Bala Cynwyd
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‘I Ugly-Cried’: Local Couple Meets Their Adopted Baby in a Bala Cynwyd Park
Jacki and Matt Piha met in 2014. He was still in college, and she, degree in hand, was working in Philadelphia. Anndee Hochman for The Philadelphia Inquirer described the happy turn their lives took at a Bala Cynwyd park. The pair hit it off and were living together once Matt finished school. They relocated to…
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Regional Pizzeria, Looking to Spice Up Its Brand, Tosses to Customers for New Mascot Name
Tony Roni’s, a regional pizzeria, recently deepened its brand presence by adding a mascot named Peppi Roni. He is being positioned as as a unique visual in the active Phila. metro pizza market. After deciding on a look — a happy slice of pie with a distinctive crust mustache (he’s currently sporting a festive Santa…
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1977 Porsche a Staple in Lives of Local Investment Banker and His Daughter Since They Bought It New Decades Ago
A 1977 Porsche 930 Turbo has been a staple in the lives of Paul Mudrick, a Bala Cynwyd-based investment banker, and his daughter, Lisa Cavanaugh, a software industry executive, who bonded over the car from the first moment it arrived in their garage four decades ago, writes A.J. Baime for The Wall Street Journal. “I…
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Bala Cynwyd Businessman — the State’s Richest Person — Pays a Lower Tax Rate Than Most Americans
Jeff Yass, the head of Bala Cynwyd’s Susquehanna International Group, recorded an average annual income of $1.3 billion a year from 2013 to 2018, but paid a lower tax rate than most Americans, writes Joseph DiStefano for The Philadelphia Inquirer. According to tax records collected by ProPublica, only five other Americans earned more than Yass…
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Downingtown East Grad Trades One Sport for Another, Excels as a Golfer at Saint Joseph’s University
Exton native Wills Montgomery, a graduate student at Saint Joseph’s University, pursued baseball early in his athletic career until an injury forced him to switch gears and take up golf — with great success, writes Nicholas Klingman for The Philadelphia Inquirer. A Downingtown East graduate, Montgomery played baseball through middle school. However, a serious foot…
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Wall Street Journal: Grateful Dead Historian Solves Jerry Garcia Mystery via Now-Demolished Bala Cynwyd Hotel
A receipt from the now-demolished Marriott Hotel (the former Marriott Motor Inn) that once stood at City Line and Monument avenues in Bala Cynwyd helped an amateur historian and fan of Jerry Garcia’s work outside the Grateful Dead solve a mystery he has been trying to decipher for years, writes Justin Scheck for The Wall…
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The Four Employees of Kennett Square-Based RW Group Get ‘Adopted’ by Local Parent
Kennett Square-based RW Group, a micro accounting firm of only four employees, is being acquired by Isdaner & Co., a Bala Cynwyd-based accounting and consulting entity. Jeff Blumenthal covered the move for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The acquisition will be completed on Jan. 1. This is Isdaner’s first acquisition in over a decade, with its…
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Michael Jordan, Giannis Antetokounmpo Among Several Athletes to Invest in Spinoff of Main Line-Based Jeweler
Justin Reis, CEO of Bala Cynwyd-based WatchBox, put together a successful $165 million investment from a number of Wall Street titans and famous athletes, such as Michael Jordan, by focusing on relationships with the company’s existing clients, writes Kennedy Rose for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The funding round for the luxury watch reseller was led…
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Forbes: Gambling Instincts Helped Bala Cynwyd’s Jeff Yass Create a Global Trading Powerhouse
Bala Cynwyd’s Jeff Yass has managed to parlay his past in professional poker and horse-race handicapping into a whopping $12 billion fortune with his gambling instincts, writes Antoine Gara for Forbes. Yass is the co-founder and head of Susquehanna International Group, the global trading powerhouse. Last year, Susquehanna’s quants traded around 1.8 billion stock options…
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Bala Cynwyd Neurologist Doing Pioneering Work in Study on Religious and Spiritual Experiences
Bala Cynwyd neurologist Dr. Andrew Newberg is doing pioneering work in the neurological study of religious and spiritual experiences, writes J.F. Pirro for Main Line Today. Born in Bala Cynwyd, Newberg grew up in Bryn Mawr. He is a graduate of Haverford College and the University of Pennsylvania. He has written 10 books on subjects…
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Brothers Behind Local Cleaning Service Are True Heroes in Fight Against COVID-19
Brothers Eric and Nathan Zhivalyuk, owners of Bala Cynwyd-based Germ Hero, have proven to be real-life heroes in the fight against COVID-19, writes Kelsey Fabian for PHL 17. The two are using their disinfecting and sanitizing business to give back to the community by providing free sanitization to first responders and providing those on the…
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Milestone Therapy Group Uses Child-Centered Approach to Help Families Find Solutions
In a time when health care services often seem impersonal, Milestone Therapy Group in Bala Cynwyd still feels like family, according to Sarah Wayland of Overbrook Farms in Philadelphia. Milestone was created in June 2019 by Ashley and Kyle White. It provides speech, occupational and physical therapy to children from birth to 15 years. Sarah’s…
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CEO of Local Trading Firm One of America’s Top Political Donors; Here’s How Much He Gave
It’s no secret that running for political office is a pricey endeavor, especially when it’s at the national level, writes Amy Lamare for CelebrityNetWorth.com. To help their selected candidates reach their goal, a number of very wealthy people donate to various political campaigns on a regular basis, and Jeffrey Yass is definitely one of them.…
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Overwhelmed Moms Trust Milestone Therapy Group to Help Their Kids Talk
By David Bjorkgren Sarah Mayland’s 5-year-old son, Jack, has autism and trouble communicating. He needs the support of services like Milestone Therapy Group (MTG) in Bala Cynwyd. “I feel I can trust them which, as a parent, is really important,” Sarah said. Ashley White, speech therapist and owner of Milestone Therapy Group, spent an hour…
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Wall Street Journal Reveals Local, ‘Secretive’ Trading Firm’s Massive Stake in TikTok
Susquehanna International Group, an options-trading giant based in Bala Cynwyd, bet big on TikTok and stands to reap the rewards, regardless of the outcome of the struggle between China and the U.S. over the popular video-sharing app, write Rolfe Winkler, Jing Yang, and Alexander Osipovich for The Wall Street Journal. Susquehanna – which The Journal…
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