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| While most financial-services
firms are floundering, those that specialize in so-called merchant cash advances are thriving.
That's a mixed blessing for entrepreneurs who increasingly are turning to these sources for quick
cash: Their money can come with a high price tag. |
| (Source: BusinessWeek, 2008-05-08) |
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| The Securities and Exchange
Commission will consider a proposal its staff says would boost access to capital for small companies
that are either developing or struggling. The rule amendment would give more small, financially
troubled businesses a better chance at getting investment dollars. |
| (Source: CFO.com, 2008-05-08) |
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| Establishing a private equity
fund as a founding partner is the objective of thousands of practitioners across the industry. For
the fortunate few, success has involved talent, good timing and perseverance combined with industry
growth that has supported the entry of new firms. |
| (Source: Knowledge@Wharton,
2008-05-06) |
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| Although China continues its
gradual acceptance of new financial initiatives, private equity remains dominated by conventional
deals that are relatively small by global standards. But deals are still being done. New
international players are turning up in their droves, spurred by China's strong private sector
growth. |
| (Source: BusinessWeek, 2008-05-06) |
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| The recent downturn in the
U.S. economy was accompanied by a modest decline in venture capital investments in the first quarter
of 2008, with $7.1 billion going into 922 deals for U.S.-based companies, according to the latest
MoneyTree report from the National Venture Capital Association. Total investment showed an 8.5
percent decline from the previous quarter, when $7.8 billion was invested in 1,045 deals. |
| (Source: SiliconValley.com (free reg. req'd),
2008-05-09) |
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| Companies listed in the U.S.
by financial sponsors since 2003 have on average outperformed other flotations by 50 percent,
according to research by Financial News. The share price of buyout-backed flotations between the
beginning of 2003 and the close of business on April 29 this year generated an average return of
24.5 percent, compared with 16.3 percent for other initial public offerings, according to data
provider Dealogic. |
| (Source: Financial News Online US,
2008-05-07) |
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| Delaware's sweeping revision
of its corporate law statute in 1967 was a resounding success with the number of monthly
incorporations nearly tripling. But with the rise of the investor class in the past 41 years, some
legal scholars now are asking whether it's time for reform. |
| (Source: The (Del.) News Journal,
2008-05-06) |
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| After years of heated debate
and lobbying, the Patent Reform Act of 2007, which passed in the U.S. House of Representatives and
was scheduled for a Senate vote this session, has been taken off the Senate's calendar. It can be
revived, but its momentum has effectively fizzled. |
| (Source: CNET News.com, 2008-05-12) |
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| Is a baseball pitcher's method
for throwing a curveball patentable? How about a chiropractor's techniques? A federal appeals court
wrestled with those kinds of questions when it considered placing restrictions on patent protections
for business practices. |
| (Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer,
2008-05-08) |
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| Innovative examples of
organizational democracy -- and many more like them -- are being practiced in companies around the
world. And it's not just a fad among startups. It's a growing trend that reflects an inescapable
fact: Businesses that embrace a democratic style are building healthier workplaces -- and better
bottom lines. |
| (Source: Christian Science Monitor,
2008-05-06) |
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