So despite having a drug in front of the FDA, AVEO is currently a negative return for its venture investors (the ones who have held large portions to date) or at most a marginal win (1.3x) for those that exited in 2011 (looks like Flagship has exited, whereas MPM, Highland have been holding at least some of their positions).

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That beats an average 15% first-day gain for 30 IPOs at large, and a gain from the listing date through Thursday of 19%.

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Mr Shiller himself has been involved in launching derivatives linked to home-price indices for both large and small investors, but with limited success to date.

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The May event reportedly will be more of a teaser than a full product unveiling, which could be saved for the large E3 gaming conference in June, with a holiday shipping date not far behind.

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But, to date, Microsoft has not had that much direct competition for the large screen.

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For one thing, it drastically cuts down the large error bars that existed around the date of the asteroid impact.

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To date the company has supported Apps creation for Nokia and a handful of other large companies like Vodafone and Samsung.

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