Venture Firms Say Billions Were Raised in 3rd Quarter
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Venture capital firms raised $5.54 billion in the third quarter, a 78 percent spike in fund-raising over the second quarter. That huge increase is already stirring worries
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Third-quarter revenue was $8.47 billion, up 8 percent from last year's third-quarter revenue of $7.83 billion. Intel shipped a record number of processors in the quarter, but it had forecast even higher growth coming off of its second-quarter earnings conference call.
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Public sector spending on consultants has increased by almost a third over the last three years, an official report says.
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The US economy picked up speed in the third quarter to expand at a 3.7 percent annual rate, the government reported Friday in the last significant look at the economy before Election Day on Tuesday.
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U.S.-based venture capital investments reached their highest point last year since 2001, with software remaining the strongest category, according to The MoneyTree Report, released this week by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA).
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Fourth-quarter surge reverses a three-year decline and confirms anecdotal evidence that a crucial source of money for early-stage companies is on the rise again.
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Venture capital investments in U.S. startups climbed to a six-year high of $29.4 billion in 2007, raising hope that ample money will still be available to back promising new ideas
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Request increases initial 2008 projections by more than a third.
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Boeing Co. and Northrop Grumman Corp., the second- and third-biggest US defense contractors, said third- quarter earnings rose as the military boosted spending on equipment to help soldiers communicate and track enemies.
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The US economy increased at an annual rate of 4 percent in the third quarter of this year following a rate of 3.3 percent in the previous quarter, the Commerce Department reported on We dnesday.
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Upgrades, emerging markets drive Q3 volumes up
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Plane maker Boeing has said its third quarter profits shot up 78% from a year ago to $456m. The company also gave an upbeat forecast for the rest of 2004 and into 2005.
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Sponsorship spending by North American companies is forecast to rise 12.6 percent this year to $16.78 billion, which would mark the biggest jump since 2000, according to a research firm.
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XAware lands a $7.4 million third round of venture funding, which the open source data integration software maker plans to use to expand its business model.
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DuPont has its third consecutive quarter of higher revenue and earnings.
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The amount of venture capital funding invested in the Linux and open source-related vendors tracked by Computer Business Review rose 131% in 2006, vastly outpacing the IT market as a whole.
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Johnson Controls reported a 17 percent increase in fiscal third-quarter earnings Wednesday as sales in its building efficiency and power segments jumped.