investigating a string of thefts from at least 10 unlocked cars in the Noroton Heights neighborhood near the Stamford border overnight Wednesday into Thursday, police said.
• #8 - Locals featured in Vineyard Vines catalog
  posted on August 13, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... he said. "They opened the Georgetown store and it made a little more sense." Growing the vine Headquartered in Stamford, Conn., Vineyard Vines was started by Ian and Shep Murray, two brothers who grew up in Connecticut and summered in Martha's ...
• Open source solutions vs. SaaS applications: Weigh the options
  posted on August 12, 2009 10:30:57 pm
  ... applications at heart. According to Yefim Natis, a vice president and distinguished analyst at Gartner Inc. in Stamford, Conn., companies like Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc. and Amazon Web Services all use open source. "Many SaaS providers use ...
• Westport medical building sells for $6.49 million
  posted on August 14, 2009 12:45:42 pm
  ... the most attention (among office uses)," said Jon Sabrowski, senior managing director, investment sales, at the Stamford office of First Service Williams, a commercial real estate brokerage firm. "There are medical REITs (real estate investment ...
• RBS Sempra Commodities prepares for move
  posted on August 14, 2009 12:41:32 pm
  ... Boulevard and Richmond Hill Avenue is in line with RBS's plan to consolidate much of its regional workforce in Stamford, said spokesman Christopher Riley. "We expect to achieve our target of having more than 2,000 employees in the building by the ...
• Abused puppy rescued from city streets
  posted on August 14, 2009 12:40:49 pm
  ... Molly's case Thursday as he prepared to take her to an adoption showcase featuring more than 200 healthy dogs in Stamford. The event is taking place through the weekend at Stamford Petsmart. But Molly is far from ready to go to a new home, even ...
• Agents agencies
  posted on August 14, 2009 12:38:41 pm
  ... revenue units and resale dollar volume last May. Robbie Blosio, who works out of the New Canaan and Bedford Street, Stamford, offices of William Pitt Sotheby's International Realty, has been recognized as the top agent in units sold and a Gold Star ...
• Textbooks for rent: Publishers to offer college students the option of renting
  posted on August 14, 2009 09:10:08 am
  ... used versions that push them to the sidelines, are hoping they have figured out some new strategies to make money. Stamford, Conn.-based Cengage Learning on Thursday announced plans to rent titles directly to students for 40 percent to 70 percent ..