Monthly Archives: June 2003
Shareholder.com Announces Nine Leading Investor Organizations Join OpenCompany Disclosure Network
ORLANDO, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 9, 2003– NYSSA, EDGAR Online, Computershare and The Deal Among Organizations Promoting Open Communications to Drive Shareholder Confidence Shareholder.com, a leader in investor communications, announced that the New York Society of Securities Analysts (NYSSA), EDGAR(R) Online(R), Inc., […]
Shareholder.com Announces Nine Leading Investor Organizations Join OpenCompany Disclosure Network
ORLANDO, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 9, 2003– NYSSA, EDGAR Online, Computershare and The Deal Among Organizations Promoting Open Communications to Drive Shareholder Confidence Shareholder.com, a leader in investor communications, announced that the New York Society of Securities Analysts (NYSSA), EDGAR(R) Online(R), Inc., […]
Involving Bumis in ICT (HL)
A holistic strategy involving all relevant Government agencies is needed to increase the participation of Bumiputera-owned companies and entrepreneurs in the local information and communicationstechnology (ICT) sector. Despite the promise of the sector, which analysts say will continue to grow […]
HR Technologies Secures $2.75 Million in Series B Growth Financing; Zon Capital Partners Leads Second Round with Cross Atlantic Capital Partners and Early Stage Enterprises
PURCHASE, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 9, 2003–HR Technologies (HRT), a leading provider of analytical human capital management (HCM) software, announced today that it has recently closed on $2.75million of financing from three venture funds, led by Zon Capital Partners. The company’s second […]
The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Small Business Toolbox Column
Jun. 9–VENTURE CAPITAL: Do you have an innovative start-up business that needs some outside investment to help it really take off? The Central Florida Innovation Corp. is sponsoring a “capital raising conference” that could hook you up with an investor […]
The State, Columbia, S.C., C. Grant Jackson Column
Jun. 8–Four measures that could have helped move South Carolina toward a brighter economic future were killed by an obstructionist move in the final hours of the legislative session. The inability to pass the measures means South Carolina will fall […]
El Dorado Hills, Calif., Software Firm Secures $4 Million in Venture Capital
Jun. 7–To keep her fledgling software company afloat, Libby Alumbaugh maxed out her credit cards, put her house on the market, convinced her engineers to work for minimum wage and traded her prizedsilver Corvette for a Ford Focus. But the […]
Triad Venture Capital Firm Signs Up Stem-Cell Group
The Piedmont Angel Network, a venture capital group, announced Friday that it has invested in StemCo Biomedical Inc., which develops stem cell products for medical treatments. Details were not released about the dollar value of PAN’s investment, which helped Research […]
Market forces: William Hill stakes rise
Usually when a venture capital firm bows out of a company the stock can be expected to tank, but betting shop operator William Hill ended up 0.5p at 268p as institutions snapped up a sizeable chunkof the stakes held by […]
Start-Ups, Investors Both More Optimistic
IS THE DEEP FREEZE in the venture capital community finally starting to thaw? Some recent developments indicate that it might be. Take, for instance, the amount of money that has flowed into Seattle start-ups recently. In the past three weeks, […]
Philadelphia-Area Women Launch Investment Company
Jun. 6–Three women who are veterans of the financial services industry announced yesterday the formation of NewMarket Capital Partners L.L.C., an investment company in Philadelphia that will managetwo new hedge funds. NewMarket is managing the funds for CMS Cos., a […]
MORI founder may get pounds 20m
MORI, Britain’s best known election pollster, is up for sale in a deal that could earn chairman and founder Bob Worcester up to pounds 20 million. Venture capitalist 3i, which has a 41 per cent stake, is seeking between pounds […]