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Better With Age – Best Tech Entrepreneurs Start at Age 39-40
Bloomberg Television had a great piece recently about the fake stereotype of startup owners in the tech industry. According to Vivek Wadha’s study, people at the age of 39-40 are the most likely to succeed with a startup.
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Announced worldwide M&A totaled US$2,464 billion for 2011, a 3% increase over full year 2010 and the best annual total since 2008 (US$4,139 billion). M&A during the fourth quarter of 2011 reached US$398 billion, down 31% from the third quarter of 2011 (US$577 billion). This marks the third consecutive quarterly decline for worldwide M&A and the lowest quarter for overall deal making activity since the third quarter of 2004.
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Warren Buffet’s power company, MidAmerican Energy Holdings, is buying up a 550 MW solar panel farm called Topaz, in California from First Solar. According to experts this could be the last deal which falls under the so called power purchase agreement, through which the US government gives federal incentives to developers.
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