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"Baggage Claim" is so archaic in its depiction of feminine self-worth—and, frankly, so insulting—its amazing that its coming out in 2013, not 1963. Its also the second movie opening this week in which attractive, vibrant people pushing 30 must find spouses within a totally arbitrary and impossibly tight time frame in order to please their demanding parents. While "Baggage Claim" takes place within a black family in Baltimore, "Wedding Palace" is set in the Koreatown section of Los Angeles. ...

Wallingford police promote 5 officers in ceremony Wallingford police promote 5 officers in ceremony With their children looking on, Brooke Cadette pins a new sergeant’s badge on her husband, Henry Cadette, during a promotional ceremony at the Wallingford Police Department on Thursday. Nick Sambides Jr., Record-Journal.  Advertisement Lauren Merriam looks on as her husband, newly-promoted Lt. William Merriam, helps their sons, 6-year-old Ross and 4-year-old Harry, pin on his new b...

Future use of former Wallingford armory unclear after police department leaves- WALLINGFORD — The police department is planning to vacate its current location for a new facility, which leaves the question of how to reuse the current building up to town officials.Last week, the Town Council approved spending $3.3 million to...

Brexit Led Over 440 Finance Firms to Shift Some Business to EU Bloomberg 2 hrs ago Tom Metcalf (Bloomberg) -- The U.K.’s departure from the European Union pushed more than 440 financial firms to move at least some of their operations, staff, assets or legal entities from Britain to the bloc. That includes 126 asset management firms, 81 banks and 65 insurers, according to a report published Friday by New Financial, a London-based think tank. © Bloomberg Sector Shifts The m...

Banks flee the City post-Brexit taking more than £900bn in assets with them If you thought the Brexit saga was over, think again. New research reveals UK firms are looking to the continent for business and relocations are set to continue.  Figures compiled by think tank New Financial make for sobering reading and reveal the extent of just how much Brexit will face the change of the City.  More than 440 firms in banking and financial services have relocated part of their busi...

135 City firms switch to Dublin for post-Brexit business The think tank found 7,400 staff moves or local hires following the referendum but expects the number to increase in the next few years. (REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo) Dublin has been crowned the most desirable place for City jobs, as 135 firms have relocated business to the Irish capital due to Brexit, new research has revealed. Think tank New Financial has found firms to favour Dublin over its city-competitors Paris...

(Image: Ehimetalor Akhere Unuabona, Unsplash) Friday, 16 April 2021 10:47 Who is Benefiting from Citys Brexodus? Brexit means Brexit – except when it means Paris or Frankfurt, where countless banking jobs wound up, according to a study. Roughly ten percent of the U.K. banking system or £900 billion ($1.24 trillion) in assets left the country and set up legal entities in the European Union following the 2016 decision by British voters to leave the bloc, according to a study released on Fr...

April 16, 2021 In the wake of Brexit, at least 440 banks and financial services companies are moving some part of their operations and managed assets from London to cities in Europe, according to an analysis by New Financial, a London think-tank. But even as London’s status as Europe’s capital of finance is dimming, no other European city as yet stands to replace it, said William Wright, the founder of New Financial. These 440-odd firms aren’t shutting shop in London altogether; in fact, ...

Wallingford Town Council approves purchase of site for new police station Wallingford Town Council approves purchase of site for new police station A building at 100 Barnes Rd. in Wallingford, Wed., Apr. 7, 2021. The Wallingford police station might be moving to the location. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal Advertisement A building at 100 Barnes Rd. in Wallingford, Wed., Apr. 7, 2021. The Wallingford police station might be moving to the location. Dave Zajac, Record-Journal A building at 100 Barnes...

EDITORIAL: Wallingford eyes new site for police headquarters EDITORIAL: Wallingford eyes new site for police headquarters April 13, 2021 12:02PM Wallingford has identified a building and property to purchase for a new police headquarters and has negotiated a purchase price of $1,760,700 for 100 Barnes Road, the former 3M location.  The Town Council is scheduled to vote this evening on approving the purchase. A public hearing is slated for the same meeting on appropriating $3.3 ...