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John Golden

Doughnuts to dollars

Investment firm looks to fatten its stores’ bottom lines

Jul-01-07, 07:00 PM

It hasn’t yet taken the trans fats out of the doughnuts, but a private equity firm from Manhattan has taken a 20-store Dunkin’ Donuts chain in Westchester County out of bankruptcy and into the international brand’s latte-dispensing present.

Boldly into the health-care thicket

Integrated care vs. small offices, big hospitals

Sep-09-07, 07:00 PM

The city of London has turned to a medical group in Westchester County as a practical model when restructuring its health-care delivery system for 10 million citizens.

Spano offers cost cutting in his final budget

Nov-16-09, 02:22 PM

Spano proposes a $1.82 billion county budget in 2010 that comes with both spending cuts and a tax levy hike.

Till Debt Do Us Part

Divorce responds to the economy

Mar-08-09, 07:00 PM

In Chappaqua, Melissa (her name has been changed at her request) and her husband are in the process of divorce after nearly 10 years of marriage. They are doing it without lawyers. Instead they meet with a mediator, whose fees also strain their finances.

Renaissance Westchester Hotel in receivership

Jan-15-10, 02:26 PM

The Renaissance Westchester Hotel is open for guests but in the hands of a court-appointed receiver after its California-based owner defaulted on a $29.2 million mortgage loan.



Catering to a smaller crowd

Sep-02-10, 03:34 PM

Economy takes a bite out of food service industry.

Year-Old Bank Opens White Plains Branch

Sep-16-09, 01:34 PM

The Westchester Bank will open a branch in downtown White Plains.

Construction leads jobs dip in region

Mar-30-10, 02:16 PM

Unemployment in the Hudson Valley has leveled off this year, but the region’s private sector has shed more than 22,000 jobs in the past year.

Write on

Little fingers crank out hot copy

Nov-16-08, 07:00 PM

Publisher Nivia Viera’s fourth-floor office overlooks the busy corner of Court and Main streets and Louis Cappelli’s newly developed Renaissance Square in downtown White Plains.



Nonprofit eases NY companies’ health care cost pains

Jul-31-09, 10:37 AM

A nonprofit health insurance provider for small businesses shows strong growth in Westchester and the region.

InBrief

Real Estate

Sep-14-08, 07:00 PM

Freshford Capital Management L.L.C.  has signed a five-year lease for 3,380 square feet at W&M Properties’ Ten Bank Street, next to the White Plains Transportation Center, said Jeffrey H. Newman, executive vice president of W&M Properties.

Pharmacist adds ‘sizzle’ to drug rebranding effort

Jul-13-08, 07:00 PM

Anthony Madaio is a pharmacist and generic drug manufacturer in Mount Vernon.

New e-filing system for engineers, architects

Jul-08-07, 07:00 PM

Design professionals might be spared both time and headaches in getting their construction plans approved with the start last week of an electronic filing system by the Westchester County Health Department.

ConEdison Solutions buys Fla. energy company

May-20-07, 07:00 PM

ConEdison Solutions, the energy service provider based in White Plains, has acquired BGA Inc., an energy service and engineering company headquartered in Tampa, Fla.

Employment up slightly in November

Dec-23-09, 11:44 AM

Westchester County and the Hudson Valley region had modest employment gains in November compared with October.

About face

Docs see decline in demand for cosmetic procedures

Aug-03-08, 07:00 PM

The soured economy has some prospective patients putting off a plastic face and other cosmetic surgical procedures, while the wealthiest continue to seek those luxury makeovers and a growing number of newly unemployed professionals are putting on a more youthful face when reentering the job market, according to plastic surgeons in the metropolitan region.

Private tutor adds online component

Oct-26-08, 07:00 PM

A private tutor to college-bound students preparing for SAT exams has expanded her Chappaqua business with the recent launch of a national Web site for online tutoring.

Private-sector jobs up in the Hudson Valley

Counties sees slight dip in unemployment

Nov-25-07, 07:00 PM

New York state’s private-sector job count rose slightly in October while its unemployment rate was unchanged from September, according to the state Labor Department.

A changed vote and now charges

Jan-15-10, 01:51 PM

A federal indictment alleges bribes smoothed the way for the Ridge Hill.



School projects in limbo

Apr-26-09, 07:00 PM

Yonkers City Council members are “disappointed” a minimum development proposal to move ahead the city’s $1.6 billion downtown redevelopment does not include the high-density residences.