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Klondike Cheese Will Make Greek Yogurt
Known for its award-winning Feta, sold under the Odyssey label, Klondike Cheese Company is now ready to enter the Greek yogurt business aiming to bring the traditional and rich in proteins flavor to...
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Crisis May Push Cyprus Toward Turkey
Beginning what could prove to be a long financial crisis, Cyprus may yet have to hope it finds lucrative gas reserves off its coast, the New York Times has reported. Since the discovery of the gas two...
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Greek-American Chocolatier Enters Cosco with Snappers
Costco just got a whole lot sweeter thanks to a Greek-owned business. The Milk Shake Factory by Edward Marc Chocolatier announced its official launch in Costco stores in mid-April 2013, introducing a...
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Underpaying Workers Costs Greek Diner Owners
The Greek owners of Colony Diner in East Meadow, George Strifas, 46, of East Hills and his cousin Thomas Strifas, 41, of Merrick have pleaded guilty for underpaying 72 workers and for falsifying...
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Greek-American Cathy Avgiris Promoted to Chief Financial Officer of Comcast
Comcast Corporation, a global media and technology company, announced today that it has promoted Cathy Avgiris to Chief Financial Officer of Comcast Cable, effective July 1, 2013. The newlly-appointed...
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Hellenic Times Scholarship Fund Turns 22
Photo Credit: Jillian Nelson On May 11, 2013, the 22nd annual Hellenic Times Scholarship Fund (HTSF) GALA was held at the Marriott Marquis in New York City, awarding 36 scholarships to raise the total...
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Greek Investment Forum for Second Consecutive Year
The second Greek Investment Forum will be held at New York on June 5 and 6, and will aim to attract foreign investments. The Forum, which is organized by the American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce and...
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Greece Makes N.Y Investment Pitch
The 2nd Greek Investment Forum in New York attracted more than 400 people, including what the government hopes will be investors. The event was entitled, Greece: Seizing the Opportunity, and was...
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N.Y. Investors Keen On Greece
A closed breakfast with 25 leading U.S. investment entities under the auspices of the international consulting firm BCIU Global Advisors was the crowning event of a two-day conference in New York by...
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Jaharis Seals $1.15B Pharmaceutical Deal
The pharmaceutical company Vatera Healthcare Partners of the Greek businessman, led by businessman and philanthropist Michael Jaharis negotiated the sale of one the companies in which it is the major...
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Greek-American Buys Louisiana’s Oldest & Largest Daily Newspaper
Greek American entrepreneur John D. Georges (photo center), CEO of Georges Enterprises and the Georges Media Group, recently purchased The Advocate, one of the nation’s oldest and largest local daily...
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First Woman Club Owner in Las Vegas is Greek (Video)
Being a female club-owner in the men-dominated Las Vegas entertainment scene might be tough, but for Greek-American Kiki Dolas it is a pleasant adventure. Dolas, a single mother of five teenagers,...
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Vourderis, Greek King of Ice Cream Died
Marinos Vourderis , a poor Greek immigrant who became the millionaire king of Italian ices, died at his home in Jamaica Estates, Queens, New York City at the age of 97. His daughter, Margie...
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Detroit Greektown Prospers in City’s Bankruptcy
While the city of Detroit has gone bankrupt, the community of businesses in the noted Greektown area are doing very well indeed. The newspaper Ethnos reported that Giannis Dionysopoulos, a restaurant...
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Drandakis Says Taxibeat Beats Waiting
The creator of the service Taxibeat, Nikos Drandakis told Bloomberg Businessweek Global Economics dthat his innovative idea was successful because it filled a business niche. “Taxibeat is a mobile...
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Greek Goods Exports To U.S. Grow
Good news for those who think that Greece’s exports to the US are limited to olive oil, feta and yogurt. Oil pipes, razor blades and olives are just few examples of the long list of products that...
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Radiant Smiles at Skyline Restoration’s 5th Annual Golf Classic for Smile Train
(L-R) President and CEO of Skyline Restoration John Kalafatis; COO of Smile Train Bob Toth; New York Islanders General Manager Garth Snow; New York Islanders Coach Jack Capuano; Principal of Skyline...
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Calamos Investments Announces Planned Departure of Chief Operating Officer
Calamos Investments®, a global investment management firm, announced the planned departure of James Boyne, President and Chief Operating Officer, effective September 30, 2013. Until that time, Mr....
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Calamos Viewpoints: Markets Climb the Wall of Worry
*By Gary Black/Calamos Wealth Management The short-term worries that troubled U.S. equity investors in August have continued to melt away—that is, they seem to have been resolved or discounted by...
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2013 Forbes 400 List: America’s Richest Greeks
Six Greek-Americans are among America’s richest people, according to the 2013 Forbes 400 list released on September 16. All of them are self-made and their net worth varies from $1.3 billion to $4...
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