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Top Firms for Early Stage Companies No. Deals in 2007* VC Location 19 Maryland Technology Development Corporation Columbia, MD 16 Draper Fisher Jurvetson Menlo Park, CA 15 Ben Franklin Technology Partners Southeastern PA Philadelphia, PA 15 Innovation Works, Inc. Pittsburgh, PA 14 New Enterprise Associates Baltimore, MD 13 Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern PA Bethlehem, PA 13 First Round Capital West Conshohocken, PA 12 Mohr Davidow Ventures Menlo Park, CA 11 Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Menlo Park, CA 10 Domain Associates LLC Princeton, NJ 10 General Catalyst Partners Cambridge, MA 10 Intel Capital Santa Clara, CA 10 Village Ventures Williamstown, MA 9 InterWest Partners Menlo Park, CA 9 Labrador Ventures Palo Alto, CA 9 Polaris ...

Nigeria is at the Bottom of 2011 Global Prosperity Index Nigeria is ranked 104th out of 110 countries in the 2011 Global Prosperity Index, a worldwide assessment of wealth and quality of life. Nigeria’s best ranking is at the 54th position in social capital and the worst is her 108th position in governance. BOTTOM 10 101 Zambia 102 Kenya 103 Mozambique 104 Nigeria 105 Sudan 106 Yemen 107 Pakistan 108 Ethopia 109 Zimbabwe 110 Central African Republic The Legatum Prosperity Index(TM) [http://www.prosperity.com/_ ]) provides the world's only global assessment of national prosperity based on both wealth and well-being. The Index assesses 110 countries (accounting for over 93% of the world's population and 97% of the world's GDP) and ranks them based on their performance in eight sub-indices, including Economy, Governance, Personal Freedom, and Social Capital. "We want to assess the long term drivers of prosperity," said Jeffrey ...

7 Jul 2011 13:00 Africa/Lagos FORTUNE Magazine Releases Its Annual FORTUNE Global 500 List NEW YORK, July 7, 2011/PRNewswire/ -- - 61 Chinese Companies Rank in the 2011 FORTUNE Global 500; Number of American and Japanese Companies Fall Today, FORTUNE magazine releases the annual FORTUNE Global 500 list, its annual ranking of the world's largest corporations ranked by revenue. U.S. companies made up the majority of this year's list, with 133 companies, followed by 68 Japanese companies and 61 Chinese companies. In an accompanying feature, FORTUNE editors write, "The U.S. still dominates the list, with 133 companies, but that number is down from 185 a decade ago. China continues its march, with 61 companies, vs. just 12 in 2001. Companies from India, Russia, Brazil, and other growth economies are moving up in the rankings." Three Chinese companies - Sinopec Group, China National Petroleum and State Grid - rank in this year's top 10. Europea...