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Specialized Data Service Adds Slough LD4 Co-location Site to Growing List OAKLAND, Calif., May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Quincy Data, a recognized leader in low latency market data, is pleased to announce the addition of the Slough LD4 co-location center to its growing list of distribution sites. The latency for CME Group data delivery in LD4 will be the lowest known for a publicly available service. The underlying network--combining microwave and fiber--delivers select CME data in...

OAKLAND, Calif., April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Quincy Data, LLC a recognized leader in low latency market data, is pleased to announce its offering of CME futures data inside the Carteret data center at latencies believed to be faster than ever before. The Quincy Extreme Data service (QED) today delivers select CME Group data in 4.16 milliseconds rack to rack. "Timely CME data is extremely important to trading in Carteret," says Stephane Tyc, co-founder of Quincy Data. "We are...

Cold Train Continues to Expand Service Area and Locations Served CHICAGO, March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Cold Train is opening a new office in downtown Chicago in 2013 that will primarily focus on hauling more cargo and various products back from the Midwest and East Coast to Washington State and Oregon. Cold Train recently tripled the size of its Quincy, Washington based refrigerated container fleet and now has 300 state-of-the-art 53 ft. Hyundai refrigerated containers. As a...

SEATTLE, Feb. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Seattle-based energy and facility services firm McKinstry has released a carbon analysis study that confirms that the unique (Cold Train) refrigerated express intermodal service to/from the Port of Quincy Intermodal Terminal produces a smaller carbon footprint than shipping by long-haul truck to/from Quincy, Wash. The report validates a previous estimation of carbon emissions reported by the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Railway's Carbon...

OAKLAND, Calif., Dec. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Quincy Data is live with the Quincy Extreme Data (QED) Service offering financial market data to exchange-collocated clients over an ultra-low latency microwave network linking the Chicago and New York trading centers. Being milliseconds ahead of the competition can lead to significant increase in profits and reduction of risk for Quincy's bank, dealer and trading clients. The QED Service integrates and normalizes market...

WENATCHEE, Wash., Nov. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Washington Apple Commission has recently released an economic impact study on the effect that the state's apple industry has on the state and region. According to the study, Washington's apple industry is a major contributor of income, employment and tax revenues to the state's economy. For example, the apple industry boosted the Washington economy by an estimated $7.02 billion in direct, indirect and induced economic activity in...

ANAHEIM, Calif., Oct. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- For the second year in a row, the Port of Quincy and Rail Logistics-Cold Train will be jointly exhibiting at the Produce Marketing Association (PMA) Fresh Summit Convention and Expo. Last year, the Port of Quincy and Cold Train successfully partnered on an exhibit at the PMA Fresh Summit in Atlanta, GA. This year's Fresh Summit is in Anaheim, CA from October 26-28. The PMA Fresh Summit is the largest tradeshow and exposition in the world...

QUINCY, Fla., May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- /Continental Who's Who/ -- Gertrude Betsey is recognized by Continental Who's Who as a Pinnacle Professional. Gertrude is recognized by the Funeral Services industry as a result of 46 Years of Excellence in the field. Betsey is the Owner of Betsey Funeral Home, located in Quincy, Florida. Gertrude's expertise lies in the area of Customer Service, however, Gertrude believes that Customer Service is much deeper than providing services and...

QUINCY, Wash., April 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Port of Quincy has sold 12 acres of its newly developed Industrial Park #6 to direct selling giant Amway. The company plans to build a 48,000-square-foot extraction and concentration facility to process ingredients for nutritional products sold under its NUTRILITE® brand. Additionally, Amway also has an option with the Port of Quincy (www.portofquincy.org) to purchase an additional 15 acres of property at the same industrial park....

QUINCY, Wash., Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Port of Quincy Intermodal Terminal (http://www.portofquincyintermodal.com) has been recently added by Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Railway to its new national intermodal map (http://www.bnsf.com/customers/pdf/maps/small-intermodal-map.pdf). The Port of Quincy Intermodal Terminal (https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/2X_Y47SnAhmK4H4n9MK4oQ?feat=directlink) is located in central Washington on BNSF's key cross-country...