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April 15, 2014   |   Vol. 6, Issue 15
 
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Riding the Tech Roller Coaster
April 12, 2014 | Wall Street Journal
Tech stocks aren't sunk. But the ship has sprung a leak. Should you bail out? After climbing 244% from its 2009 low through March 5, the Nasdaq Composite Index has dropped 8.2%, tumbling 3.1% on Thursday alone—its biggest one-day drop since November 2011. Certain slices of the tech market look more perilous.
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Has this Year’s IPO Party Been Canceled?
April 13, 2014 | Boston Globe
How quickly things change. A few weeks ago the forecast was all sunshine for initial public offerings, particularly in the tech arena, and very much so in Massachusetts. Then came Thursday. It was supposed to cap off the biggest week for IPOs in years, but only three of the day’s seven expected IPOs actually reached completion, as the Nasdaq fell 3.1 percent.
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Biotech Firms Seek Access to Wisconsin State Venture Capital Fund
April 13, 2014 | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Some companies are unable to turn to Wisconsin's state-backed venture capital fund created last year to spur economic development, because the Legislature barred the fund from investing in many biotechnology companies. The ban was prompted partly by concern that some money could wind up supporting embryonic stem cell research.
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Ohio Acknowledges Connection Between Hydraulic Fracturing and Quakes
April 12, 2014 | Cleveland Plain Dealer
State regulators are about to put the brakes on hydraulic fracturing by requiring seismic monitoring of wells being drilled near known fault lines. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources on Friday said that it will require companies seeking horizontal well drilling permits within 3 miles of known fault lines or where quakes have already been recorded will first have install a network of seismic monitors.
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Silicon Valley's Record 2013 Profits Funneled to Investors, Bank Accounts
April 14, 2014 | San Jose Mercury News
Silicon Valley technology companies produced record profits in 2013, but much of that cash was pushed into bank accounts and returned to investors at a level never before seen in the region's iconic industry.
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Investing in Dreams: Northwest Programs Educate New Angels

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UpTech’s Third Fund May Add Startup Funding in Northern Kentucky.

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Teaching Children How to Be Entrepreneurs

Paul Singh on the ‘Unsexy’ Truth about Venture Capital

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