Roanoke Times
Safeguard Scientifics leads $45 million financing for PixelOptics
OptoIQ
"Our partnership with PixelOptics reflects our business model to target companies that have an innovative product or service, rapid path to commercialization, and a strong management team." "I have been wearing emPower! since we began our due-diligence ...
Safeguard Scientifics Leads $45 Million Financing for PixelOpticsBusiness Wire (press release)
PixelOptics Closes $45 Million FinancingPR Newswire (press release)
Roanoke Co. electronic eyeglass firm draws $45 million in financingRoanoke Times

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Mass High Tech
MIT's Langer, Polaris' McGuire have startup formula for success
Mass High Tech
In a partnership spanning 18 years and almost as many startup companies, Robert Langer, serial entrepreneur and MIT institute professor, and Terry McGuire, general partner at Polaris Venture Partners in ...

Telegraph.co.uk
Portugal: Why this little PIG(GY) had none
CTV.ca
No deal is in place but Canada's largest bank is taking a serious look at its options for dealing with its struggling US lending business. Royal Bank made its first real move into US retail banking roughly a decade ago, when former CEO John Cleghorn ...
Portugal official says his country needs a bailoutBusinessWeek
Portugal bail-out makes ECB decision easierFinancial Post
Portugal caves in, pleads for debt helpBusiness Standard
FinFacts Ireland
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: IBM eyes 5% revenue from SmartCloud by 2015
Financial Express
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, the world's largest publicly traded copper producer, and rival Xstrata are positioning for potential takeovers as Chinese metals demand increases and financing conditions improve. Phoenix-based Freeport could fund a ...

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Maryland Tech Company, Captico LLC, Defies the Odds
PR-USA.net (press release)
Captico, LLC is Fisher's fourth successful startup. The second secret to Captico's success is its niche in the web development world. Fisher's vision was for Captico to become a “startup incubator,” a place where new companies and non-profits would ...

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Is your business facing a balloon payment on a mortgage?
San Diego Union Tribune
The San Diego office will be using the lender CDC Small Business Finance for this program, Garcia said. For more information, business owners can call the San Diego SBA office at (619) 557-7250 or email sandiego@sba.gov. Until now, the refinancing ...

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NY1
Program Helps Small Businesses Get Loans
NY1
The Small Business Administration is helping local businesses get loans and create jobs. NY1's Tara Lynn Wagner filed the following report. Cesar Cedillo, Owner of Kevin and Richard Plumbing and Heating Supplies, has big things in the pipeline. ...

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Everything you need to fly solo
The Independent
“That enabled us to examine the mind- and skill-set that a successful entrepreneur needs. It helped me to better understand whether I had the capability to accept the challenge of going it alone.” Other UK business schools strongly committed to ...

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BSP: Consumer loans rise 14.4% to P472.6B in 2010
GMANews.TV
Key reasons cited by respondent banks for the net increase in demand for loans by enterprises were firms' upbeat outlook for the domestic economy, lower interest rates, improved terms of financing by banks, and lack of other sources of financing. ...

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Roanoke Times
Safeguard Scientifics Leads $45 Million Financing for PixelOptics
Business Wire (press release)
(BUSINESS WIRE)--Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. (NYSE: SFE), a holding company that builds value in growth-stage life sciences and technology companies, today announced that it led a $45 million financing for Roanoke, VA-based PixelOptics, ...
PixelOptics Closes $45 Million FinancingPR Newswire (press release)
Roanoke Co. electronic eyeglass firm draws $45 million in financingRoanoke Times

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Small Business Loans For New Companies–Microloans Bring Alternative Borrowing ...
Red, White, and Blue Press
By Edward McCray Small business loans available for companies in need of capital who may be unable to find traditional forms of small business financing have often used microloans to their advantage as this alternative to larger loans for small ...

GoldSpot Media Raises $12.05M Series B Financing
Business Wire (press release)
(BUSINESS WIRE)--GoldSpot Media -- the leader in mobile rich media and video advertising solutions -- announced today that it has closed $12.05 million in series B funding from Silicon Valley investors Exa Ventures and Berg Enterprises. “This financing ...

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Ohio Claims More "Fastest Growing Tech Cities" Than Any Other State
PR Newswire (press release)
It has networks of other experienced entrepreneurs and successful business people ready to share their expertise. It's an environment that encourages and stimulates the sharing and transfer of knowledge to the benefit of the entrepreneur. ...

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CNBC.com
Smithfield Foods in Campofrio talks
BusinessWeek
Smithfield currently owns 37 percent of the business. No financing arrangements have been finalized, but Smithfield said Wednesday that it expects the estimated 500 million euros ($716.7 million) needed for the offer would be provided through a ...
Smithfield in Talks to Buy Control of CampofrioWall Street Journal

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Globe and Mail
Portugal PM says his country will ask for bailout
BusinessWeek
Fernando Teixeira dos Santos said in written comments to daily Jornal de Negocios that "I believe it is necessary to resort to the financing mechanisms available in Europe." Portugal would become the third financially troubled eurozone country after ...
Portugal bail-out makes ECB decision easierFinancial Post
Portugal banks rise on bail-out requestFinancial Times
The European Union asked for financial aid by PortugalBusiness Area
International Business Times -Reuters -Money Marketing
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CTV.ca
Portuguese Banks Climb After Government Requests EU Bailout
BusinessWeek
Longer-term financing from the European Financial Stability Facility seems unavoidable after a new government takes office, he and Santos Ferreira said. Moody's Investors Service yesterday downgraded its ratings on seven Portuguese banks, ...
Portuguese banks rise on bail-out requestFinancial Times
The European Union asked for financial aid by PortugalBusiness Area
Portugal Bailout is ComingInternational Business Times
Reuters -Money Marketing -CTV.ca
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JGI Ventures Floats Rs 500 Cr Start Up Fund
DealCurry
During the incubation period, JGI will assist the entrepreneur in networking, funding, customer acquisition, marketing, nurturing talent and extending logistical support. JGI could have a minority or a majority stake in the incubated businesses ...

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OCRI success draws $2.25 million for new Regional Innovation Centre
EMC Perth
"Our sweet spot is start-up and emerging companies led by one to five entrepreneurs looking to commercialize new knowledge-based products and services," says Michelle Scarborough, managing director of the Eastern Ontario Regional Innovation Centre. ...

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Reuters Blogs (blog)
Commercial lending topic of meeting
Midland Daily News
During the forum, TEAM SBA will debunk the myths and demystify the process of small business financing; explain how the lending process works and what is expected; and show how the SBA can assist local lenders with its SBA Guaranteed Loan Program. ...
Treasury tries new approach to small business lendingSun-Sentinel
10 questions to find the right bank for your businessReuters Blogs (blog)
UMB Bank credit manager: Shutdown shouldn't stop small business loan applicationsBizjournals.com

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Successful, yet the doors remain shut
The New Age Online
JO'M has all the makings of a successful cosmetics brand. Dedicated and passionate entrepreneurs, a unique product family with a differentiated customer promise and a track record of delivery and sales. Martin Feinstein is MD of Traction, which designs ...

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