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... necessary. For that purpose, a principles approach touching on disclosure, an approach also applied to private pools of capital, including hedge funds in the United States.318 But equally important, in this case formalist distinctions matter. And they matter ... in the wings are the social policy efforts to reform the terms of "bad" mortgages to keep people in their homes. Macro regulation is taking the form of changes in the regulation of banks and their financial arrangements.332 But there is an ...

... $272 million in venture-capital funding and a valuation of $1.55 billion but was ultimately sold to industry behemoth Cisco Systems Inc. for a disappointing $89 million ... proved to be too much for Webvan. This company that once had about $800 million in venture capital ended up with $830 million in losses, with about $40 million on hand. Caspian Networks ... shut down in 2006. Caspian Networks fluctuated from more than $300 million in funding and 323 employees to less than 100 employees and closed doors ...

... in the wings are the social policy efforts to reform the terms of "bad" mortgages to keep people in their homes. Macro regulation is taking the form of changes in the regulation of banks and their financial arrangements. But there is ... stake in the on-going debate by virtue of its increasing importance in global capital flows. The critical issue relates to standards of governance and transparency that are adopted by such funds and the extent of comfort that investee countries have in this regard ...

... the residents out when they can't pay from their own funds? Of course not. Assisted Living Concepts, Inc. is a relatively new corporation that was spun off from the nursing home behemoth, Extendicare (now known as Extendicare REIT - see ... bonuses built in to their contracts when the hit that "important milestone." So what's the problem with good old American capitalism? Nothing except for the fact that these places enjoy governmental licensure - an imprimatur of safety and good management - that ...

... Louise Campbell, President) Bos Manold Fund For Haitian Opportunity, Inc., The (Jamaica Plain, MA; M. Chamberlin, President) Boston Capital Energy Manager Corporation (Boston, ... P.c. (Brookline, MA; Yuri Shamritsky, President) Brothers Construction Home Improvement, Inc. (Watertown, MA; Edgard Augusto, President) Bug Busters Computer Services ... Dl Auto Sales Incorporated (Somerville, MA; Odiel Vidal, President) Dnd, Inc. (Sturbridge, MA; Mark Manthorne, President) Dolly's Cleaning Incorporated (South ...

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... looked at private equity investors and hedge finds, who are joining established players in funding pharmaceutical research. While the equity-academia relationship has been around for a little ... Drug Royalty Corp. (now DRI Capital Inc.) to help start the firm. The firm has established a $325 million fund for doing deals. • Cowen, the newest royalty ... chief financial officer and two support staffers. It began raising its first fund in November 2007 and in nine months closed on more than $500 million ...

... United States. Let's take each in turn, beginning with the growth in foreign capital. Between 1992-2007, the U.S. current account deficit increased by more ... just in the U.S. but in many other countries as well. While real home prices increased nearly 50 percent in the U.S. between 1998 and ... capital that depend on the smooth functioning of the financial system, and are large enough to be a burden on it in a crisis, should be subject to some degree of regulation. Yes, that includes large hedge funds ...

... Appeals for the Second Circuit recently dismissed a securities class action against Dynex Capital Inc. ("Dynex") and its subsidiary, Merit Securities Corp. ("Merit"), because the plaintiff ... scienter. See Teamsters Local 445 Freight Div. Pension Fund v. Dynex Capital Inc., No. 06-CV-2902 (2d Cir. Jan. 30, ... Dynex and secured by loans that Merit made to people seeking to buy mobile homes. According to the Complaint, the defendants failed to disclose that the loans had been made to "uncreditworthy ...

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