But if the majority of companies face down rounds, then venture capital-backed companies in general are having trouble.
Under partnership accounting, the capital gain must be allocated to the partners and it is perfectly legal (after the limited partners have recouped their investment) to allocate the capital gain dis-proportionally to the general partner and limited partners according to the partnership agreement.
The IPO can reward the founders and venture-capital investors, and enables the general public to participate in the company's success.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper made the announcement in the capital, Ottawa, after asking Governor-General David Johnston, Queen Elizabeth's II representative in Canada, to dissolve parliament.
In this context, Minister Poghosyan underscored the successful impact of the designation of Yerevan as the World Book Capital in 2012 and invited the Director-General to attend the closing celebration on 10-11 December coinciding with the 500th anniversary of the first Armenian printed book in the country.
"Facebook's got a great run ahead of it, but things keep moving, " said Deepak Kamra, a general partner at venture-capital firm Canaan Partners.
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In Oman, which in 2001 hosted the largest British overseas military exercise in recent history, the defence relationship is so close that a British two-star Major General is stationed permanently in the capital Muscat, to oversee the relationship.
In general, capital costs are twice as high as land-based.
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About 50% of the U.S. jet fleet is leased from such companies as General Electric Capital Aviation Services (nyse: GE - news - people ), International Lease Finance Corp. (a unit of AIG) and CIT Group (nyse: CIT - news - people ).
And this when valuations are in general low compared with the cost of long-term capital.
We believe LED capital investments will return to solid growth in late 2013-2014, as general lighting applications grow, and VECO should remain a leading supplier of LED process equipment.
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Merrill announced last week it was selling the lion's share of its consumer finance unit, Merrill Lynch Capital, to GE Capital, the financial unit of General Electric (nyse: GE - news - people ).
"This is kind of like the flying skateboard, " said Jared Fliesler, a general partner at venture capital firm Matrix Partners, referencing the still-not-here hoverboards from the "Back to the Future" trilogy.
Much of that support went to big producers of capital goods like Boeing and General Electric, but the vast majority of Ex-Im Bank transactions are aimed at small and medium-size exporters.
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Lou Volpe is a managing general partner for Kodiak Venture Partners, a Massachusetts-based venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments.
Proceeds will be used to meet working-capital requirements, to repurchase common stock, to refinance debt, or for general corporate purposes, filings show.
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While general market operations went smoothly after a two-day shutdown, Knight Capital saw its stock plunge as much as 8% before recovering toward the close.
DynCorp, which is now owned by private-equity player Cerberus Capital, decided to move into the same suburban office park as General Dynamics, near where historic Route 50 crosses the Capital Beltway to begin its long trek to the West Coast.
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When combined with funding the general cash deficits, these multitrillion-dollar Treasury operations will dominate the capital markets in the years ahead, particularly given China's de-emphasis of new investment in U.S. Treasurys in favor of increasing foreign direct investment, and Japan's and Europe's own sovereign-debt challenges.
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General Electric came out Wednesday morning to deny rumors of a near-term capital increase.
For example, with American and other foreign businesses being encouraged to make ever-larger investments there, the U.S. capital markets are likely to experience huge new demands for China-related projects and so-called general-purpose financing.
Knight Capital general counsel Leonard Amoruso asks how the individual stock circuit breakers will interact with market-wide circuit breakers, a newly adopted up-tick rule for short sellers and internal circuit breakers imposed by NYSE Euronext and Nasdaq.
The Director-General Irina Bokova intervened to recall the role of training, quality education and intellectual capital to manage crises.
The carry allows general partners in investment deals to receive compensation in the form of tax-advantaged capital gains, which are taxed at 15 percent, rather than as salary, which would be taxed as ordinary income with a top rate of 35 percent.
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An increase in exit activity would allow general partners to provide limited partners with long-awaited liquidity, enabling them to recycle capital back into new PE funds.
"This was recognition it was a mistake to cut capital spending so sharply and that other growth-boosting measures were taking too long, " said John Cridland, director general of the CBI.
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