Last year, a total of 844 venture firms or corporate venture groups made at least one investment, a 4.7% drop from 2009, according to analysis by VentureSource, an industry tracker owned by Dow Jones.

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But, if Mr Lindsey's bubble analysis is correct, the sharp drop in stock prices he fears might well be followed by economic slowdown, and perhaps a recession.

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The top 10% of English secondary pupils also drop behind those in Australia, Scotland Slovenia and Norway, analysis of international test scores indicates.

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But the standard in medicine is usually to include the drop-outs, raising the bar for new drugs, and this was the analysis pre-specified in the SHARP protocola nd the one Merck presented.

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The good news is that states and localities have decreased spending to a negative 2.7 percent, the biggest drop in three decades, according to a USA TODAY report from the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

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Chart Analysis : The weekly chart of the SPDR Gold Trust ( GLD) shows that the drop in September tested the uptrend from the early 2011 lows, line a.

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Analysis of a flight recorder from that plane showed that a lithium-ion battery experienced a sudden drop in voltage and was not overcharged, the Japan Transport Safety Board said Wednesday.

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