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April 8, 2013 \| Vol. 5, Issue 15

FEATURE

The JOBS Act Turns 1—and It's an Utter Failure

April 6, 2013 | The Atlantic

The JOBS Act was supposed to encourage small companies to go public. Instead, IPOs have dropped 21 percent since it was passed. And guess who is going public under the JOBS Act Oh, just a little emerging-growth company named Goldman Sachs.

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Crowdfunding: Where Things Stand One Year Later

How Hedge Funds Are Slowing JOBS Act Rules for Small Businesses

FEATURE

Crowdfunding: Where Things Stand One Year Later

April 5, 2013 | Fortune

It's been exactly one year since President Obama signed the JOBS Act into law. After passing with flying colors in the House and Senate, the President called the new legislation a "potential game changer" But after 12 months of waiting, crowdfunding proponents have had little to cheer. The crowdfunding element of the law continues to sit in legislative limbo.

Budget Cuts Stir US Scientists to March Monday in DC

April 6, 2013 | Mcclatchy Newspapers

To the ranks of civil-rights and anti-war activists who've marched on Washington, get ready to add white-frocked scientists. Thousands of prominent cancer and other medical researchers will rally in the nation's capital Monday to protest federal funding cuts

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Sequester Cuts at Justice Department Threaten Local Drug Investigations

April 2, 2013 | PewStates

State and local drug enforcement partnerships, heavily reliant on federal grants that have been shrinking for years, were teetering on the brink of extinction even before the recent round of automatic spending cuts known as the sequester. Now the latest cuts are threatening to push them over the cliff.

H-1B High-skilled Visa Requests Likely to Exceed Supply

April 2, 2013 | Seattle Times/AP

The Homeland Security Department expects applications for high-skilled immigration visas to outpace the available supply in a matter of days, one of the fastest runs on the much-sought-after work permits in years and a sign of continued economic recovery amid new hiring by U.S. technology companies.

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Agency Needed to Use Lottery Monday to Award H-1B Visas

Immigrant-visa Program Gets Mixed Review

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Silicon Valley to Boost Clout in Washington

Crowdfunding Delays, SEC Silence Spark Hostility on Capitol Hill

Hopkins Scientists Compete to Find New Solutions to Treating Cancer

Feud Between Hospitals and Medicare Contractors Explodes over Fraud Bill

Stanford to Help Build edX MOOC Platform

Exchange-traded Funds Gain on Traditional Mutual Funds

Venture Capital Funds raised $4.1 Billion during first quarter 2013

Job Creation Policies Should Be Tailored to High-growth Entrepreneurs

Immigration Debate: Five Things to Watch

Software Giant SAP Innovates with an Infusion Silicon Valley Startup Culture

Chief Tries to Infuse Yahoo With a Start-Up’s Spirit

In Madison Gener8tor Startups Generate Investments

Boulder Tech Companies Looking for Job Seekers Ready to Take Flight

State Treasurer: Nevada Needs to Raise Investment Capital

Silicon Valley North? Canada ‘Startup Visa’ Program Could Cost U.S. in Talent Needs

Finland Turns to Venture Funds to Rescue Economy: Nordic Credit

Companies Could Lose Tennessee Incentives if Job Promises Not Met

U Michigan Month of Entrepreneurship Seeks to Engage Entire Campus

SBA Chief Proud of Work in Financial Crisis

S.E.C. Sets Rules for Using Social Media to Make Disclosures

Hired or Fired? How the Trump Is Doing after Five Years in Vegas

Same-Day Delivery Shifts Into Overdrive, But What’s the Rush?

Ignition Confirms New Seattle Fund, Smaller Scale, Silicon Valley Branch

Oaklahoma’s i2E-Managed Funds Step into Venture Capital Void

The Logic (or Lack of It) in Appraising Start-Ups

Senate Yesterday OK'd Mary Jo White as Much Needed SEC Chair

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