Author Archives: the HedgeCo News Team
Evening Standard, London, Market Report Column
Aug. 28–City investors were struggling to hold the market above the 4200 level as prices traded in a narrow band. Buyers were thin on the ground as support levels were tested with the FTSE 100 index trading up 10 points […]
From Under The Buttonwood Tree…Street Talk with Tom Hayden
AQ is on fire. Technology continues to break to new highs. The NASD Who knows where the top is, but I would be very wary of adding new money at this juncture, and would use any continued strength toget out. […]
Silicon Valley Venture Capital Pioneer, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Launches Canadian Fund: Sees Canada as Critical Market for New Tech Investments
<body.content> <block> <p>REDWOOD CITY, CA, Aug. 28 /PRNewswire/ — Draper Fisher Jurvetson, the pioneering seed stage technology venture capital firm, announced today that they areopening a Toronto-based Affiliate in partnership with Dr. Ilse Treurnicht of Primaxis Technology Ventures Inc.</p> <p>This […]
Local venture fund to merge ; Southeast Community Capital to join forces with Memphis group
Investors deciding the fate of Southeast Community Capital have voted to merge the organization with Memphis-based venture fund Delta Capital Management. A vote count has not yet been finalized, but Southeast principal Tom Rogers said the majority of limited partners […]
Roundup (08/27/2003)
HONG KONG Hang Seng drifts lower Prices on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange closed slightly lower yesterday on profit-taking. The key Hang Seng Index slipped 10.29 points, or 0.10 per cent, to 10,753.93. On Monday, the index edged up 3.49 […]
New York Officials Consider Investing Workers’ Pension Into Hedge Funds
Aug. 27–Retirement funds of city and state cops and firefighters may soon be tied to some of the wildest get-rich investments hatched on Wall Street. William Thompson, the city controller, and Alan Hevesi, the state controller, are both considering investing […]
Great Lakes Venture Capital Conference Issues Call for Presenters for Nov. 13 Event
CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug. 27, 2003–The Great Lakes Venture Capital Conference (GLVCC), the Midwest’s leading later-stage investment conference, has issued a call to high-growth companiesseeking a second or later round of investment to apply to present to a gathering of leading venture […]
Wednesday’s Commodities Roundup
NEW YORK (Dow Jones News) – A sizable sell-off in U.S. gasoline futures Wednesday dragged the rest of the New York Mercantile Exchange crude futures trading complex lower. Since Monday’s settlement high of $1.1163 a gallon, the September gasoline futures […]
Dollar Mixed; Euro Ends Strong
NEW YORK (AP) – The euro ended New York trading slightly stronger across the board Wednesday, lifted by a wave of buying against the yen following verbal intervention from Japanese governmentofficials. This rise against the yen also supported the dollar […]
Dollar mixed, euro higher
NEW YORK (AP) — Lifted by a wave of buying against the yen following verbal intervention from Japanese government officials overnight in Tokyo, the euro ended New York trading slightly strongeracross the board Wednesday. This rise against the yen also […]
Statewide Conference Featuring Federal Programs Offering $1.6 Billion In Funding for Innovative Research & Development Solutions Slated For September 23 in Sacramento
<body.content> <block> <p>SACRAMENTO, Calif., Aug. 27 /PRNewswire/ — The Golden Capital Network and its California partner organizations announced today a Statewide Conference inSacramento slated for Tuesday, September 23 in conjunction with the federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small […]
Failure may spur greater success
FOR many entrepreneurs seeing a business they have built up fall through is one of the toughest experiences they will ever have. In the past the genuine entrepreneur has worried about the stigma that often goes with a business failure. […]