Monthly Archives: August 2003
Footsie struggles to hold 4200 as buyers lie low
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 11.3 at 4217.7. […]
Commercial Property: Property investments best value in Europe
Returns from real estate have exceeded investors’ expectations in continental Europe more than any other ‘alternative’ asset class including hedge funds and private equity, a new survey from JPMorgan Fleming showed yesterday. Real estate returns exceeded expectations for 36 per […]
Japan beats the market to keep the yen down Policies create a drag on U.S. growth
The Japanese government is defying the logic of the foreign exchange market by keeping the yen from rising sharply in value against the dollar. The dollar has had a lot going against it this year,including doubts about the strength of […]
Daily Mail, London, Ruth Sunderland Column
Aug. 28–We’ve all heard of Girl Power, but hedge fund supremo Stanley Fink would like to convert us to Man Power. The company he runs — Man Group — has metamorphosed from a small sugar broker to aFTSE 100 company. […]
San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Term Sheet Column
Aug. 28–He’s been overlooked, but venture capitalist Garrett Gruener has rocketed into fourth place in fundraising among the many candidates for governor. As of Wednesday, the founder of popular Emeryville Web search engine Ask Jeeves had contributed $500,000 to his […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
