William Blair & Company
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William Blair & Company is privately held employee-owned financial services firm that provides investment banking, equity research, brokerage, asset management and private capital serives.William Blair & Company, L.L.C. was founded in 1935. The firm has approximately 920 employes and is based in Chicago with offices in London, San Francisco, Tokyo, Liechtenstein and Zurich.The firm has broad employee ownership, with 173 principals, a large percentage of the professional staff and over $130 million of equity capital.William Blair & Company opened on January 8, 1935 as Blair, Bonner & Co. The firm was founded by William M. Blair and Francis A. Bonner who had worked together at investment firm Lee, Higginson & Co., prior to its collapse in 1932-1933.In its early days it assisted the growth of the Household Finance Corporation, Continental Casualty and Continental Assurance companies (today CNA Insurance).
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MobiTV Files for $75M IPO
MobiTV Inc. today declared its intention to brave the storm-tossed waters of the financial market and go for an initial public offering. The mobile live and on-demand television pioneer filed its S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission to raise up to $75 million.
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Groupon: Ignore Co-Founder's 'Wildly Profitable' Prediction (And The Press)
When Groupon co-founder and executive chairman Eric Lefkosky predicted the money-losing online coupon service would be “wildly profitable,” many observers wondered whether he’d run afoul of Groupon’s quiet-period ahead of its IPO. On Thursday, Groupon addressed the issue in a filing with the SEC, saying Lefkofsky “did not agree to be interviewed,” (was he forced?), and “requested that the statement not be published.
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Oral Care Company Ranir Adds On
Ranir LLC, a Grand Rapids, Mich. -based maker of oral care products, has acquired Synpart, a maker or branded and third-party oral care products, from HemCon Medical Technologies Inc. No financial terms were disclosed. Ranir shareholders include Linden LLC, Beringea and an investment vehicle led by William Blair & Co. principal Richard Kiphar.
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Analysts Impressed By Yahoo's Improved Focus But ...
Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) CEO Carol Bartz started off her company’s Investors Day Wednesday by addressing what she said were the top questions analysts wanted answers to. In their follow-up reports today, analysts say they were pleased with the responses Bartz and other top Yahoo execs gave, as well as the company’s forecast for a possible return to double-digit growth.
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Analysts 'Impressed' By Yahoo's Improved Focus But ...
Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) CEO Carol Bartz started off her company’s Investors Day Wednesday by addressing what she said were the top questions analysts wanted answers to. In their follow-up reports today, analysts say they were pleased with the responses Bartz and other top Yahoo execs gave, as well as the company’s forecast for a possible return to double-digit growth.
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Jack Henry Buying iPay for $300 Million
Jack Henry & Associates Inc. (Nasdaq: JKHY) has agreed to acquire iPay Technologies, an Elizabethtown, Ky-based provider of electronic bill pay solutions. The deal is valued at $300 million in cash, and is expected to close next month. Spectrum Equity Investors and Bain Capital Ventures recapped iPay in late 2006.
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