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January 24, 2012
IPOs in 2012 May Struggle With Lower Market Valuations, UBS Says Initial public offerings in 2012 may not generate much more cash than last year as lower-than-average valuation levels in the broader stock market discourage companies from going public, according to Zurich-based UBS AG. (UBSN) (source: Bloomberg)
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January 19, 2012
VC Investing Soars 22 Percent To $28.4B In 2011, Internet Sector Reaches Highest Levels In A Decade VCs poured significantly more money into deals in 2011, according to a recently released MoneyTree Report by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association, based on data from Thomson Reuters. Venture capitalists invested $28.4 billion in 3,673 deals in 2011, an increase of 22 percent in dollars and a 4 percent rise in deals over the prior year. The amount of venture dollars invested in 2011 represents the third highest annual investment total in the past ten years.
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January 11 , 2012
O Canada! My Capital I Allocate to Thee NEW YORK -- U.S. investors are looking elsewhere for opportunities amid rising concerns about the country's debt burden, which recently reached the equivalent of $120,000 for every individual American when public and private nonfinancial debt is combined. Meanwhile, Europe is mired in its own debt crisis -- and probably sinking into recession -- and growth in China is slowing as some fear structural problems are developing there as well. (source: The Street.com) |
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December 25, 2011
Merry Christmas Season's Greetings from everyone at Charles Thomas & Partners. Wishing everyone a happy, healthy and propsperous 2012. |
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| December 22, 2011
'Twas the Week After Layoffs What a great year it's been on Wall Street! Zooming bank profits, rock-solid job security, widespread appreciation on Main Street for financiers and a European economic outlook as bright as Rudolph's nose. (source: The New York Times - Subscription Required) |
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December 14, 2011
Jive Surges in Trading Debut After Pricing IPO Above Range Jive Software Inc., a company that helps businesses communicate using Facebook-style tools, jumped 25 percent in its first day of trading, signaling that investors remain hungry for social-networking stocks. (source: The Wall Street Journal - Subscription Required) |
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December 5 , 2011
Hong Kong Sees Late Surge in Mega Deals The Hong Kong IPO market, the world's busiest, is finishing the year with a surprising rebound as low prices and leading names are luring big investors to three big initial public offerings worth as much as $6.75 billion. (source: The Wall Street Journal - Subscription Required) |
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December 1, 2011
Jive Pushes Ahead With IPO, Seeking to Raise $117 Million Jive Software Inc., the maker of social-networking software for businesses, pushed ahead with plans for an initial public offering, seeking to raise as much as $117 million. (source: Bloomberg) |
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November 30, 2011
The sate of cleantech venture capital, part 3: The Companies Half of the successful VC-backed cleantech start-ups stumble along the way. Entrepreneurs who raise big financing rounds at sky-high valuations can end up shooting themselves in the foot. (source: Gigaom) |
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November 7, 2011
Private Equity Bigwigs Descent on Hong Kongts The Asia Venture Capital Journal conference in Hong Kong, where private-equity bigwigs hobnob each year, kicks off this week. And it should come as no surprise that with the economic mess in the U.S. and Europe, every big-name private-equity executive booked his first-class ticket to Hong Kong. (source: The Wall Street Journal - Subscription Required) |
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| November 4, 2011
Hong Kong Suffering IPO Drought HONG KONG—The Hong Kong IPO market—an important source of profits for Wall Street—is quickly drying up as volatility scares off companies and the calendar ticks down toward the holidays, when initial public offerings typically stop. (source: The Wall Street Journal - Subscription Required) |
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November 4, 2011
Credit squeeze driving China firms towards private equity financing SHANGHAI, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Six months ago, private equity firm BeiKai Capital was greeted with a cold shoulder when it sought to invest in a Chinese security information firm that was at the time saddled with ample cash. (source: Reuters) |
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October 31, 2011
TMX Board Backs Maple's $3.8 Billion Takeover Bid The TMX Group, owner of the Toronto Stock Exchange, on Sunday threw its backing behind a $3.8 billion buyout offer from the Maple Group, a consortium of Canadian financial players and pension funds. (source: The New York Times - Subscription Required) |
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| October 25, 2011
Venture Capitalists Put money on Easing Medical Device Rules One afternoon last spring, a little-known congressman from Minnesota made an impassioned plea before a House oversight committee. (source: The New York Times - Subscription Required) |
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