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• The Boston Globe and The Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts Join Forces.

  - 2007-06-04

  M2 PRESSWIRE-4 June 2007-Upward Momentum: The Boston Globe and The Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts Join ForcesC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:04062007 Market Gainer is quickly emerging as the one stop shop for international small-cap investors looking to stay a step ahead...

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• The Boston Globe Boston Capital column.

  - 2004-12-09

  By Steven Syre, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Dec. 9--Leslie Alexander has led the kind of life people in the investment world dream about. He learned how to make money in the market as an up-and-coming trader and...

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• Drug pipeline brings $80 million more to Synta Pharmaceuticals.

  - 2004-11-22

  By Ross Kerber, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 22--Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp. plans to announce today that it has raised $80 million from a group of private investors, bringing to more than $200 million the amount the Lexington drug developer...

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• Confident investors spur stocks higher on Bush victory.

  - 2004-11-04

  By Beth Healy, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 4--On short sleep but buoyed spirits, investors drove blue-chip stocks up 180 points in the first minutes of trading yesterday, effectively calling the election before the Ohio votes were tallied or...

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• Venture capital funds rake in $5.5 billion in third quarter, prompting alert.

  - 2004-11-02

  By Beth Healy, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 2--Venture capital funds raised $5.5 billion in fresh capital in the third quarter, 78 percent more than in the prior quarter, prompting a warning by the head of the industry's national trade...

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• Philadelphia securities firm lets investors bet against disease.

  - 2004-11-01

  By Christopher Rowland, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 1--A Philadelphia securities firm has begun marketing a novel type of healthcare investment for those with a high tolerance for risk and a passion for combating particular diseases, such as diabetes...

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• Final chapter for WordsWorth Books on Boston's Harvard Square is Saturday.

  - 2004-10-27

  By Robert Weisman, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 27--WordsWorth Books, a fixture in Harvard Square for nearly three decades, will be closing its doors Saturday after its owners failed to find an investor to help them refinance their bankrupt...

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• Banknorth Group's CEO defends 51 percent sale.

  - 2004-09-29

  By Sasha Talcott, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 29--As criticism mounted yesterday over Banknorth Group's pending deal with a Canadian bank, chief executive William J. Ryan defended his decision to sell a majority stake in New England's largest...

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• Putnam Investments cuts deal with big investor.

  - 2004-09-24

  By Andrew Caffrey, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Sep. 24--In an unusual deal with the nation's most powerful public pension fund, Putnam Investments yesterday pledged new disclosures and other protections intended to win back the trust -- and business...

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• Starting today, funds' stances on proxies are matter of record.

  - 2004-08-31

  By Beth Healy, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 31--Every year, public companies put a number of questions before their stockholders for a vote. Investors weigh in on whether to reelect company directors, reappoint auditors, and approve or kill plans...

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