07/23/09 The Raw White Plains News Feed By Robo Blogger (Updated)

• Starwood 2Q profit rises on Italian program
  posted on July 23, 2009 08:48:00 pm
  ... the Italian program and other items, earnings from continuing operations were 22 cents per share. Revenue at White Plains, N.Y.-based Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. dropped 23 percent to $1.21 billion. The results topped analyst ...
• Haights Cross Communications, Inc. Announces Intention to Take...
  posted on July 23, 2009 08:10:17 pm
  ... pursuant definitive offering documentation to be provided to Eligible Holders. Founded in 1997 and based in White Plains, NY, Haights Cross Communications is a premier educational and library publisher dedicated to creating the finest books, audio ...
• Starwood Hotels Resorts climbs 28 percent mostly on gain from Italian tax incentive program
  posted on July 23, 2009 08:07:45 pm
  ... earnings from continuing operations were 22 cents per share. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters expected the White Plains, N.Y.-based company to post a profit of 17 cents per share. Analysts' estimates normally exclude one-time items. Worldwide ...
• Starwood's quarterly net up 28% following tax gain
  posted on July 23, 2009 06:21:00 pm
  ... a 28% increase in second-quarter profit Thursday, as a $120 million tax benefit aided the hospitality giant. White Plains, N.Y.-based Starwood ( HOT ) said that it earned $134 million, or 74 cents a share, on the period, up from $105 million, or 56 ...
• Fire escape didn't help man avoid arrest
  posted on July 23, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  WHITE PLAINS - A Carmel man accused by police of violating an order of protection was nabbed as he climbed down a fire escape to avoid officers.
• 3 accused of brandishing box cutter in White Plains robbery
  posted on July 23, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  WHITE PLAINS - Three suspects face felony robbery charges after threatening a man with a box cutter, then stealing his telephone and a pack of gum, police said.
• Ex-PepsiCo VP admits stealing more than $1.8 million
  posted on July 23, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  WHITE PLAINS - A former PepsiCo vice president admitted in federal court yesterday that he stole more than $1.8 million from the soft drink giant.
• Bonistalls: Enduring retrial 'inhuman'
  posted on July 23, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... to go through this again,' said Kathleen Bonistall, as she and her husband, Mark, were interviewed at their White Plains home. 'The idea of a new trial is pretty devastating. The fact that we went through it once was painful. That this family has to ...
• White Plains man injured in fire could be released today
  posted on July 23, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  A White Plains college student who was injured Sunday while trying to evacuate the occupants of a burning home in Toms River, N.J., was scheduled to be taken off a respirator yesterday, according to a family friend.
• Athletes raise more than $100G for charity
  posted on July 23, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... local Team Challenge participants raised more than $100,000. Participants include: Michelle Acosta of White Plains, Gino Caropreso of White Plains, Stacey Bonagura of West Harrison, Ellen Silberman of Suffern, Tali Linton of Rye, Charles Calman of ...
• Jury: Mt. Vernon physician liable in $48M malpractice case
  posted on July 23, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... for medical malpractice that left a 30-year-old Mount Vernon woman partially paralyzed. The decision in White Plains against Dr. Keith S. Edwards, a Mount Vernon internist, was part of a nearly $48 million award that a jury said the plaintiff, ...
• Taconic Opera to perform open sing
  posted on July 23, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  WHITE PLAINS: The Taconic Opera will hold an open singing of beloved opera choruses at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Music Conservatory of Westchester, 216 Central Ave.
• Bike ride from Boston to end at Good Counsel
  posted on July 23, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  WHITE PLAINS: The Sisters of the Divine Compassion will host the finish of the 2009 Tri-State Trek Sunday on the campus of Good Counsel, at 52 N. Broadway.
• Meteorologist to sign copies of new book
  posted on July 23, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... lable for purchase at B. Dalton Booksellers. The Westchester is at Westchester Avenue and Bloomingdale Road in White Plains. The Jefferson Valley Mall is on Route 6 in Yorktown Heights. For more information, visit www.simon.com.
• Art exhibition to be displayed in library
  posted on July 23, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  HARRISON: The Harrison Council for the Arts will display 'The Way I See It' by Lynne Wesolowski, a White Plains resident, at the Harrison Public Library from Aug.
• Strange Doings at Common Council Work Session
  posted on July 23, 2009 02:43:51 pm
  I enjoy your show (WHITE PLAINS WEEK) thoroughly. I watch it twice a week. You say things that must be said. -- Hal Masback, White Plains Downtown BID, former Councilman WPCNR COMMON COUNCIL CHRONICLE-EXAMINER. July 23, 2009: The Common Council will ...
• Seventh Annual Golf Invitational Benefits Hospice Palliative Care of Westchester
  posted on July 23, 2009 05:10:04 pm
  Hospice & Palliative Care of Westchester held its Seventh Annual Golf Invitational at Westchester Hills Golf Club, White Plains.
• Need a Private Dining Room in White Plains? Restaurant Diners Get a Summer Time Discount.
  posted on July 23, 2009 04:46:59 pm
  Responding to the growing appetite for discounts, The Melting Pot Restaurant in White Plains, NY, has launched a 10% summer time discount for all special event and private party group reservations.
• New York
  posted on July 23, 2009 03:54:03 pm
  ... them of violating their freedom of speech. Each protester sought at least $50,000 in damages. At the trial in White Plains, N.Y., government lawyers defended the West Point officials, saying they were simply enforcing what they thought were rules ...
• Young Professionals Networking Reception
  posted on July 23, 2009 02:04:10 pm
  Westchester's young professionals will have a unique opportunity to build professional relationships with each other at a summer networking reception to be held 5:30 PM-7:30 pm, Tuesday, July 28, at the Rooftop of Elements Bar, 161 Mamaroneck Avenue, White Plains.