Venture capital not for every start-up

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Venture capital that has helped some companies become successful might not be compatible with some start-ups. For this reason, investment experts across the US give five reasons to consider before accepting venture capital. These are: the possibility of losing control of the business; pressure to grow the business too fast; an extra cash that might be used incorrectly; a sense of mission for employees that might differ with the venture capitalist's; and lack of a strong foundation to put the funds to best use.

Miscellaneous Intermediation, Capital funds & cash flow, Venture Capital Companies

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Hacker attack blocks access to Microsoft's Web sites

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Microsoft's Web sites were unavailable to users for more than four hours after being attacked by hackers on Jan 25, 2001. Internet users could not access the MSN Net portal, Microsoft's corporate Web site, the Hotmail e- mail site, MSNBC.com and the Expedia.com travel site after hackers sent huge amount of junk data to the software giant's computer systems, overwhelming them in the process. A statement issued by Microsoft said the FBI has been informed of the hacking incident.

Legal issues & crime, Systems Software Pkgs (Micro), Operating systems (Software)

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Glitch freezes up many Microsoft Web sites

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Microsoft Corp's Web sites were down due to rolling blackouts on Jan 23- 24, 2001. The sites, which included MSN.com, Expedia.com, MSNBC.com and Microsoft.com, had a problemm with Microsoft's system for directing Internet traffic. The company did not consider the malfunction as a security problem although it did not rule out the possibility that hackers played a role in the outage. The outage is expected to have few long-term financial repercussions for Microsoft.

Production management, Computer Software

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