'The Colorado life sciences industry, however, which includes medical devices and equipment, still accounted for a healthy 24 percent of total venture capital dollars invested in the state' More money was poured into fewer Colorado companies in the first quarter of 2007, mirroring a national trend toward investing in expansion or later-stage companies, according to the MoneyTree Report by ... via Denver Business Journal

Venture capitalists invested $7.1 billion in the United States during the first three months of the year, lifting the industry to its biggest quarter in more than five years, according to figures to be released Tuesday.The amount spread across 778 deals represented the most venture capital to pour into startups in a quarter since the final three months of 2001, based on data compiled by PricewaterhouseCoopers, Thomson Financial and the National Venture Capital Association.The first-quarter flurry represented an 11 percent increase from the $6.3 billion invested by venture capitalists at the same time last year. Read more

'Cena means dinner in Italian and Spanish' RICK THOMAS/Press Kyra Hill poses by the counter of Cena Coeur d'Alene, where customers will be able to prepare meals for home cooking. via Postfallspress.com

TradeStation is chugging along two tracks in the financial services and software markets. via M2 Communications Ltd.

The volume of deals announced on the Ukrainian merges and acquisitions market in 2004 increased 44% to $3.4 billion, PricewaterhouseCoopers Partner Margaret Dezse said at a Friday press conference in Kyiv. via Customer Interaction Solutions

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