Category Archives: HedgeCo News
Fortis Prime Fund Solutions Links Worldwide Investor Services Through webMethods Integration Platform
<body.content> <block> <p>AMSTERDAM, Netherlands and FAIRFAX, Va., Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ — webMethods, Inc. , the leading provider of integration software enabling Global BusinessVisibility(TM), today announced that Fortis Prime Fund Solutions selected the webMethods Integration Platform to centralize and further automate […]
Florida Venture Capital Organization Wants To Hear From Start-Up Firms
Need money? Well, read this. The Florida Venture Forum is seeking applications from start-up companies to pitch their business plans at the 13th annual Florida Venture Capital Conference in January in Orlando. As many as 25 companies normally come to […]
Florida Forum Seeks Start-Up Firms for Vetting at Its Annual Parley
Sep. 1–Need money? Well, read this. The Florida Venture Forum is seeking applications from start-up companies to pitch their business plans at the 13th annual Florida Venture Capital Conference in January in Orlando. As many as 25 companies normally come […]
September ; The auto industry convenes in Germany, nano-tech takes over Washington, D.C., and Rosie O’Donnell heads to court.
1 September starts the way every month should–with a day off. Why is it called Labor Day if the point is not to do any? While you ponder that, please note that it is both Be Kind to Writers andEditors […]
Dirty Little Secrets ; The mutual fund industry has been playing fast and loose with your dollars. Will the SEC finally take action?
Ever since Enron collapsed into a smoldering heap nearly two years ago, regulators and lawmakers have scrambled to shore up confidence in the nation’s financial markets and corporate boardrooms.They’ve passed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act; they’ve slapped Wall Street firms with huge […]
Time to get back into tech?
CALIFORNIAN Paul Davis will be calling the shots on the investment portfolio of Australasia’s first capital guaranteed investment fund from his Port Levy farm on Banks Peninsula. Capital Guaranteed Investments has appointed Australian firm TechInvest, founded by Mr Davis, as […]
Chicago Tribune Small Business Notebook Column
Aug. 31–SBA REQUESTS ‘DO NOT FAX’ RULE CHANGES: The U.S. Small Business Administration’s advocacy office last week filed a petition asking the Federal Communications Commission to significantlychange “do not fax” rules, citing the concerns of small-business trade associations, membership organizations […]
Oklahoma Beef Processing Project Seeks Investors for New Facility
Aug. 31–Efforts to correct Oklahoma’s beef processing deficit may face further delays as producer-investors have not raised the required $10 million startup funds to build the proposed AmericanNative Beef facility near Hugo. The project’s supporters are not giving up and […]
Be Contrarian – Market Will Still Manage To Confound You
BY THE WONDERFUL LOGIC of market contrariness, it figured that 2003 would be stocks’ year. As 2002 ended, the smart money had given up on the stock market. Sure, the sages acknowledged, there might be occasional rallies. But after the […]
Chandler, Ariz., Chipmaking Start-Up Receives $4.2 Million in Venture Capital
Aug. 30–Andigilog, a startup semiconductor company based in Chandler, has won $4.2 million in venture capital funding to develop and market integrated circuits that warn of overheating incomputers, cell phones and other electronic devices. The company, located at 7404 W. Detroit […]
Market forces: Suitor at the gate for Queens Moat
Queens Moat Houses bucked the weak trend in the hotel sector yesterday thanks to speculation that veteran property entrepreneur and 25% shareholder Jack Petchey is to launch an offer for the debt-laden group. Dealers were left scratching their heads on […]
Japan beats odds as yen refuses to go higher Steady interventions by central bank keep speculators at bay
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 […]