Monthly Archives: August 2003

MeVC took the lofty idea of making venture capital public and dragged it through the gutter. It seemed like a brilliant idea at the time. The year was 1999, and Wall Street worshipped all things venture. Newly public tech stocks […]

THE issue of investment has never been a more vital one for Scotland’s new, young and growing business ventures. Similar to others around the world, the investment market in Scotland has experienced a traumatic two years. The source of venture […]

Aug. 10–Morningstar, a well-known and widely quoted information company, is packed with bright young people who earn their daily bread analyzing mutual funds. Their information and insights are followed by hundreds of thousands of investors and money managers. It’s worth […]

Picks reveal Morningstar’s thinking Fund committee replaces 2 of its 401(k) choices By HANK EZELL Cox News Service Sunday, August 10, 2003 Atlanta — Morningstar, a well-known and widely quoted information company, is packed with bright young people who earn […]

AVRUM D. LANK All the Fed should do this week is wait By AVRUM D. LANK of the Journal Sentinel staff Sunday, August 10, 2003 When members of the Federal Reserve Board gather Tuesday to consider what to do about […]

This past week we traveled to California on our first joint economic development mission. We believe this is the beginning of a partnership between the governor and mayor’s offices that will helpstrengthen our economy and create employment opportunities. Our economic […]

Aug. 10–The Rendell administration has accepted a major change to its economic stimulus package that proponents say could help Pennsylvania attract business investments with less risk to taxpayers. The change to the governor’s venture capital platform is significant because it […]

Aug. 10–High-tech might not be kicking, but for venture capitalists, it sure is alive. Despite the technology industry’s three-year debacle of layoffs, failed companies and plummeting stock prices, venture capitalists still believe high-tech can pack a punch in the future, […]

Aug. 9–When members of the Federal Reserve Board gather Tuesday to consider what to do about interest rates, a grill will be more useful than a laptop. The meeting is being held only because it was scheduled, not because it […]

Aug. 9–After a hiatus, some important data resurfaced in new ads for Fidelity Investments’ stock mutual funds: actual investment returns. With the second-quarter surge in the stock market that pushed the Dow Jones industrial average above 9,000 and investors rediscovering […]

Despite the recent management turmoil at Merrill Lynch, its profit from bond trading has been the envy of rival brokerage firms. Propelling the performance has been a group led by Barry Wittlin, astar derivatives trader who has quickly garnered attention […]

Europe has been a graveyard for the hopes of small British investors. An onslaught of marketing by fund management groups in the 1990s lured investors into funds that, it was promised, would benefitas sluggish European corporates embraced Anglo-Saxon capitalism (downsizing, […]