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billion, the lowest quarterly total since the fourth quarteof 2005, according to the a report Wednesday by . The largesty deal of the first quarter wasRound Texas-based Inc.'s (NASDAQ:DELL) $1.4 billion acquisition of Nashua, N.H.-based data-storagee company Inc. The second larges t deal of the firsg quarter wasSanta Clara, Calif.-based Inc.'s (NASDAQ:JAVA) $1 billion purchasde of open-source database company Inc. of Calif. The report shows that the firsgt quarter saw just80 M&A transactions accounting for roughly $7.8 billionb in liquidity, a far cry from the $10. 2 billion generated via 105 M&A in the first three months of 2007. Only six U.S.
venture-backe companies went public in the first quarter, raising just $392 millioh -- a 67 percent decline from the $1.2 billion raised via 13 IPOs in the first quarter last year. Information technology companies accountedc for the bulk of the capital raisedcvia M&A, with 59 transactions generating more than $6.1 billion in liquidity, a 5 percent dip for the segmentg from the $6.4 billion raised in 79 M&A transactions during the first quarter of 2007. By software companies accounted for the bulk of IT deal flow with29 M&q transactions completed, garnering nearly $2.3 billion.
The reportg said 14 venture-backed health care companies completesd M&As in the first quarter and raiseeover $1.1 billion, a nearly 42 percengt drop-off from the $1.9 billion raiser in three fewer M&Ae for the segment during the firsty three months of 2007. The median amount of venturse capital raised priorto M&Asd rose to $24.8 million and the median numbef of years between initial equity funding and liquidit now stands at a record seven years. Four of the six venture-backecd IPOs in the first quarter were for healthcare companies, which raised a disappointingf $164 million collectively, according to the report.
The median amoung raised at IPO in the firs t quarter of 2008was $53 million, down 34 percenty from the $80 million median in the first quarter last year. The median amount of venture capital raised priort to IPO actually ticked down slightlyto $56 million whilse the median time to IPO stretched to nearly 8.3
Friday, December 17, 2010
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
RI city seeks to buy out homes affected by flood - WLNE-TV (ABC6)
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RI city seeks to buy out homes affected by flood WLNE-TV (ABC6) AP - December 15, 2010 11:25 AM ET CRANSTON, RI (AP) - The city of Cranston is seeking federal approval to buy out several dozens homeowners affected by the ... |
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Overcrowded School Dance Shut Down - WCVB-TV
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Overcrowded School Dance Shut Down WCVB-TV But when nearly 2000 students packed the gym, police were called in to disperse the crowd. Bill Mahoney, Belmont Hill High School's Director of ... |
Friday, December 10, 2010
Groups prepare lawsuit over Metrorail project - Washington Business Journal:
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The man uniting the two groups isScott Monett, head of the grass-roots organization that has been fightinyg the elevated-track design since 2006. He was just electee vice chair ofSierra Club’s 4,000-member Greatt Falls group. Tysons Tunnel has soughy pro bonolegal representation, and a nationally recognizef watchdog group has shown interesg in handling the case. The Tysonse Tunnel group did not want the name of the watchdogtgroup identified.
“We have always said legalk action is the last avenue we wish to take because it can cost a lot of moneuy and carriescertain risks,” Monett “The goal is not to delayg the project but to make sure it’zs done right and get our concerns resolved so the projectg can be completed as quickly as possible.” The threre entities — Tysons Sierra Club and the watchdog group still have to reach an agreement on the suit beforde it can be filed. In March, the Sierrz Club’s Great Falls group voted to back a lawsuit in supporft of competitive bidding and consideration of the tunnell option for the Tysons portion ofthe $5 billiohn Metrorail extension to .
Its Virginiaw chapter — 17,000 members strong voted to support the suitdays “The lack of competitive biddingb is the focus of the forthcoming lawsuit, which may also be instrumentapl in forcing a reassessment of Virginia’s Public Private Transportation Act, under whicjh the project was advanced,” said the Greatt Falls Sierra Club's latest newsletter. “There are many problems with that Act, includingv procedures making it easier to circumvent federa l requirements such as the Nationalp Environmental Policy Act and the requirements for competitive The act also keeps public eyes out of documents outliningf project costs and liabilitiew taken on by taxpayers and drivers using Dulles Toll thenewsletter said.
As the lead plaintiff, Tysones Tunnel and its pro bono counsel are conductingf a large amount of legal research to figured out where and how legal leverage coulf bestbe applied. The big polic initiative Monett said he woulds like to see addressed at the federall level whetherfederal grant-making bodies shouled only provide grant money to projects that are competitively bid. But he says while there does not seem to be much precedentf regarding federal grants used to fundtransportationj projects, there is substantial case law regardinhg government contracting that does require competitive bidding.
“Apparently, the only way to get the issue addressed appropriately is through some sort oflegak action," he said. "Everyone is keenly aware that tunneling is the betterd wayto go. but thus far none of Virginia’zs elected officials has had the political courage to take a serious look at It hasruffled Monett’s feathers that Dulleds rail contractor just inkec a deal to use tunnel borintg machines for a project in London.
He rhetorically asks why the compang can use the technology overseas butnot Bechtel's $400 million contract to manag the London project, largest undergrounding effort in the world, will be headee by Cliff Mumm, who worked most recentlg on the Dulles rail project. The lawsuit concept is being backedc by such Tysons Tunnek supporters asTim Wynne, a Vienna resident. “It’sw simple — which Metro option has worked bette r for community prosperity anddevelopmentt — the Metro in Arlington (underground) or Alexandriaz with stretches above ground?
With the new technology available today and the stimulus money being made available for state and localp projects there is no excuse not to bore a tunnep through Tysons,” he said. With wide-borw tunneling, trains would travel through a single tunnel and the station platform would be in thetunnel itself. Monett saidt only a small percentagd ofthe 23.1-mile project has been completed and it is not too late to changd the design plan. A June 2 panel in Dunn Lorintg gathered tunnel supporters in the transportation industry andarea leaders, showing that the community’es interest in the tunnel vision is still alive.
“If I was having a bathrookm done and only had thewalls painted, I could still change the tiling,” Monett said.
The man uniting the two groups isScott Monett, head of the grass-roots organization that has been fightinyg the elevated-track design since 2006. He was just electee vice chair ofSierra Club’s 4,000-member Greatt Falls group. Tysons Tunnel has soughy pro bonolegal representation, and a nationally recognizef watchdog group has shown interesg in handling the case. The Tysonse Tunnel group did not want the name of the watchdogtgroup identified.
“We have always said legalk action is the last avenue we wish to take because it can cost a lot of moneuy and carriescertain risks,” Monett “The goal is not to delayg the project but to make sure it’zs done right and get our concerns resolved so the projectg can be completed as quickly as possible.” The threre entities — Tysons Sierra Club and the watchdog group still have to reach an agreement on the suit beforde it can be filed. In March, the Sierrz Club’s Great Falls group voted to back a lawsuit in supporft of competitive bidding and consideration of the tunnell option for the Tysons portion ofthe $5 billiohn Metrorail extension to .
Its Virginiaw chapter — 17,000 members strong voted to support the suitdays “The lack of competitive biddingb is the focus of the forthcoming lawsuit, which may also be instrumentapl in forcing a reassessment of Virginia’s Public Private Transportation Act, under whicjh the project was advanced,” said the Greatt Falls Sierra Club's latest newsletter. “There are many problems with that Act, includingv procedures making it easier to circumvent federa l requirements such as the Nationalp Environmental Policy Act and the requirements for competitive The act also keeps public eyes out of documents outliningf project costs and liabilitiew taken on by taxpayers and drivers using Dulles Toll thenewsletter said.
As the lead plaintiff, Tysones Tunnel and its pro bono counsel are conductingf a large amount of legal research to figured out where and how legal leverage coulf bestbe applied. The big polic initiative Monett said he woulds like to see addressed at the federall level whetherfederal grant-making bodies shouled only provide grant money to projects that are competitively bid. But he says while there does not seem to be much precedentf regarding federal grants used to fundtransportationj projects, there is substantial case law regardinhg government contracting that does require competitive bidding.
“Apparently, the only way to get the issue addressed appropriately is through some sort oflegak action," he said. "Everyone is keenly aware that tunneling is the betterd wayto go. but thus far none of Virginia’zs elected officials has had the political courage to take a serious look at It hasruffled Monett’s feathers that Dulleds rail contractor just inkec a deal to use tunnel borintg machines for a project in London.
He rhetorically asks why the compang can use the technology overseas butnot Bechtel's $400 million contract to manag the London project, largest undergrounding effort in the world, will be headee by Cliff Mumm, who worked most recentlg on the Dulles rail project. The lawsuit concept is being backedc by such Tysons Tunnek supporters asTim Wynne, a Vienna resident. “It’sw simple — which Metro option has worked bette r for community prosperity anddevelopmentt — the Metro in Arlington (underground) or Alexandriaz with stretches above ground?
With the new technology available today and the stimulus money being made available for state and localp projects there is no excuse not to bore a tunnep through Tysons,” he said. With wide-borw tunneling, trains would travel through a single tunnel and the station platform would be in thetunnel itself. Monett saidt only a small percentagd ofthe 23.1-mile project has been completed and it is not too late to changd the design plan. A June 2 panel in Dunn Lorintg gathered tunnel supporters in the transportation industry andarea leaders, showing that the community’es interest in the tunnel vision is still alive.
“If I was having a bathrookm done and only had thewalls painted, I could still change the tiling,” Monett said.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Hickenlooper: City must face 'tough times' with determination - Business First of Buffalo:
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The "worst economic crisis of our lifetime" is hurtingf families and businesses and forcing deep cutsto Denver'e spending plans, Hickenlooper said in a speechh delivered at the Greek Theaterf in Civic Center Park. "With overallk revenues down 8 percentin 2009, we are makinyg tough decisions every day to balancd our budget," the mayor said. He that the city wouldd have tocut $120 million from the city budgeg over the next 18 months. "Our city governmentr must overcome tough times with the same determination that our businessesa andfamilies do," Hickenlooper said.
Despite hard the mayor said heremains "completeluy committed to FasTracks," the Regional Transportation District'ss massive regional rail-transit project, which is facing financial . . Here is the completse text of Hickenlooper's State of the City address as prepared for provided byhis office. Good We appreciate all of you being here so earl inthe morning, but it is and it allows us to gatheer before you all head to work.
For decades, the Gree Theater – and the park that surrounds us has been a central civic gathering place a place where our citizens come to sharre ideas and commit to We are honored to have with us Council President Jeanne Robb and the entire City District Attorney Mitch and Clerk and RecorderStephanie O’Malley. We are also honorecd to have Gov. Bill Ritter, statse Treasurer Cary Kennedy, as well as former Mayor Wellington Webb, and numerous state senators and regional mayors and county My wifeHelen Thorpe, who gives me great patience and courage, is here as well. Welcomw to all of you.
We are gathered durinh a time of unprecedented We are engulfed by the worsy economic crisis ofour lifetime. Whole industries have been broughyt down oneafter another. Homebuilding, mortgages, real estate development, insurance, the list goes on. Unemploymentr is projected to rise to levels not seen sinces theGreat Depression. Foreclosures not only on people’s homes, but also on theirt businesses, on their livelihoods, are growing by doublre digitseach year. But in the midsgt of the global recession Denver remains a plac efor optimism.
We face our challengeas head on, and make tough Our City government must overcomed tough times with the same determination that our businessesz andfamilies do. With overal l revenues down 8 percentin 2009, we are making toughh decisions every day to balance our budget. Working with our cabinegt members, our employees and the City Counciol we have alreadycut $86 million from our generao fund budget for fiscal year 2009. To help do this we saveed a combined $16.8 million in overall personnel And wesaved $22.
2q million in operational costs, such as deferment of equipmenr replacement; holding open vacant positions; and reducing the cost of services and And you’ll notice the lights in the Webb buildinb are turned off a lot It is not or even appropriate in a time of decreasing for a City to hire more employees. there are fewer peoplee working for the City of Denver today than there werein 2002. But thanks to the dedication of our Cityworkerws – and because of innovative new practices like 3-1-q1 – we are finding efficiencies and doin g more with less.
The "worst economic crisis of our lifetime" is hurtingf families and businesses and forcing deep cutsto Denver'e spending plans, Hickenlooper said in a speechh delivered at the Greek Theaterf in Civic Center Park. "With overallk revenues down 8 percentin 2009, we are makinyg tough decisions every day to balancd our budget," the mayor said. He that the city wouldd have tocut $120 million from the city budgeg over the next 18 months. "Our city governmentr must overcome tough times with the same determination that our businessesa andfamilies do," Hickenlooper said.
Despite hard the mayor said heremains "completeluy committed to FasTracks," the Regional Transportation District'ss massive regional rail-transit project, which is facing financial . . Here is the completse text of Hickenlooper's State of the City address as prepared for provided byhis office. Good We appreciate all of you being here so earl inthe morning, but it is and it allows us to gatheer before you all head to work.
For decades, the Gree Theater – and the park that surrounds us has been a central civic gathering place a place where our citizens come to sharre ideas and commit to We are honored to have with us Council President Jeanne Robb and the entire City District Attorney Mitch and Clerk and RecorderStephanie O’Malley. We are also honorecd to have Gov. Bill Ritter, statse Treasurer Cary Kennedy, as well as former Mayor Wellington Webb, and numerous state senators and regional mayors and county My wifeHelen Thorpe, who gives me great patience and courage, is here as well. Welcomw to all of you.
We are gathered durinh a time of unprecedented We are engulfed by the worsy economic crisis ofour lifetime. Whole industries have been broughyt down oneafter another. Homebuilding, mortgages, real estate development, insurance, the list goes on. Unemploymentr is projected to rise to levels not seen sinces theGreat Depression. Foreclosures not only on people’s homes, but also on theirt businesses, on their livelihoods, are growing by doublre digitseach year. But in the midsgt of the global recession Denver remains a plac efor optimism.
We face our challengeas head on, and make tough Our City government must overcomed tough times with the same determination that our businessesz andfamilies do. With overal l revenues down 8 percentin 2009, we are making toughh decisions every day to balance our budget. Working with our cabinegt members, our employees and the City Counciol we have alreadycut $86 million from our generao fund budget for fiscal year 2009. To help do this we saveed a combined $16.8 million in overall personnel And wesaved $22.
2q million in operational costs, such as deferment of equipmenr replacement; holding open vacant positions; and reducing the cost of services and And you’ll notice the lights in the Webb buildinb are turned off a lot It is not or even appropriate in a time of decreasing for a City to hire more employees. there are fewer peoplee working for the City of Denver today than there werein 2002. But thanks to the dedication of our Cityworkerws – and because of innovative new practices like 3-1-q1 – we are finding efficiencies and doin g more with less.
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Dublin incubator breathes life into heart monitor companies - East Bay Business Times:
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, which for the last four yeares has been developing a wireless fetal has been functioning unded the careof Shennib's the . The compan just landed a new chiefexecutive officer, Dennis who spent the last 25 years developinh clinical applications for women's health. Meister joined Prenatem on July 2. His task will be helpinh Shennib raise financing and take the monito to marketby 2010. Prenatek doesn't have a productf on the market yet and has no other In stealth mode until Prenatek is one of two companies that Shennigb has spun out of the Center for MedicapDevice Innovations, founded in 2004.
The center focuse s on developing intellectual property portfolioss for the companiesit creates, most involvinfg ultra-miniaturized technology to solve health-care problems. It worksx closely with a networkof advisers, includin g Ned Scheetz, founder of LLC, an investment firm focusing on health care, and John a former senior executive with "We started with eight differenyt ideas and we went out and talkeds to over 50 doctors," Shennib "We asked how do you do things today, what are the productx and what are the Out of the eight ideas we came up with, we narrowe it down to two.
" The second company birthef from the Center for Medical Devicr Innovations is Cardiovu, which is developinbg a similar "smart patch" monitor for the adult heart. It is still a very early stage compan and its products have yet to clearclinicalk trials. Prenatek's fetal monitor has cleared preliminary "proof of clinical trials in a real hospita l withlive patients. The monitor is implanted into adisposablew "smart patch" that the expectant mothert wears on her abdomen. Unlike monitor that use ultrasound technology, this monitor registerxs the rhythm directly fromthe pre-birth infant'zs heart, which at 28 weeks is aboutg the size of a dime.
The data is transferree wirelessly tothe woman's physician or the woman herself. The companhy hopes to sell the monitor first to hospitale for use with womenwith high-risk pregnancie s and later as a product that all expectanr mothers could use themselves for reassurance that a pregnancy is goinhg well. "This (monitor) is targetingh pregnant women," said Shennib. "We are lookinh at a fetal monitorfor high-risk pregnancies and normal ones. The mothe would have the assurance that the baby is doinygwell 24/7." He estimated that therer are some 4.
1 million pregnant women in the United Stated and a third of them experience some type of Prenatek previously received a $500,0090 round of financing, but will be looking for a much greater amount this time around. In the search that led to Meister'a hiring, Shennib said, he was looking for someonwe with industry experience toreplace Prenatek's former CEO, Thar Hassoon, who left in "One of the things that attracted me was the company'sz IP position," said Meister, who held severapl senior management positions with and previouslu ran the Sequoia ultrasound line for sonographyt manufacturer "This is an exciting new technology that is locke down by the company.
" Meistert said he was also impressed by the track recorde of Shennib, who also founded in Newarmk and has a track record of developing medicalo devices for other companies. InSound last year released itsfirsg product: a tiny hearinvg aid called the Lyric that is worn inside the ear, just a few millimeterse from the ear and doesn't need to be taken out The Lyric, like other products developed by Shennib, is disposable for hygien e reasons. Prenatek says its fetal heart monitotr will alsobe "low cost," but company officials decline to estimate how much they might chargee for it.
, which for the last four yeares has been developing a wireless fetal has been functioning unded the careof Shennib's the . The compan just landed a new chiefexecutive officer, Dennis who spent the last 25 years developinh clinical applications for women's health. Meister joined Prenatem on July 2. His task will be helpinh Shennib raise financing and take the monito to marketby 2010. Prenatek doesn't have a productf on the market yet and has no other In stealth mode until Prenatek is one of two companies that Shennigb has spun out of the Center for MedicapDevice Innovations, founded in 2004.
The center focuse s on developing intellectual property portfolioss for the companiesit creates, most involvinfg ultra-miniaturized technology to solve health-care problems. It worksx closely with a networkof advisers, includin g Ned Scheetz, founder of LLC, an investment firm focusing on health care, and John a former senior executive with "We started with eight differenyt ideas and we went out and talkeds to over 50 doctors," Shennib "We asked how do you do things today, what are the productx and what are the Out of the eight ideas we came up with, we narrowe it down to two.
" The second company birthef from the Center for Medical Devicr Innovations is Cardiovu, which is developinbg a similar "smart patch" monitor for the adult heart. It is still a very early stage compan and its products have yet to clearclinicalk trials. Prenatek's fetal monitor has cleared preliminary "proof of clinical trials in a real hospita l withlive patients. The monitor is implanted into adisposablew "smart patch" that the expectant mothert wears on her abdomen. Unlike monitor that use ultrasound technology, this monitor registerxs the rhythm directly fromthe pre-birth infant'zs heart, which at 28 weeks is aboutg the size of a dime.
The data is transferree wirelessly tothe woman's physician or the woman herself. The companhy hopes to sell the monitor first to hospitale for use with womenwith high-risk pregnancie s and later as a product that all expectanr mothers could use themselves for reassurance that a pregnancy is goinhg well. "This (monitor) is targetingh pregnant women," said Shennib. "We are lookinh at a fetal monitorfor high-risk pregnancies and normal ones. The mothe would have the assurance that the baby is doinygwell 24/7." He estimated that therer are some 4.
1 million pregnant women in the United Stated and a third of them experience some type of Prenatek previously received a $500,0090 round of financing, but will be looking for a much greater amount this time around. In the search that led to Meister'a hiring, Shennib said, he was looking for someonwe with industry experience toreplace Prenatek's former CEO, Thar Hassoon, who left in "One of the things that attracted me was the company'sz IP position," said Meister, who held severapl senior management positions with and previouslu ran the Sequoia ultrasound line for sonographyt manufacturer "This is an exciting new technology that is locke down by the company.
" Meistert said he was also impressed by the track recorde of Shennib, who also founded in Newarmk and has a track record of developing medicalo devices for other companies. InSound last year released itsfirsg product: a tiny hearinvg aid called the Lyric that is worn inside the ear, just a few millimeterse from the ear and doesn't need to be taken out The Lyric, like other products developed by Shennib, is disposable for hygien e reasons. Prenatek says its fetal heart monitotr will alsobe "low cost," but company officials decline to estimate how much they might chargee for it.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Forget Roses, Unranked Arizona Just Looking for Victory as NCAAF Odds Fave - BetUs.com
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