CLEVELAND----Midwest health care startups reported $564 million in total investments through the first three quarters of 2006, according to the Midwest Health Care Venture Investment Report released by BioEnterprise.
Business Briefing (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
Sotto Wireless begins trials in North Carolina ... Work starts on Imperium biodiesel plan ... GlaxoSmithKline to lay off 80 in Bothell ... Insurance startup Torrent settles litigation ... DocuSign cuts nine, including sales executive ... Cascade Natural Gas on road to acquisition ... Red Hat to buy back $325 million in shares ... also, new top officers and shipping news.
Duplin Wine Cellars Co-Founder to Keynote CED's Opportunity 2006 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
WILMINGTON, N.C.----The Council for Entrepreneurial Development announced today announced that David Fussell, Sr., co-founder of Duplin Wine Cellars, will join previously announced speakers Don DeBethizy, Ph.D., President and CEO of Targacept Inc., and John McConnell, former chairman and CEO of A4 Health Systems, in providing featured remarks at Opportunity 2006.
Urban entrepreneurs (Small Business Times)
The phones at the new Urban Entrepreneur Partnership (UEP) office in Milwaukee were just plugged in recently and already they are ringing off the hook.
State's venture deals surge (Orlando Sentinel)
Central Florida businesses alone attract $35 million Deep-pocket investors put almost $95 million into Florida companies in the third quarter, a sharp increase from the previous quarter -- with more than one-third going to Central Florida firms, according to a new survey released Tuesday.
GOP official runs as ?not an insider? (Wapakoneta Daily News)
Ohioans need a fresh perspective in Columbus when it comes to running elections ? not the same old faces, says a GOP candidate for the highest elections post in the state.
Nine Companies to Present at CED's Opportunity 2006 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
WILMINGTON, N.C.----The Council for Entrepreneurial Development has selected nine companies from across the East Coast to present at CED's Opportunity 2006 Conference, scheduled for December 4-5 at the Hilton Wilmington Riverside in Wilmington, N.C.
Over 15k businesses established this yr (Ireland Business World)
Over 15,000 businesses have been established nationally this year according to Bank of Ireland. On a sectoral basis, construction and civil engineering remains the top sector for business start-ups with 1,877 (12.3pc) new companies, the barometer said.
BoI survey reveals over 15,000 start-ups this year (Sunday Business Post)
Dublin has the most business start-ups in Ireland this year, according to a new survey from Bank of Ireland (BoI). The BoI?s Business Start-Up Barometer, which tracks the number of companies established in Ireland, reveals that 5,479 companies have been set up in Dublin.
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