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Draper Fisher Jurvetson, SAP and the Omidiyar Network back SocialText, and have already contributed $3 million in the previous round of financing
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It looks like 2005 is the year United States venture capital shakes off its tarnished reputation and gets back to business as usual
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United States venture firms tend to be concentrated in the largest cities like San Francisco and New York City, leaving many second-tier cities hungry for capital
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Oddcast's avatars will soon appear on mobile-phone screens and provide mobile-phone users with Tokyo's weather forecast or updates on the Hanshin Tigers' baseball scores
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This can be set to private, as well, or exported with its widget to your blog or MySpace, hi5 or Piczo profile
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Distance Vision Adi Sideman, CEO of Oddcast Inc.in New York City, looked all the way to Japan for both money and markets
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Whether you're looking for foreign markets and partnerships or just a new pool of investors, don't limit your search to the usual suspects in the United States If you expand your search internationally, you may find that international investors are looking for you, too
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I would, however, question the legality of paying members who offer their data to be tracked, as it is typical that only licensed professionals can be paid for investment advice in the United States While Covestor doesn’t appear to be creating a system of paying users for direct investment advice, it may be a borderline legal issue.
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This also earns revenue for Covestor itself
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How about a million-dollar investor that can also bring you entry into huge new markets, cutting-edge technology and teams of development engineers
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The data is kept private, of course, and Covestor’s professional grade tools measure and display your normalized results, which validate your performance so others can see how well you pick ‘em
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Internet search engine heavyweight Google (GOOG) extended its breakout from a 12-week cup-with-handle base, adding 170 to 508.77
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And he's quick to point out that this kind of business growth could not have come from United States-based venture funds, which invest primarily for financial returns
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While Covestor is free to join, it is a private community for those that have proven to be successful self-directed investors
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"They just get on a plane," she says
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Awake at 3 am Michael Simon had his pick of VCs last year when he set out to raise $10 million for 3am Labs Inc., his 2-year-old software company based in Boston
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That should be welcome news for entrepreneurs in cities that lack a strong VC presence
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"Many foreign [investment] firms focus less on geographic criteria than on what their fund is going to invest in," says Stone
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Additional investment is pouring in from others such as Joi Ito and Jun Mahihara, CEO and Chairman of the Japanese venture capital firm Neoteny and Edward Vielmetti, Director of Social Meida at Pure Visibility
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So why did he choose to go halfway around the world to Budapest, Hungary, to raise money
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Stocks headed sharply lower in early trading as economic data and comments from Federal Reserve Board chairman Ben Bernanke implied a healing economy may undercut the need for an interest rate cut
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Japan Venture Partners helps United States technology companies find strategic allies and investors in Japan and other parts of Asia
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The 2% move extended the stock's rise following its May 11 breakout from an 18-week cup-with-handle base
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After securing the approval of the Federal Trade Commission last week, the Rite Aid Corporation officially completed its acquisition of 1,854 Brooks and Eckerd stores and six distribution centers from the Jean Coutu Group on Monday, creating the largest drugstore chain on the East Coast and significantly strengthening its position as the third largest United States drugstore chain
Jun 5 '07 -Business- www.northcountrygazette.org -rite,aid,stores
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In the case of Oddcast and Itochu, there was a clear strategic benefit to both companies as they shared ideas and development tasks before the investment
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Content Continues Below -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It didn't take long for Oddcast to find Itochu, one of the largest conglomerates in Japan
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The Russian juice and dairy products distributor's shares are now 5% above their 86 buy point
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The company has over 3,000 customers throughout the world but needed a shot in the arm to grow to the next level
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The 3% drop left the thinly traded stock resting on its 50-day moving average and 4% below its May 7 high.
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The 1,516 Eckerd stores Rite Aid has acquired are located in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Ohio
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Air France KLM (AKH) also gapped down, subtracting 1.64 to 49.86
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If the Fed is less concerned about rising inflation, it may be more willing to consider interest-rate cuts if it feels the need to spark economic growth
Jun 5 '07 -Business- online.wsj.com -dollar,united,inflation
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"Between 2001 and 2004, they watched our progress and eventually invested in us," Sideman says
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Effective Monday, June 4, Rite Aid has come to Chestertown and North Creek
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In a speech to International Monetary Fund members, Bernanke said the United States economy appeared to be recovering, that housing remained a drag on that recovery and that inflation was ebbing but remained slightly elevated
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China Petroleum & Chemical (SNP) ticked up 1.83 to 111.93
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Others that back SocialText include executives Mark Pincus, CEO of Tribe.net and Reid Hoffman, Chairman of LinkedIn
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William-Bill-Dann (WBD) popped up 1.90 to 90.66
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"Multiple products have come out of this platform thanks to the Itochu investments," says Sideman
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Covestor is an online community for self-directed investors to keep and share their information and tricks of the trade
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Since Oddcast was built with money from angel investors, Itochu is the company's only institutional investor
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Looking overseas may be the right move for entrepreneurs in those cities, especially entrepreneurs with products or technologies that can make the leap to foreign markets
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The 2% move furthered Friday's big-volume breakout after a rebound from the stock's 50-day moving average
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Oddcast makes web-based avatars--lifelike animated characters that act as virtual hosts on companies' websites
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The Australian dollar hit a 17-year high recently of $0.8411, while the New Zealand dollar reached a 25-year high of $0.7546.
Jun 5 '07 -Business- online.wsj.com -dollar,united,inflation
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Have Money, Will Travel You don't need an office in Budapest to attract European investors, says attorney Heather M.Stone, partner and head of the fund formation practice group at Edwards & Angell in Boston
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The fact that this is a closed community, and the offering of getting a monetary incentive will encourage users to act rationally
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Covestor will open standard managed brokerage accounts for your followers, and each will be managed by a regulated investment manager in the appropriate jurisdiction
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Those within SocialText that are contributing their own investment money include SocialText CEO Ross Mayfield, CTO Peter Kaminski and SocialText VP of Products Adina Levin
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At 10 am EDT, the Institute for Supply Management released its May report on the United States services sector, showing a bigger-than-expected rise
Jun 5 '07 -Business- online.wsj.com -dollar,united,inflation

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