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Matthew Grimes Joins First Capital as Senior Vice President and Western Region ABL Manager
LOS ANGELES & BOCA RATON, Fla. –(BUSINESS WIRE)– First Capital, a specialized commercial finan…

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Polaris Venture Partners Announces First Investments From Its Sixth Fund
BOSTON, MA–(Marketwire – 07/14/11) – Polaris Venture Partners Fund VI LP, a $375 million fund which closed last year, announced several of its first investments of 2011. Polaris will continue its successful strategy of diversification, investing in the areas of technology, healthcare and growth-equity, with a particular focus on taking early stakes in disruptive opportunities that maximize …

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Surgeons Perform the World’s First Synthetic Organ Transplant [Medical Science]
# medicalscience For the first time in history, a patient has been implanted with a synthetic windpipe that was created using the patient’s stem cells and a replica of his original windpipe. It’s amazing even though it kinda looks like PVC piping More »

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Jury weighs first US foreign bribe sting case
Jurors have seen grenade launchers, M4 rifles and secretly recorded videos of military suppliers working on a deal to funnel money to an official of an African nation they wanted to buy their weapons.

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Quicken Loans is First Home Loan Lender to Offer Mobile Mortgage App
Nation’s largest online lender takes mortgage process mobile to iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad platforms (PRWeb June 29, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/6/prweb8611825.htm

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Ford Motor Co. spent $1.67 million on 1Q lobbying
Ford Motor Co. increased its first-quarter lobbying spending by 20 percent to $1.67 million as it sought tax breaks for electric cars, incentives for spending on research and manufacturing and other issues.

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Fitch Upgrades First Industrial’s IDR to ‘BB’; Outlook Stable
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Fitch Ratings has upgraded the credit ratings of First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: FR) and its operating partnership, First Industrial, L.P. (collectively, First Industrial or the company) as follows: First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.–Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to ‘BB’ from ‘B+’;–Preferred stock to ‘B+’ from ‘B-/RR5′. First Industrial, L.P.–IDR to ‘BB …

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County suit against mortgage giants the first of many to come WITH VIDEO
Suing mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for real estate transfer taxes is the start of legal action to clean up the messy foreclosures crisis, Oakland County Treasurer Andy Meisner said Thursday.

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UPDATE 1-Autonomy says recovery continues in first half
* CEO says first-half recovery seems to have continued * Legal and regulatory still resistant to economic pressures * Little cash overhang to return to shareholders (Adds detail, comment, background) LONDON, …

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First Federal Savings and Loan expands via Hilton Head Island purchase
First Federal, a wholly owned subsidiary of First Financial Holdings Inc. , also acquired $109.5 million in deposits and $27 million in loans from the branches.

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