Category: Client News

Sartor Named President of Warren Architecture Firm

WARREN — John Sartor, a 20-year veteran in the architecture and engineering industry and who has been instrumental in major environmental and development projects in the tri-State area, has been named president of Paulus, Sokolowski and Sartor (PS&S), the company announced Thursday. His expanded role is effective Jan. 1. Among Sartor’s most significant projects for […]

PS&S Partners with GSE Global to Further Expand Worldwide Reach

(WARREN, N.J., Dec. 11, 2012) — Paulus, Sokolowski & Sartor (PS&S) has partnered with GSE Group, the respected French design and build firm, to open offices in China, Brazil, Dubai, and other non-U.S. locales, the companies announced today. The PS&S/GSE partnership will better serve existing clients who are developing multi-million dollar projects outside of the United […]

The Rejuvenator™ Showerhead Offers Spa-Like Washing Experience

Rejuvenator Products™ has launched a revolutionary new showerhead, which harnesses an innovative water technology, to dramatically enhance the shower experience and improve skin care. Rejuvenator Products™ is marketed by San Gabriel Valley Merchandise Center, LLC. Called The Rejuvenator™, the showerhead uses Microbubble Technology™, developed in Asia, to help lift dirt particles from the skin, while […]

MetTel Reaches 100,000 Users

Metropolitan Telecommunications (MetTel (News – Alert)) is doing well for itself lately, having just recently reached 100,000 users. With a track record of delivering quality communications solutions of its IP network to businesses of all shapes and sizes, it has finally reached a landmark number of customers for its hosted unified communications services. View the  […]

Knight: We ‘Immunize’ Retail Investors

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Knight Capital “immunizes” retail orders from “some of the activities” that take place at marketplaces where professional trading firms try to outrace each other to get to an order, the market maker’s chief executive said Friday. When a market maker takes in order flow from retail brokerages, the orders do not go […]

Helene Ferm Named Senior Project Manager, Mechanical at Paulus, Sokolowski & Sartor, LLC (PS&S)

WARREN, NJ–(Sep 26, 2012) – Helene Ferm, an accomplished engineer with more than 20 years experience in the pharmaceutical industry, has joined Paulus, Sokolowski & Sartor, LLC (PS&S), as Senior Project Manager in the Energy Practice of the Mechanical Group. She will be based at PS&S headquarters in Warren, NJ. “Helene is a major strategic hire […]

MetTel now delivers BroadSoft to more than 100,000 users

Metropolitan Telecommunications has announced that it now delivers BroadSoft hosted unified communications services to more than 100,000 users across the US, Canada and Puerto Rico. MetTel has a ten-year history of delivering high quality, user-friendly communications services over its IP network to businesses of all sizes, and offers software and services that enable mobile, fixed […]

SEC'S Paredes: Fragmentation – Or Choice?

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A dozen national exchanges. More than 40 dark pools and alternative venues. A couple hundred internal broker order-matching systems. That, compared to a quarter century ago, when three national exchanges handled almost all order flow, is now often called ‘’fragmentation’’ by trading firms. But should it? Not necessarily, Securities and Exchange Commission […]

Brokers Need More Discipline to Avoid Trading Errors, Finra Says

Debacles like Knight Capital Group Inc.’s August trading loss will be avoided if brokers exercise more vigilance overseeing their risk controls, according to the head of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. Rules requiring brokers to check orders before sending them to markets to ensure they’re correct and don’t exceed capital and credit thresholds went into […]

U.S. regulators probe "mini-manipulation" of stocks, options

(Reuters) – Regulators are getting more complaints about the alleged “mini-manipulation” of stocks so that favorable positions can be established in stock options, the head of the securities’ industry watchdog organization said on Thursday. Some firms appear to have algorithms – the computer code that carries trading instructions – that move the underlying equity, said […]

'More Hair-Triggered’ Kill Switches Needed, Ketchum Says

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Faster ‘kill switches’ are needed to prevent market disruptions such as the August 1 flood of erroneous orders from market maker Knight Capital, the head of the independent regulator of brokers said Thursday. ”Kill switches have to be far more hair-triggered than they have been in the past,’’ said Richard Ketchum, chief […]

AJS Acquisition Launches AJS Business Imaging Solutions

Customers and Clients Will Enjoy In-House Printing and Reproduction Services at Significant Savings WARREN, NJ–(Sep 20, 2012) – AJS Acquisition, LLC, parent company of best-in-class architecture and engineering (AE) firm Paulus, Sokolowski & Sartor (PS&S), today announced the launch of AJS Business Imaging Solutions, LLC, a new division designed to provide AJS clients and customers […]

Reed: Technology Won’t Slow Down. Recalibration Needed.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Shortly before he would lead a Senate Banking Committee hearing into computerized trading, Senator Jack Reed told the Securities Traders Association that technology has to be looked at closely because the change it is bringing is speeding up. The examination into computerized trading is necessary to prevent, like the stock market crash […]

MetTel Chooses AirWatch as Partner for Mobile Device Management

Offers MDM Bundled With MetTel Nationwide Mobile Service NEW YORK, NY–(08/14/12)- Metropolitan Telecommunications (MetTel) today announced the selection of AirWatch, a recognized leader in mobile device security and management, to power MetTel ‘s Mobile Device Management (MDM) service. MetTel is offering MDM at no charge with certain MetTel Nationwide Mobile Service packages. “Corporate IT managers […]

Chief Executive of Security Traders Association Urges Regulators to Slow 'New Rules' Process

Says “Speed of Changes” Is Impacting Trading Issues NEW YORK, NY — 08/05/12 — Speaking at the 2012 Security Traders Association (STA) Wisconsin Convention this weekend, Jim Toes, president and CEO of the STA, urged regulators to limit the number of rule changes market participants are asked to absorb in short periods of time to […]

STA Urges SEC to Launch Decimalization Pilot Program

NEW YORK (July 17, 2012 ) — The Security Traders Association (STA) has urged the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to initiate a pilot program to determine if Minimum Price Variations (MPVs) will add liquidity to the market for emerging growth companies. The STA comment letter follows passage in March of the Jumpstart Our Business […]