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Hedge-fund boss Elena Ambrosiadou buys superyacht Maltese Falcon

Kate Walsh - The Sunday Times
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November 01, 2009

Hedge-fund manager Elena Ambrosiadou has emerged as the mystery buyer of the Maltese Falcon, one of the world’s largest private yachts. Greek-born Ambrosiadou, who runs Ikos Asset Management, bough...

Greek Canadian skater gets ready for Winter Olympics

Anna Mehler Paperny - Globe and Mail
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October 28, 2009

When the Olympic flame becomes Canada's tomorrow evening, it will be a Greek-Canadian figure skater with big dreams and a foot in both countries who will pass the torch to the Vancouver Games. Born...

Greek MBA student gets rich after inventing new ad website

October 27, 2009

PURCHASE, N.Y., Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- In the world of demand-side ad networks, real-time bidding, and ad exchanges comes The Text Page, the first pay-per-character, text-only website. The Text Page ...

Spanning the World of Byzantium & The Eastern Mediterranean Through Music

Sophia Stratakis Huling
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October 22, 2009

NEW YORK - One does not typically associate the Byzantine Empire, which flourished for more than a millennium before it fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1453, with the United States of the twenty-first...

Greek American to Head Nuclear Regulatory Commission

October 10, 2009

President Barack Obama announced on Friday that he will nominate Dr. George Apostolakis as head of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Dr. Apostolakis, a Professor of Engineering Systems at MIT, is see

Pullout from Iraq poses daunting challenges for Greek American colonel, U.S. army logistician

Marc Santora - New York Times
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October 09, 2009

JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq — There is no more visible sign that America is putting the Iraq war behind it than the colossal operation to get its stuff out: 20,000 soldiers, nearly a sixth of the force her...

Greek American wants to save Detroit's grand past, ease broken heart

Charlie LeDuff - The Detroit News
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October 08, 2009

Detroit -- George Batsikouras became a ghost in order to escape one. He owns a house in Warren but he rarely stays there. In the Warren house, there are too many memories of a woman he once and sti...

The Church in Action: IOCC Helps Thousands of People Worldwide

Evan C. Lambrou
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September 19, 2009

NEW YORK – Philanthropy and humanitarian assistance – two of the most important charges for all Christians and their Churches. Denomination is irrelevant when it comes to helping people in need, and I...

At Age 83, Greek American Billionaire Pete Peterson is still fighting to keep the American Dream a reality

Christopher Tripoulas
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June 17, 2009

NEW YORK -- Billionaire Peter G. Peterson – the third richest Greek American in the United States in 2009 according to The National Herald’s annual list published earlier this spring – has made a name...

George Marcus: Tycoon with a Mission to Preserve Hellenic Culture

Evan C. Lambrou
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April 11, 2009

NEW YORK – When Greek Americans think of real estate magnates in California, they usually think of Alex Spanos, George Argyros and Angelo Tsakopoulos. But there’s another Greek American real estate su...

The Greek Islands From Arcadia

Steve Frangos
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April 08, 2009

The Island Greeks from Arcadia “Tarpon Springs’ by Dolores Kilgo is one of the many volumes in the Images of America series that features a section of its images on Greeks in the United States (...

Negroponte at Large, Part V

Jay Nordlinger - National Review
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March 30, 2009

In the last installment, we talked about President Reagan. Now I ask, “What about George W. Bush?” The first thing Negroponte says is that Bush gave him “four extraordinary opportunities,” four ext...

Negroponte at Large, Part IV

Jay Nordlinger - National Review
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March 27, 2009

“Does HUMINT still matter?” That’s an easy question — a too-easy question — but it would be good to hear the answer out of the mouth of the former DNI (director of national intelligence). (“HUMINT” is...

Negroponte at Large, Part III

Jay Nordlinger - National Review
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March 26, 2009

And we’ll start right in, in this third installment, with Iraq and weapons of mass destruction. “I was sitting right behind Colin Powell,” says Negroponte, “when he gave that briefing.” Negroponte is ...

Negroponte at Large, Part II

Jay Nordlinger - National Review
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March 25, 2009

Negroponte took the Foreign Service exam in December 1959, and passed it. He did the oral exam in July 1960, right after he graduated from college. In those days, they told you right away whether you ...

Negroponte at Large

Jay Nordlinger - National Review
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March 24, 2009

A few weeks ago, I sat down with John Negroponte in Washington, for a long talk. We covered many subjects, as is easy to do with Negroponte: He has had a long and varied career and knows a lot. I had ...

Last Person to Receive Illinois Death Penalty Was Greek

Maurice Possley - Chicago Sun-Times
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March 07, 2009

Before he was executed on March 17, 1999, convicted murderer Andrew Kokoraleis sat in his cell and wrote a note to his spiritual adviser, Demetrios Kantzavelos, who was then the chancellor of the Gree...

Nick Andriotis: The “Dreamer” and the Builder

Stavros Marmarinos
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February 28, 2009

NEW YORK- Nick Andriotis keeps a small plastic panel in his office with an inscription of a proverb he coined: “It is better to go to bed with a gripe, than to wake up in the morning with regrets.”...

Greek American Soccer star turning her attention to life behind the camera

January 04, 2008

By Vik Kirsch Guelph Mercury Former soccer star Helen Stoumbos has a Gleam in her eye. With Canadian Broadcasting Corporation producer Mike Brannagan, she's a co-partner in Gleam Media, a Guelph-...

Negroponte’s Big Idea: A Laptop for Every Poor Child in the World

November 12, 2007

By Molly Lopez People Magazine Nicholas Negroponte, 63 Founder, One Laptop Per Child. In a poverty-stricken village in Cambodia in 2001, Nicholas Negroponte had an epiphany. The computer wiz--he'...

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