New venture investment signals slow growth

By: Frederick (Diary)  |  April 12th at 06:29 PM  | 

Venture Capital firms raised less money in the first quarter of 2010 than in any period since 1993, reports the Kansas City Business Journal.  The slow growth in the economy combined with a less favorable overall market contributed to reducing investment in new firms, even as the Dow Jones Industrial Average breached the 11,000-mark today. The National Venture Capital Association and Thomson Reuters released a | Read More »

Teetering on the edge of destruction

By: Frederick (Diary)  |  March 29th at 01:07 PM  | 

It’s hardly surprising that the Hartford Business Journal is happy about the new Health Care Takeover legislation: Hartford has long been considered the Insurance Capital of the World, and the insurance companies are thrilled with the forced enrollment of 32 million Americans into their health insurance plans. With sweeping federal health care reform now on the books, business owners are scrambling to make sense of | Read More »