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Henry Powderly

  • Senior Vice President, Media Content and Strategy, EMARKETER
Covers:  business, healthcare, finance, insurance, revenue cycle, venture funding
SVP of Media Content @emarketer. Past: VP at @thirddoormedia, Content strategy @HIMSS, @NewsLiteracy prof, @Newsday, @Patchtweet

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How downtown Smithtown changed since the recession

How downtown Smithtown changed since the recession

Newsday — Google's new historic street views have created a chance to see just how much the local landscape has changed in the past seven years. At its simplest, the feature is a cool way to waste time online. But being able to see photos from 2007 to the present gives users snapshots of what happened to Long Island communities during the U.S. financial collapse and the ensuing Great Recession. ...

Map: See top companies change by sales, profit, market cap and workforce - Newsday

Map: See top companies change by sales, profit, market cap and workforce - Newsday

Newsday — So what makes a top company top, exactly? A few weeks ago, Newsday released its 2013 analysis of the top public companies on Long Island, ranking them by market capitalization: the sum of all shares of a company's stock. But market cap is only one measure of a company's impact. The total profit a company takes in, the volume of sales a company makes in a year and the overall size of the company's workforce all could classify the business as a top company when compared to the region as a whole. The map below shows those differences.

Homeless For The Holidays - How Long Island's Down and Out Find Safe Haven

Homeless For The Holidays - How Long Island's Down and Out Find Safe Haven

Patch.com — Nowhere is the stark dichotomy of poverty and riches more clearly on display than in the posh East End, home to the celebrity-packed Hamptons and the serene wine country of the North Fork. Here the homeless set up tents in the woods behind pricey million-dollar mansions. Others walk the streets, finding warmth and a place to set down their belongings at public libraries, or at Dunkin' Donuts, coffee shops or on park benches. It's a grueling and dangerous life with nowhere to shower or rest. In fact, it can be deadly for the homeless suffering from chronic ailments made worse by living on the streets.

Do you know what these 10 Long Island companies do? - Newsday

Do you know what these 10 Long Island companies do? - Newsday

Newsday — While the ranks are thinning when it comes to Long Island-based public companies, there still remain a few dozen firms that are running their operations on local soil. But do you know what they make or do?

Interactive: Long Island's 23 Most Wanted Fugitives

Interactive: Long Island's 23 Most Wanted Fugitives

threevillage.patch.com — Have you seen these alleged criminals?

Long Island's retail bank market dominated by big brands

Long Island's retail bank market dominated by big brands

Newsday — Of the nearly 1,000 retail bank branches operating on Long Island, more than half of them are run by just five companies, according to a database of retail banks compiled by newsday.com that shows the distribution of banks on the Island, including "bank deserts" underserved by major branches.

MAP: Inspectors Flag Roach Motels Among Brooklyn Grocers

MAP: Inspectors Flag Roach Motels Among Brooklyn Grocers

parkslope.patch.com — Patch has pulled together information on grocery store inspections across New York state to create our exclusive interactive map.

Long Island Retail Bank Branches

Long Island Retail Bank Branches

Newsday — Bank of America, Chase, Citi, Capital One, and TD Bank. These five brands run more than half of the nearly 1,000 retail bank branches across the region, but not all.

Fast forwarding Long Island's former Blockbuster Video spots - Newsday

Fast forwarding Long Island's former Blockbuster Video spots - Newsday

Newsday — With the iconic video rental chain now just a memory, see how the company's old locations have changed.

Tesla Motors chief Elon Musk says he's 'happy to help' fund LI Tesla museum

Tesla Motors chief Elon Musk says he's 'happy to help' fund LI Tesla museum

Newsday — If a single-line tweet from Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk is to be believed, the long campaign to turn eccentric scientist Nikola Tesla's former Shoreham laboratory into a museum may have found the funding it needs to build. In response to a web comic released Tuesday by Matthew Inman on his site The Oatmeal, in which Inman asks Musk to pay the $8 million museum organizers need, the billionaire replied on Twitter, "I would be happy to help." His response was retweeted more than 2,700 times by fans, including Tesla Science Center staff.

Newsday editor resigns, replaced

Newsday editor resigns, replaced

libn.com — Newsday Editor John Mancini resigned Friday, less than three months after the daily newspaper's publisher, Tim Knight, made a similar exit, the paper announced. Mancini, who had led the newsroom for five years, will be replaced by Debby Krenek, a former New York Daily News editor who had been Newsday's managing editor and senior vice president ...

Schwenk, local GOP legend, dies

Schwenk, local GOP legend, dies

libn.com — Edwin "Buzz" Schwenk, a Southampton native and businessman who once led the Suffolk County Republican Party, died Thursday. He was 86 years old. Schwenk's business dealings included running a chain of Katrina delis, as well as Schwenk's Dairy Farms, a wholesale milk distributor. But it was his Republican political career, which was influenced by boyhood friend and ...

Q&A: John King knows food

Q&A: John King knows food

libn.com — If you think feeding a few people is work, imagine supplying food to many of Long Island's restaurants, hospitals and colleges. We talked with John King, chief customer officer for Holtsville-based J. Kings Food Service Professionals, about whether it's feast or famine in the food industry. Why is your title chief customer officer instead of just ...

Court rejects temporary stay request in Lend America case

Court rejects temporary stay request in Lend America case

libn.com — A federal judge has denied a request by the U.S. attorney's office to temporarily block Melville-based Lend America from issuing mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration while a civil suit alleging the mortgage company falsified information on loan applications is being decided. The civil suit is seeking a permanent injunction to stop the local lender ...

17 times Long Island faced off with New Jersey to keep business expansions here

17 times Long Island faced off with New Jersey to keep business expansions here

Newsday — In the past few years there have been 17 cases in which New Jersey, other states and even China competed with Long Island for companies looking to expand or consolidate operations. In only one case did a company choose New Jersey over Long Island, but the incentives are adding up. The list below shows the companies, the projects and the incentive packages that ultimately proved most attractive to these firms.

Map: Where are the Small Breweries, Hard Cider Producers in Downstate New York?

Map: Where are the Small Breweries, Hard Cider Producers in Downstate New York?

northfork.patch.com — Small producers continue to spread across the region.

Interactive: Watchdog Dubs These 10 Toys Most Dangerous for Kids

Interactive: Watchdog Dubs These 10 Toys Most Dangerous for Kids

smithtown.patch.com — Slingshot, toy assault rifle and a baby Snow White all called hazardous by World Against Toys Causing Harm in the group's 2013 do-not-buy list.

This is What John Coltrane's House Looks Like Today

This is What John Coltrane's House Looks Like Today

halfhollowhills.patch.com — The brick ranch house on Candlewood Path has already been gutted by workers, and dumpsters on the site on Monday were filled.

After Sandy: Long Island Beach Guide 2013

After Sandy: Long Island Beach Guide 2013

portjefferson.patch.com — Click on the dots to read about storm damage and repairs of every beach on the Island.

Feds: Couple Smuggled Immigrants, Forced Them to Work in 7-Elevens

Feds: Couple Smuggled Immigrants, Forced Them to Work in 7-Elevens

smithtown.patch.com — Investigators allege Farrukh Baig of Head of the Harbor, along with his wife Bushra and six others, forced illegal immigrant laborers to work long hours in their 7-Eleven franchises.

Review: Jazz Greats Reflect on Tales from Coltrane's 'Out' Side

Review: Jazz Greats Reflect on Tales from Coltrane's 'Out' Side

northfork.patch.com — Kick-off event for new East End Arts Council lecture series featured saxophonist Dave Liebman and pianist/biographer Lewis Porter breaking a few career milestones of the late jazz legend.

Uncle Giuseppe's Routinely Fails Health Inspections

Uncle Giuseppe's Routinely Fails Health Inspections

smithtown.patch.com — Inspectors find critical health violations at the Smithtown store, as well as others run by the chain.

Another Health Inspection Failed at Uncle Giuseppe's

Another Health Inspection Failed at Uncle Giuseppe's

smithtown.patch.com — Market cited for two critical issues in April 11 inspection, will be revisited by state within 60 days. Failure marks ninth since 2005.

Hess to Quit Retail Gas Station Business

Hess to Quit Retail Gas Station Business

patchogue.patch.com — Hess has one Patchogue location, one Medford location.
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