Nov. 15 (Bloomberg) — The Federal Reserve is looking for ways to speed up its review of bank mergers, Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said today.

The Fed chairman said the U.S. central bank has “commissioned an internal review” of its processes for reviewing applications and notices for mergers and other acquisitions.

“This review is intended to help us find ways to reduce the inefficiencies and delays in that process,” Bernanke said in a Nov. 8 letter to Cass Sunstein, the administrator at the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the White House’s Office of Management and Budge

via Bernanke Says Fed Looking at Ways to Speed Up Merger Reviews – Businessweek.

AT&T says its proposed deal to acquire T-Mobile would benefit Linn County as well as the rest of the country.

If the merger goes through, Portland-based AT&T executive Adam Grzybicki says, his company would expand its network to the point where all of Linn County’s population of about 120,000, not just 80,000 as now, would have access to the most advanced kind of wireless broadband services.

Linn County and other partly rural parts of Oregon would have the same communications infrastructure as Manhattan or San Francisco, a big plus for attracting business and industry, according to Grzybicki.

He is AT&T’s external affairs president for Oregon, Idaho and Montana, and he talked about the proposed merger in an interview Monday.

via AT&T touts benefits of merger to Linn.

(Closes Osaka’s share price in the second paragraph.)

Nov. 16 (Bloomberg) — Tokyo Stock Exchange Group Inc. dropped plans to sell shares to the public while it is in talks to buy a controlling stake in Osaka Securities Exchange Co., a person with direct knowledge of the matter said.

via Tokyo Stock Exchange Said to Forgo IPO on Path to Osaka Bid – Businessweek.

Minnesota Daily:

Although private equity can be considered to include all four of these investment activities, it is common for private equity to be the principal descriptor for LBO activity. Venture capital, growth capital, and mezzanine capital are each considered a separate investment strategy, although some large private equity firms participate in all four investment areas.

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Minneapolis Daily:

Although private equity can be considered to include all four of these investment activities, it is common for private equity to be the principal descriptor for LBO activity. Venture capital, growth capital, and mezzanine capital are each considered a separate investment strategy, although some large private equity firms participate in all four investment areas.

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California Daily:

Although private equity can be considered to include all four of these investment activities, it is common for private equity to be the principal descriptor for LBO activity. Venture capital, growth capital, and mezzanine capital are each considered a separate investment strategy, although some large private equity firms participate in all four investment areas.

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San Francisco Daily:

Although private equity can be considered to include all four of these investment activities, it is common for private equity to be the principal descriptor for LBO activity. Venture capital, growth capital, and mezzanine capital are each considered a separate investment strategy, although some large private equity firms participate in all four investment areas.

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Palo Alto Daily:

Although private equity can be considered to include all four of these investment activities, it is common for private equity to be the principal descriptor for LBO activity. Venture capital, growth capital, and mezzanine capital are each considered a separate investment strategy, although some large private equity firms participate in all four investment areas.

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Silicon Valley Daily:

Although private equity can be considered to include all four of these investment activities, it is common for private equity to be the principal descriptor for LBO activity. Venture capital, growth capital, and mezzanine capital are each considered a separate investment strategy, although some large private equity firms participate in all four investment areas.

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Los Angeles Daily:

Although private equity can be considered to include all four of these investment activities, it is common for private equity to be the principal descriptor for LBO activity. Venture capital, growth capital, and mezzanine capital are each considered a separate investment strategy, although some large private equity firms participate in all four investment areas.

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New York Daily:

Although private equity can be considered to include all four of these investment activities, it is common for private equity to be the principal descriptor for LBO activity. Venture capital, growth capital, and mezzanine capital are each considered a separate investment strategy, although some large private equity firms participate in all four investment areas.

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Boston Daily:

Although private equity can be considered to include all four of these investment activities, it is common for private equity to be the principal descriptor for LBO activity. Venture capital, growth capital, and mezzanine capital are each considered a separate investment strategy, although some large private equity firms participate in all four investment areas.

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Washington DC Daily:

Although private equity can be considered to include all four of these investment activities, it is common for private equity to be the principal descriptor for LBO activity. Venture capital, growth capital, and mezzanine capital are each considered a separate investment strategy, although some large private equity firms participate in all four investment areas.

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Boston Daily Review:

Venture capital (VC) is financial capital. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_capital) Provided to early-stage, high-potential, high risk, growth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Growth_investing) startup companies (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startup_company) .

The venture capital fund (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_investment_scheme) makes money by owning equity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equity_%28finance%29) in the companies it invests in, which usually have a novel technology or business model (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_model) in high technology industries, such as biotechnology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biotechnology) , IT http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_technology) , software (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software) , etc.

The typical venture capital investment occurs after the seed funding (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seed_funding) round as growth funding round (also referred to as Series A round (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Series_A_round) ) in the interest of generating a return through an eventual realization event, such as an IPO (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial_public_offering) or trade sale (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mergers_and_acquisitions) of the company.

Venture capital is a subset of private equity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_equity) . Therefore, all venture capital is private equity, but not all private equity is venture capital.[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venture_capital#cite_note-PrivCo-0)

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Washington DC Daily Review:

Venture capital (VC) is financial capital. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_capital) Provided to early-stage, high-potential, high risk, growth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Growth_investing) startup companies (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startup_company) .

The venture capital fund (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_investment_scheme) makes money by owning equity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equity_%28finance%29) in the companies it invests in, which usually have a novel technology or business model (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_model) in high technology industries, such as biotechnology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biotechnology) , IT http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_technology) , software (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software) , etc.

The typical venture capital investment occurs after the seed funding (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seed_funding) round as growth funding round (also referred to as Series A round (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Series_A_round) ) in the interest of generating a return through an eventual realization event, such as an IPO (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial_public_offering) or trade sale (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mergers_and_acquisitions) of the company.

Venture capital is a subset of private equity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_equity) . Therefore, all venture capital is private equity, but not all private equity is venture capital.[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venture_capital#cite_note-PrivCo-0)

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Minnesota Daily Review:

Venture capital (VC) is financial capital. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_capital) Provided to early-stage, high-potential, high risk, growth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Growth_investing) startup companies (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startup_company) .

The venture capital fund (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_investment_scheme) makes money by owning equity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equity_%28finance%29) in the companies it invests in, which usually have a novel technology or business model (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_model) in high technology industries, such as biotechnology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biotechnology) , IT http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_technology) , software (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software) , etc.

The typical venture capital investment occurs after the seed funding (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seed_funding) round as growth funding round (also referred to as Series A round (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Series_A_round) ) in the interest of generating a return through an eventual realization event, such as an IPO (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial_public_offering) or trade sale (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mergers_and_acquisitions) of the company.

Venture capital is a subset of private equity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_equity) . Therefore, all venture capital is private equity, but not all private equity is venture capital.[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venture_capital#cite_note-PrivCo-0)

Thanks.

Minneapolis Daily Review:

Venture capital (VC) is financial capital. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_capital) Provided to early-stage, high-potential, high risk, growth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Growth_investing) startup companies (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startup_company) .

The venture capital fund (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_investment_scheme) makes money by owning equity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equity_%28finance%29) in the companies it invests in, which usually have a novel technology or business model (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_model) in high technology industries, such as biotechnology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biotechnology) , IT http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_technology) , software (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software) , etc.

The typical venture capital investment occurs after the seed funding (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seed_funding) round as growth funding round (also referred to as Series A round (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Series_A_round) ) in the interest of generating a return through an eventual realization event, such as an IPO (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial_public_offering) or trade sale (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mergers_and_acquisitions) of the company.

Venture capital is a subset of private equity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_equity) . Therefore, all venture capital is private equity, but not all private equity is venture capital.[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venture_capital#cite_note-PrivCo-0)

Thanks.

California Daily Review:

Venture capital (VC) is financial capital. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_capital) Provided to early-stage, high-potential, high risk, growth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Growth_investing) startup companies (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startup_company) .

The venture capital fund (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_investment_scheme) makes money by owning equity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equity_%28finance%29) in the companies it invests in, which usually have a novel technology or business model (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_model) in high technology industries, such as biotechnology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biotechnology) , IT http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_technology) , software (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software) , etc.

The typical venture capital investment occurs after the seed funding (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seed_funding) round as growth funding round (also referred to as Series A round (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Series_A_round) ) in the interest of generating a return through an eventual realization event, such as an IPO (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial_public_offering) or trade sale (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mergers_and_acquisitions) of the company.

Venture capital is a subset of private equity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_equity) . Therefore, all venture capital is private equity, but not all private equity is venture capital.[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venture_capital#cite_note-PrivCo-0)

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.

San Francisco Daily Review:

Venture capital (VC) is financial capital. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_capital) Provided to early-stage, high-potential, high risk, growth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Growth_investing) startup companies (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startup_company) .

The venture capital fund (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_investment_scheme) makes money by owning equity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equity_%28finance%29) in the companies it invests in, which usually have a novel technology or business model (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_model) in high technology industries, such as biotechnology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biotechnology) , IT http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_technology) , software (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software) , etc.

The typical venture capital investment occurs after the seed funding (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seed_funding) round as growth funding round (also referred to as Series A round (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Series_A_round) ) in the interest of generating a return through an eventual realization event, such as an IPO (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial_public_offering) or trade sale (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mergers_and_acquisitions) of the company.

Venture capital is a subset of private equity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_equity) . Therefore, all venture capital is private equity, but not all private equity is venture capital.[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venture_capital#cite_note-PrivCo-0)

Thanks.

Palo Alto Daily Review:

Venture capital (VC) is financial capital. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_capital) Provided to early-stage, high-potential, high risk, growth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Growth_investing) startup companies (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startup_company) .

The venture capital fund (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_investment_scheme) makes money by owning equity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equity_%28finance%29) in the companies it invests in, which usually have a novel technology or business model (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_model) in high technology industries, such as biotechnology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biotechnology) , IT http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_technology) , software (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software) , etc.

The typical venture capital investment occurs after the seed funding (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seed_funding) round as growth funding round (also referred to as Series A round (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Series_A_round) ) in the interest of generating a return through an eventual realization event, such as an IPO (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial_public_offering) or trade sale (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mergers_and_acquisitions) of the company.

Venture capital is a subset of private equity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_equity) . Therefore, all venture capital is private equity, but not all private equity is venture capital.[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venture_capital#cite_note-PrivCo-0)

Thanks.