You’ve just found out that the manager of your favorite mutual fund is decamping. What to do? Stay or go? Investors in the United States, where top-performing managers often attain cult status, havebeen facing that dilemma more often of late […]

LACK of seed funding in New Zealand is strangling early-stage research vital for producing biotechnology businesses, a visiting entrepreneur and scientist says. Peter Shepherd of University College, London, who was London Biotechnology Networks’ young entrepreneur of the year in 2002, […]

European major stocks end mixed LONDON, Aug. 13 (Xinhua) — European major stock markets ended mixed Wednesday as investors banked profits from four straight winning sessions against poor performances of oil giants although solid US retail sales data in July […]

DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug. 13, 2003–HO2 Partners, a Dallas-based technology venture capital firm, has obtained commitments for $1.7 million in additional funding to be used for future investmentsin its existing portfolio. Participation in the HO2 Annex Fund was restricted to HO2’s present […]

DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug. 13, 2003–HO2 Partners, a Dallas-based technology venture capital firm, has obtained commitments for $1.7 million in additional funding to be used for future investmentsin its existing portfolio. Participation in the HO2 Annex Fund was restricted to HO2’s present […]

The outlook for local venture capital fund managers remains cheerless, with the number of new deals dropping and any big returns on existing investments still far off, an industry report said yesterday. The Mid-Atlantic Venture Association’s quarterly survey found that […]

Trusted Network Technologies, Inc. (www.trustednetworktech.com), the leader in Identity-based Access Control(TM) software, announced today that CEO, Stephen Gant, will speak at Datacenter Ventures, which is scheduled to take place September 16 to 17, 2003, at the Sofitel San Francisco Bay […]

ATLANTA, GA — (MARKET WIRE) — 08/12/2003 — Trusted Network Technologies, Inc. (www.trustednetworktech.com), the leader in Identity-based Access Control™ software, announced today thatCEO, Stephen Gant, will speak at Datacenter Ventures, which is scheduled to take place September 16 to 17, […]

Targacept has won an award for its ability to raise venture capital. The Winston-Salem company, which is developing treatments for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, won an Entrepreneurial Excellence Award on Friday from the Council for Entrepreneurial Development. Targacept, a 1997 […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President George W. Bush described former Liberian President Charles Taylor’s departure into exile as “an important step” but gave no hint whether it moved him closer todeploying more U.S. troops to the war-ravaged country. Three U.S. warships […]

THE cheerleaders for the American economy have been out in force again in the past few days, trying to convince themselves and indeed everyone else that the world’s biggest economy has got over itswoes and is truly on the mend. […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Robert J. McCann, a Merrill Lynch veteran who oversaw the company’s stock-research department until March 1, is returning as an executive vice president overseeing the company’sbrokerage, research and money-management operations, Merrill said Tuesday. McCann, who joined […]