Banking and Finance

Venture capitalists invested $7.4 billion in 990 deals in the second quarter of 2008, according to the MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association based on data provided by Thomson Reuters. Quarterly investme

In the second quarter of 2008, quarterly venture capital investment in U.S. companies slipped below the $7 billion mark for the first time in 18 months. According to the Quarterly U.S. Venture Capital Report released today by Dow Jones VentureSource , in

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Net Servicos de Comunicacao S.A. , today announces its results for the second quarter of 2008 .

Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announces that a securities class action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of all purchasers of the common stock of FCStone Group, Inc. between April 10, 2008 and July 9, 2008, inclusive . The class action lawsuit was filed

OAO Severstal , one of the world's leading metals and mining companies, today announced that it has extended the expiration date for its tender offer to purchase all outstanding shares of Esmark Incorporated , at an offer price of $19.25 per share, to 10

Apartment Investment and Management Company announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a special dividend payable to holders of its Class A Common Stock of $3.00 per share, or approximately $256 million in the aggregate. The dividend is pay

MutualFirst Financial, Inc. announced that its acquisition of MFB Corp. was completed today. In connection with the acquisition, MFB Financial, the bank subsidiary of MFB Corp., was merged into MutualFirst's bank subsidiary, Mutual Bank.