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peHUB First Read* Cash4Gold is suing an ex-employee http://consumerist.com/5349663/the-article-cash4gold-doesnt-want-you-to-read who earlier this year revealed some alleged improprieties on a website called ComplaintsBoard. Now, the VC-backed pawn shop has expanded its lawsuit to include both ComplaintsBoard and a website called Consumerist, which picked up the original post. In a bit of irony, Consumerist's post about the lawsuit is currently the #2 story on Digg, which sits alongside Cash4Gold in the Highland Capital Partners portfolio... * Has Utah created a smarter work week? http://knowledgetoday.wharton.upenn.edu/2009/09/a-smarter-work-week.html * The New Establishment 100 http://www.vanityfair.com/business/features/2009/10/new-establishment200910 : Mike Moritz is on, Henry Kravis and Steve Schwarzman fall off. * Morning Call: U.S. futures point lower http://www.reuters.com/article/usMktRpt/idUSL246170820090902 London falls early http://www.reuters.com/article/londonMktRpt/idUSL260774020090902 European shares keep dropping http://www.reuters.com/article/eurMktRpt/idUSL251696120090902 the Nikkei closes down 2.4% http://www.reuters.com/article/tokyoMktRpt/idUST37092020090902 and Chinese shares extend gains http://www.reuters.com/article/hongkongMktRpt/idUSHKG17005920090902 * Steve Syre on EMC co-founder Richard Egan http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2009/09/01/emcs_egan_had_some_very_strong_selling_points/ who died last Friday. * A premature list of the year's best business books http://paul.kedrosky.com/archives/2009/09/business_book_o.html * Maria Bartiromo doesn't quite seem to understand Medicare http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/01/maria-bartiromo-presses-4_n_274024.html * Jeremy Liew of Lightspeed Venture Partners: More pressure to limit behavioral targeting threatens startup media companies http://lsvp.wordpress.com/2009/09/01/more-pressure-to-limit-behavioral-targeting-threatens-startup-media-companies/
- Week in deals, Aug. 24, 2009
Summary of North American tech companies and other businesses that raised venture financing in the past week
- FanSnap Raises $5 Million
FanSnap, a Palo Alto, Calif..-based live event ticket search engine, has raised $5 million in new VC funding from Highland Capital Partners. The company previously raised over $10 million from General Catalyst Partners, and is run by Mike Janes, former chief marketing officer of StubHub.
- Pharmaca Raises Series G
Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy Inc., a Boulder, Colo.-based retail chain of integrative pharmacies, has secured $6.55 million of an $8.39 million Series G round, according to a regulatory filing. The company previously raised around $44 million, from firms like Highland Capital Partners, Highland Consumer Fund and Physic Ventures. www.pharmaca.com
- Turbine powers up with $50M
MMO Gamer about to launch a Dungeons & Dragons Online spinoff
- Chinese milk companies got VC
Investments in American Dairy, Ma Anshan come as a number of food-related cos have raised capital recently
- peHUB Wire: Tuesday, August 11, 2009
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