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Private Equity Fundraising Continues Steep Decline in Q3

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 9, 2009 - 7:08am.

New York - U.S. private equity fundraising dropped 70% in the third quarter, with firms closing just 72 funds worth $25.2 billion, according to new figures from Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst.

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tags: Deals | VC | Reports | Research | Investments | Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst |

Report: Twitter in Talks with Microsoft, Google on Search Deal

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 8, 2009 - 9:00am.

New York - Twitter is in "advanced" talks with both Microsoft (NASD: MSFT) and Google (NASD: GOOG) to add Twitter results to their search services, All Things D reports. Compensation deals being discussed reportedly include an upfront payment of "several million dollars," "along with various revenue-sharing proposals that would give Twitter a piece of the revenue made from search results."

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tags: Microsoft | Search | Google | Publishing | Twitter |