In the same year it became a capital, Robert Shirley, an 18-year-old Englishman, arrived in Iran.
"In 1911, Delhi became the capital of India, " Iqbal says proudly.
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The next year Chicago became the murder capital of the U.S. as federal prosecutors dithered.
As it grew clear that Kinshasa would not fall, the mood in the capital became exuberant.
Dhaka became the Mughal capital of Bengal in the early 17th Century, during which the city was bustling trading metropolis.
Abuja officially became the Nigerian capital in 1991, and has recently been in the spotlight following drastic measures by the city's high-profile minister Nasir el-Rufai to ensure the area's "master plan" is followed.
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We expect equities to continue outperforming bonds, though they would probably fall sharply if a tax increase on dividends and capital gains became probable.
She joined the venture fund Mayfield in 1998, and later became a partner at VSP Capital.
Thanks to the genius of investment bankers seeking to find the best use for investor capital, those concepts became reality in ways that have enriched us all.
ARD, as it was known, was in turn indelibly famous for helping to finance a start-up technology company known as Digital Equipment, which became a classic example of venture capital gone right.
Guan Yiquan, a Chinese scholar in Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu, also became convinced that Liqian had links to Rome.
America became great not just because it was so nice as to welcome immigrants (though it was), it became great because it accumulated more human capital than other countries, which combined with good institutions and staggering natural resources, created the richest and most powerful country in history.
Because big exploration, extraction and infrastructure investments required pots of capital, long-term contracts became an industry norm.
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After two competitors, Pets.com and Petstore.com, became the first startups to receive major venture capital backing, PogoPet agreed to meet with Reisman that Saturday.
Cyprus became the first eurozone country ever to apply capital controls in an effort to prevent a vast outflow of euros after its banks reopened on Thursday, following a 10-day closure.
As these loans turned bad and losses mounted, it became clear that banks had set aside too little capital to protect themselves against unexpected losses.
Unlocking the rich, hidden past of Bhutan became Deki Dorji's goal in traipsing around the capital of Thimphu.
This March Mobilcom, a telecommunications company backed by 3i and the venture-capital subsidiary of Commerzbank, among others, became the first firm to list on Germany's new small-company stock exchange, the Neuer Markt.
Now a venture partner at Lux Capital specializing in energy investments, Woolsey said he became interested in alternative energy in the late 1990s, when he and Sen.
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In later years Moscow became their secondary base, after Peter the Great founded his new capital St Petersburg.
Margolis invested as well, became chairman, and brought in Miramar Venture Partners and Okapi Venture Capital.
The company was the first to manufacture integrated circuits, which made millions for Sherman Fairchild and became the breeding ground for companies ranging from National Semiconductor to Sequoia Capital.
For regular folks it seemed hand-to-mouth as usual, but soon I became aware of something new stirring: a tidal wave of foreign capital was bearing down on Haiti's shores.
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An example: several years ago, when a startup software company ran into challenges and sought urgently needed capital, a PE firm invested in the company and became its controlling shareholder.
This was all in 2000, long before Haiti became part of the global conversation following the earthquake that devastated the capital city of Port-au-Prince and many surrounding areas on January 12, 2010.
He said the palaces at what later became Camp Victory were initially conceived as the nucleus for a new administrative capital for the regime, but later morphed into guest houses for visiting dignitaries.
That would produce a huge burst of revenue. (Capital gains doubled in the second half of 1986 once it became clear that the Tax Reform Act was going to raise rates starting in 1987 as people sped up realizations to avoid the pending rate increase.) Pete acknowledges that this would work, but sees no political prospect for a rate increase in the House.
In 2010 she also became the first left-wing politician to be elected as mayor of the capital.
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