According to Libin, the venture capital model has changed substantially in the last decade so there are now VCs who are willing to invest without a short-term exit (in the form of an IPO or acquisition).

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Benitez is under increasing pressure as boss after the loss to the Championship side, an early Champions League exit and poor Premier League form.

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He stayed on as captain for the 2011 World Cup but stood down after a quarterfinal exit, vowing to improve his batting form.

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The hosts seemed to struggle following their midweek exit and the fluency of their early season form was absent.

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Some also came in the form of shorts covering, which is an exit from positions in which they had been betting on lower prices.

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The former world number one from Denmark is on a terrible recent run of form, having now added a first round exit in Brussels to those suffered in Italy, Spain and Germany in the last month alone.

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Hazard's kick and red card is just the latest in series of setbacks following the club's exit from the European Champions League and its dismal league form which has seen the London team fall 11 points off the lead, leaving Chelsea to focus on cup competitions -- the FA Cup and the Europa League.

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In Friday's opening match, Murray gave further evidence that his form is returning after the slump that followed his early US Open exit last month.

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Rather than looking for constructive ways of enabling some countries to exit from the single currency, they are committed to preserving it in the form in which it exists now.

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