Microsoft’s Ballmer to CES: keep investing in tech despite …

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- Microsoft’s Ballmer to CES: keep investing in tech despite …
- White Plains hedge funds sued in Madoff investment scandal
- Coalition pushes for expansion of angel-venture investment program
- RBC Royal Bank appoints new president for direct investing
- Billionaire investor places next supermarket bet

Microsoft’s Ballmer to CES: keep investing in tech despite …
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White Plains hedge funds sued in Madoff investment scandal
Lower Hudson Journal news NY 
a Manhattan-based investment company as well as the White Plains hedge funds. The local companies are headquartered at 123 Main St. law offices of Danziger & Markhoff. The law firm is not named in the complaint nor is partner Joel Danziger who is listed as chief executive officer of two of the funds according to New York state incorporation records.

Coalition pushes for expansion of angel-venture investment program
WTN News WI 
The coalition is calling for the state to expand the pool of available tax credits and the number of technology companies that quality for Act 255 which provides tax credits to investors in qualified early-stage deals. “The problem with this program is that we can’t get enough of it” said Teresa Esser director of. Pumping up Act 255Act 255 took effect nearly four years ago and is given much of the credit for Wisconsin early-stage investments reaching the $147 million mark in 2007. That level of investment was up 43 percent over the previous year far outpacing the national average in terms of the percentage increase.

RBC Royal Bank appoints new president for direct investing
Insurance Business Review 
Mr Storsley will be responsible for developing strategy growing assets under administration guiding existing sales and expanding the revenue and market share of RBC Direct Investing. Most recently Mr Storsley led the global institutional management team and was head of global equity research for RBC Asset Management. He was also a member of the RBC investment strategy committee and the RBC investment policy committee both key economic and capital markets forecasting groups within RBC. Ashif Ratanshi head of branch investments deposits and direct investing at RBC Royal Bank said: “ur clients and business partners will benefit from Jason’s knowledge and understanding of the industry.

Billionaire investor places next supermarket bet
MarketWatch 
In a regulatory filing Thursday Yucaipa Companies LLC said it owned 9. 8 million shares or 7% of Whole Foods’ outstanding common stock. Yucaipa’s investment funds have been aggressive buyers of Whole Foods shares since Nov. 24 spending a net $98 million to amass the stake. The filing spurred buying in Whole Foods stock as investors took the news as a vote of confidence in the struggling grocer. The stock closed up $2.

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